2019-3-27 21:45 |
The winds of change are coming to the centralized systems of the Internet, according to author Michael Casey. origin »
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Last week, there was a panel at SXSW that was effectively a debate on the merits of permissioned blockchains versus permissionless systems like Bitcoin. I listened to the entire audio of the panel discussion, after Programming Bitcoin author Jimmy Song tweeted it out the other day, and I thought he did an awesome job of pointing out the key value proposition of Bitcoin and why it is not worth comparing to permissioned systems.
2019-3-23 17:29 | |
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Infosys Finacle – a subsidiary of EdgeVerve Systems – announced on March 12th, 2019 that HNB (Hatton National Bank) has chosen Finacle Trade Connect to oversee a blockchain-powered cross-border and domestic trade finance network.
2019-3-15 20:25 | |
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According to a user on the Bitcoin subreddit, there is an exploit on a common version of WinRAR that enables the potential theft of coins. The bug, which allowed executable code to be inserted on a system after opening a RAR file, has apparently existed for 14 years but is only recently coming to light.
2019-3-10 22:30 | |
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As an original Google Glass @ Work partner, Augmate was originally created to serve the needs of workers using wearable glasses. There were many application developers for wearable glasses, but there were no device management platforms for IT to centrally control all of the new devices coming onto their systems.
2019-2-17 16:47 | |
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Internet of things technology is booming, with an increasing number of connected devices joining the market each year. From smart kitchen appliances and virtual home assistants to security systems and utility management platforms, there’s seemingly no limit to the usefulness of the IoT across industries and applications.
2019-2-1 12:00 | |
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A camera on a mid-range phone from 2018 can outperform a lot of top-end phone cameras from 2016, and even 2017. That’s thanks to major improvements in image processing, as well as the inclusion of better – and now, cheaper – dual-camera systems.
2018-12-29 18:00 | |
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The crypto world seems to be on a different planet to the regular banking world. The companies behind the various digital currencies and their products are almost out of a futuristic science fiction movie.
2018-10-11 13:00 | |
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A handful of projects brought their tech to life this week, introducing new payment systems and coins to the industry’s offerings. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network makes headway for the dev community, and one of crypto’s older and more respected exchanges (arguably) takes a step against the space’s principles.
2018-9-11 17:57 | |
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The rise of cryptocurrencies has become a huge phenomenon across the world, but cryptocurrencies are yet to receive acceptance in the mainstream economic systems. Crypto experts often cite cryptocurrency awareness and education as the key to their adoption.
2018-8-29 16:00 | |
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Financial technology firm Paxos has formed a partnership with INTL FCStone Inc’s precious metals division. The department will now be using Paxos Confirmation Service — a tool built specifically for the precious metals arena — to instantly automate daily trade confirmations and reduce human error.
2018-8-9 18:15 | |
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Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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At the Rise conference, which took place in Hong Kong on Tuesday, July 10th, Ethereum’s Joseph Lubin let attendees know that the first layer in the Ethereum ecosystem is completely established. However, they are far from done, because it is time to begin “layer two” systems to allow for maturation and ramification. The announcement happened […]
2018-7-12 11:03 | |
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In a captivating revelation during the “What Bitcoin Did” podcast with Peter McCormack, David Marcus, the former spearhead of Facebook’s Libra project and now CEO & co-founder of Lightspark, made intriguing comments about Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg’s perspective on Bitcoin.
The struggling platform reported losses of $3.7 billion in the second quarter, though CEO Mark Zuckerberg remains "fully committed" to the metaverse and AI.
The pivot to the metaverse has cost Meta billions of dollars, but the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social media isn't looking to give up anytime soon.
The pivot to the metaverse has cost Meta billions of dollars, but the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social media isn't looking to give up anytime soon.
Verified Twitter users will be allowed to view 10,000 posts daily, while new, unverified accounts will get 500 under the new limits.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, recently shared a tweet hinting that the proposed ‘cage fight’ between him and Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, might actually happen. Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg: Training Sessions And Venue Considerations The series of events began over a week ago when Elon Musk took to Twitter, stating his […]
Two of tech's most prominent leaders, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, recently set social media ablaze, agreeing to a comedic "cage fight" challenge.