The European Space Agency has awarded a €60,000 grant for blockchain startup SpaceChain to commercially develop its satellite-powered, multi-sig wallet.
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The most basic definition of blockchain is a shared, digitized ledger that cannot be changed once a transaction has been recorded and verified. All parties to the transaction, as well as a significant number of 3rd parties maintain a copy of the ledger (i.e. the blockchain), which means it would be practically impossible to amend every copy of the ledger globally to fake a transaction.
Bitcoin’s success has triggered the establishment of nearly 1000 new cryptocurrencies, leading to the delusion that the only application of blockchain technology is for the creation of cryptocurrency.
However, the blockchain technology is capable of a lot more than just cryptocurrency creation and may support such things as transactions that require personal identification, peer review, elections and other types of democratic decision-making and audit trails.
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by Liam Frost
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance.US opens accounts registration on Wednesday, excluding New York, Washington, Florida and 10 more states.
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by Joeri Cant
NEO is piloting the NEO3 with the Preview1 build to introduce its developer communities to major updates in the coming network.
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by Joeri Cant
The Iota Foundation has introduced Chronicle, a permanode solution to allow its node owners to easily store all of their transactions for long-term access.
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Ripple-backed content platform Coil and open-source browser Mozilla have teamed up to give away a $100 million grant for web monetization.
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by Joeri Cant
Blockchain-based freelance platform Opolis receives MakerDAO developer grant to give its freelancers the choice to pay and be paid in DAI.
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A platform has developed token protocols that enable blockchain developers to add options like income verification and “geofencing” at the token layer.
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by Samuel Haig
Performance claims of Hedera’s “third-generation” distributed ledger being called into question, what is the protocol really capable of?
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American financial services company Wells Fargo & Company is planning to pilot a distributed ledger technology-based internal settlement service in 2020.
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by Helen Partz
Steve Schwarzman, one of the world’s richest people, likes blockchain but thinks that applying it to money creation is odd.
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“The world’s first Swiss mechanical watch to be certified on the blockchain” has been unveiled — and just 2,010 pieces are being made.
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by Helen Partz
Dutch eco-fabrics supplier Waste2Wear starts its blockchain-enabled collection of fabrics made from ocean plastics.
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Luxury hotel asset manager Lodging Capital Partners tokenizes $60 million of assets on the Algorand blockchain in partnership with AssetBlock.
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A smartphone-focused cryptocurrency network created by a group of Stanford graduates has amassed over half a million users.
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by Joeri Cant
The Canada Revenue Agency is auditing the corporate tax returns filed by QuadrigaCX, the now-defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange.
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