Announced Tuesday, blockchain startup R3 has released a paid version of its signature open-source Corda blockchain technology, one that offers added features aimed at regulated institutions including 24/7 support, disaster recovery and more.
Still, while a step for R3, it’s perhaps the features that will drive most of the conversation.
As part of the commercial rollout of its Corda Enterprise platform, blockchain startup R3 is touting such advances as the “first-ever Blockchain Application Firewall.”
The firewall, therefore, “protects the Corda node from the outside whilst allowing through just the traffic that should come through,” Brown said.
“That separation of the nodes into those two pieces is the Blockchain Corda Firewall and we think it will be transformational.”
Blockchain technology has come a long way since it was introduced as the underlying technology driving Bitcoin. As the field continues to advance, modern blockchains such as Ethereum, EOS, NEO, Cardano and others are becoming software platforms where startups can build entire products and utilize decentralized features inside their own applications. Today, blockchain technology is […]
Most notably, this was a16z’s first investment, Oasis CEO Dawn Song told CoinDesk. The startup is now focusing on developing its core features, Song said, which will be deployed to the company’s private test network – slated to be opened to the public “soon.
IOTA is ready for the Internet of Things (IoT) scalability issues facing the modern Internet. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have a lot of things that seem standard. Miners, for example, process algorithms in exchange for coins.
China Money Network reports that Chinese search engine giant Baidu is set to unveil its new blockchain layout and Totem Rewards for its blockchain-based photo service, Baidu Totem. The company recently announced that the two new features would be unveiled on July 18.
Shortly after a successful comeback to Germany with BlockShow Europe 2018, the team gets to work again and announces BlockShow Americas 2018 - the next 2-day show and the very first one to be held in USA.
Cardano (ADA) has remained top-of-mind for many crypto investors despite a challenging first half of 2018. By the end of Q3 this year, it promises to be the first digital asset to deliver a truly decentralized Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm, and with other unique features aims to challenge Ethereum's dominance of the smart contract hosting ecosystem.
Innovation is not hard to come by in the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Smart contracts are of keen interest to developers all over the world. In the case of the Enigma project, there is a feature known as secret contracts.
While several emerging smart contract platforms make only slight revisions to derivative blockchains, Burst combines several unique features and mechanisms to bring users a truly distinct distributed ledger experience.
The EU’s Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies released a report entitled “Virtual currencies and central banks monetary policy: challenges ahead.
ETH Travel platform combines the potential of latest technologies such as blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Big data for unique traveler’s experience and unleash the power to travel. We have the data security system typified by the security features of the modern payment ecosystems with the innovative and incentivize blockchain features, and blend in the protective systems offered by our token; ETH Travel Tokens.
Investre Network is a blockchain-based lending platform and a loan derivatives market that features collateral management and disintermeditated clearing. The platform provides users with the solutions to collateral based lending that are highly secure, efficient, and unique.
The new release of the Blockchain Platform Starter Plan by IBM has been announced this week. It is an addition to its product suite, offering special features for users in the early stages of business development.
In short, founded by former CIO of Louis Vuitton China, Sunny Lu, VeChain hopes to be the first to put “real business” applications on a public blockchain. For the execution of more exotic blockchain features like smart contracts and decentralized applications, Lu argues this is a problem. It also means a higher cost to use
Blockstream, a leading developer of blockchain and financial cryptography solutions, announced Monday that the build 0. 6 of c-lightning, a lightning network implementation in the C programming language, is now ready for deployment.
Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away.
Yesterday, EOS posted a video on Twitter where the EOS core members narrated their ideas on how they view blockchain being utilized in the next five years. The video features Serg Metelin from Developer Relations, Bart Wyatt from Engineering, Daniel Larimer the CTO of Block.
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Cryptonomy is more than just a cryptocurrency news app, Cryptonomy aims to foster a community for crypto-enthusiasts. In its true essence, Cryptonomy is a social network, designed to allow users to delve into the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies.
As more and more businesses and processes continue to jump on the blockchain technology bandwagon to harness the potential benefits it offers, a few limitations of blockchain have come to the fore owing to its increasing use in a variety of ways.
Financial conglomerate Ernst and Young and tech giant Microsoft have come together to streamline the time-consuming and costly processes of content rights and royalties’ management using the blockchain technology.
Particl blockchain project that focuses on developing privacy-centric decentralized applications has joined forces with Changelly crypto exchange to offer users more exciting features. Both teams have been hard at work trying to formulate fail-proof ways that would help crypto holders spend and earn coins on decentralized platforms.
Dash, is short for “Digital Cash”, and it aims to become exactly that. A pioneer in the crypto industry, Dash’s protocol is modeled after Satoshi’s original blockchain and adds a few unique features for maximum speed, privacy, and lower transaction fees.
Bitcoin wallets can offer different features and for those who are new to this concept, they might find it a little overwhelming when making a choice. However the main points to consider are privacy, security and functionality.
Did you know that Bitcoins can be bought by iTunes gift cards? This is an option not available on many forums but there is a blockchain based platform that offers this handy feature. Paxful is a platform that not only offers all features of a Bitcoin wallet, but also acts as a peer to peer […]
Jeff Garzik first tuned the world into his latest venture in the fall of 2017. The Bloq co-founder unveiled Metronome (MET), a cryptocurrency he founded alongside Matthew Roszak, at the Las Vegas Money 20/20 conference in late October, and the project caught the attention of Bloomberg and Fortune at the time.
The Wall Street Journal has made a list of 25 technology firms to watch this year. It features a total of five different blockchain companies, as well those dedicated to researching cyber security and artificial intelligence.
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Akshay Naheta is reportedly negotiating the sale of a minority stake in his stablecoin payments startup, with plans to use the proceeds for market expansion. Akshay Naheta, the former SoftBank executive behind some of the company’s biggest deals, is reportedly…
Blockchain payments firm Partior has added Deutsche Bank as an investor in its Series B round, raising the total funding to $80 million. Deutsche Bank has joined Singapore-based blockchain fintech startup Partior as a strategic investor, participating in the company’s…
Timestamp, a regulated investment platform based in Austin, Texas, has officially launched with the goal of connecting Bitcoin-focused startups with investors worldwide. The platform leverages crowdfunding to make investing in Bitcoin-related companies accessible to a broader audience, including those without…
The London-based stablecoin startup BVNK is exploring a new funding round, aiming to raise $50 million, as investor appetite for the sector grows. Stablecoin payments firm BVNK is said to be in early discussions to raise at least $50 million…
Bitcoin protocol Surge has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding to solve the network’s scalability issues. As the Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem keeps facing unresolved scalability challenges, startups keep searching for a solution that would open doors for billions worth of…
Crypto management startup Mesh has partnered with broker CoinMENA to streamline crypto transactions in the Middle East. Crypto startup Mesh (formerly known as Front Finance) has announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain-regulated crypto trading platform CoinMENA to expand its services…
Former President Donald J. Trump is teasing the launch date of his sons’ new crypto project dubbed “World Liberty Financial.” Donald Trump is teasing the upcoming launch of World Liberty Financial, a crypto project his family has been promoting over…
