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Blockchain as Key to Vienna’s Digital Future — Interview with Ulrike Huemer, CIO of Vienna, Austria
18.5.2019
For Austria, blockchain is more than just a means of crypto-trading. Ulrike Huemer, the CIO of the capital city of Vienna, gave us an in-depth look at how the country seizes the potential of the nascent technology in order to provide public services and to help transform Vienna into a “smart city”
RippleNet: An Advanced Global Payments Network Based on Blockchain Technology
18.5.2019
Ripple is an open-source protocol that allows quick and cost-effective transactions. Ripplenet is a banking and payment network. Ripple’s solutions and a standardized rule set enable those connected to RippleNet to send and receive payments efficiently across the globe. With #RippleNet...
How to Prove Ownership With a Bitcoin Cash Address and Digital Signature
18.5.2019
Bitcoin is an amazing form of money and the technology Satoshi created has incredible potential. However, most people don’t realize that the blockchain not only allows for a great medium of exchange, but it also provides the means for creating notarized proofs. The following walkthrough aims...
Platform Allows Users to Send and Receive Cryptocurrency With Gadget of Their Choice
18.5.2019
A mobile-focused platform wants to enable its users to send and receive crypto using the gadget of their choice #SPONSORED
Ontology Gets Added to BigONE’s PoS Mining Pool
18.5.2019
The BigONE crypto trading platform has announced the addition of Ontology (ONT) to its Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mining pool. Announcement on Adding ONT into the "PoS Mining Pool“ https://t.co/2iuc6mc8OM — BigONE Exchange (@BigONEexchange) May 16, 2019 BigONE is the next-generation...
NULS Teams up With Consensus Labs
18.5.2019
NULS, a global open-source and community driven blockchain infrastructure for customizable services, has added Consensus Labs to its ecosystem. By joining the NULS principal network, Consensus Lab has initiated a chain building and cross-chain investment layout that will enable the NULS ecosystem...
Facebook Registers New Fintech Firm in Switzerland
17.5.2019
Facebook has registered anew fintech firm for blockchain, payments, data analytics, and investing expertise
ABB Launches Blockchain Pilot for Solar Energy Sector
17.5.2019
ABB in collaboration with Evolvere and Prosume has launched a pilot to explore how blockchain technology can advance the solar energy market
20-Year-Old Cryptographic Puzzle Is Solved and Stamped in the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain
17.5.2019
A fiendishly tricky puzzle that has baffled cryptographers for two decades has been solved, and the proof preserved on the BCH and BTC blockchains. The feat, which was achieved 15 years earlier than the puzzle’s architects had anticipated, was commemorated with another premature reveal...
‘Craig Is a Liar’ – Early Adopter Proves Ownership of Bitcoin Address Claimed by Craig Wright
17.5.2019
On May 16, an unknown person posted a signed message to social media concerning a bitcoin address that was used as evidence in the ongoing Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit. According to the message, which is verified to be the rightful owner of the address used in the Florida lawsuit, the address never...
Gaining Mass Adoption: Blockchain Platform Converts Users Fame Into Coffee and Clothes
17.5.2019
A decentralized platform that rewards content creators on social networks says it allows influencers to convert their fame into concert tickets, clothes and crypto #SPONSORED
Cornell Uni’s Emin Gun Sirer Debuts Ava Blockchain Following $6 Million Investment
17.5.2019
Emin Gun Sirer, a professor at Cornell University a major global blockchain expert, has started private testing of his own Ava blockchain before issuing his own crypto
Ontology Research Institute Releases Thesis on Multichain Design
17.5.2019
Ontology’s Network is a multi-blockchain protocol and systems Network, which supports all business types of application. The flexible design structure is modularized, plugged, and easily expandable to meet the requirements of different industries. Blockchain technology applies to all types...
Sports Blockchain Venture Chiliz Announces Strategic Partnership With Binance Chain
17.5.2019
Sports fan engagement blockchain project Chiliz has announced a strategic partnership with Binance Chain, the mainnet of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance
Binance Launchpad Has Added Harmony (ONE)
17.5.2019
The Binance exchange recently announced that Harmony (ONE) has been added to the Binance Launchpad. Harmony is a sharding-based, fully scalable, proved safe, and energy-efficient blockchain for the next generation. By combining the best research results and engineering practice in an optimally...
Coin Metrics Report Highlights Discrepancies in Ripple’s Escrow System Reporting
17.5.2019
Blockchain analysis company Coin Metrics has found discrepancies in blockchain payments network Ripple’s escrow system reporting
Data: Just 2/3 of ETH Nodes Running Parity Have Been Patched Against Critical Security Flaw
17.5.2019
Hacking research collective SRLabs claims that only two thirds of the Ethereum client software that runs on Ethereum nodes has been patched against a critical security flaw
Report: Top Banks Alleged to Be Investing $50 Million in Digital Cash Settlement Project
17.5.2019
Some of the world’s leading banks are allegedly currently investing around $50 million to build a blockchain-based digital cash system for transaction settlement, sources claim
Amazon Patent Casts Light on Plans to Create Proof-of-Work Blockchain Analog
17.5.2019
Amazon could be on the road to creating some form of cryptocurrency system with latest patent award
OKEx is Giving Away Free USDT, Will it Attract Indian Traders?
17.5.2019
We can’t ignore how potential-laden the recent announcement by OKEx about giving away free USDT is. But if we look at the Indian government’s view about crypto trading and the strict regulation around it, OKEx’s attempt appears to be a wild bet. It can either go very wrong, or it can flip...