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Brazil plans to track COVID-19 vaccinations using blockchain tech
24.9.2020
In the midst of a country-wide COVID-19 vaccination effort, Brazil looks to add blockchain-based tracking to the equation
Startup Aleo Wants to Help You Use the Internet Without Sacrificing Data Privacy
24.9.2020
Aleo co-founder Howard Wu says a better data privacy model for both companies and consumers can be built using zero-knowledge proofs
ConsenSys-Incubated Startup Releases In-Browser Atomic Swap Wallet for DeFi
24.9.2020
ConsenSys-incubated startup Liquality’s new wallet lets you atomically swap digital assets directly from your browser
A New Era of Media Begins With Tokenization
24.9.2020
Substack alone won't save publishing: The future of online content is where "money legos," communities and media meet
World’s Biggest Meat Processor to Tackle Amazon Deforestation Using Blockchain Tech
24.9.2020
JBS S.A. aims to track all of its cattle suppliers on a blockchain system by 2025
Emerging Tech Summit AIBC Europe Announces New Conference Dates
24.9.2020
Malta-based tech show will shift dates from November 2020 to February 2021 SiGMA Group has announced the postponement of its tech and gaming focussed Europe summit, which was planned to be held in Malta on November 18–19, 2020. The 4th edition of AIBC Summit will now open its doors early next year...
MakerDAO Users Hosed by March Flash Crash Won’t Get MKR Payouts, Say MKR Whales
24.9.2020
After initially voting to do so, the Maker community will not compensate investors who lost big on the lending platform during "Black Thursday's" price rout
Blockchain tech is helping to reduce the impact of deforestation in Brazil
23.9.2020
The move is intended to prevent “laundering” cattle from sanctioned farms
For These Blockchain Commons Interns, Their Open Source Careers Are Just Beginning
23.9.2020
The Blockchain Commons took on 7 interns this year to build out the organization’s many open-source projects
Parity Upgrades Polkadot’s Underlying Tech to Make Custom Blockchain Building Easier
23.9.2020
Polkadot developer Parity Technologies has released the second version of its blockchain building kit Substrate 2.0, including 70 composable modules
Supply of Tokenized Bitcoin on Ethereum Now Tops $1.1 B: Here’s Why
22.9.2020
The supply of BitGo’s wrapped bitcoins (WBTC) topped 76,000 after setting an all-time record of nearly 21,000 WBTC minted within one week. Here’s why
Bitcoin-on-Ethereum Token tBTC Relaunches Following Buggy Debut in May
22.9.2020
TBTC, a decentralized way to copy bitcoin (BTC) over to Ethereum, is relaunching today after a smart-contract bug sunk the project in May
Facebook’s Libra Co-Founder Morgan Beller Departs to Return to VC
22.9.2020
Beller, 27, will become a general partner at NFX. She'd worked at a16z before joining Facebook
BRD Is Breaking Into the Crypto Compliance Game
22.9.2020
The new tech stack will provide AML and compliance tools for financial institutions, government agencies, and cryptocurrency service providers
US Space Force Enlists Blockchain Firm to Deploy Hack-Proof Data Defenses
22.9.2020
The United States Space Force has engaged blockchain firm Xage Security to develop a new security layer for its communications systems
Thinking About Power Usage and Websites
22.9.2020
Gerry McGovern asked if I had any insight into energy consumption and websites. He has a book, after all, about the digital costs on the planet. He was wondering about the specifics of web tech, like…
If you do this in HTML it will consume 3× energy but if you do it in JavaScript it will...
CIA’s New Research Lab to Study Blockchain
21.9.2020
CIA Labs will give officers an outlet to patent and profit from their tech inventions
‘We Blew It.’ Douglas Rushkoff’s Take on the Future of the Web
21.9.2020
Douglas Rushkoff is a futurist and early cypherpunk. His early writings on the internet paved the way for thinking about the web in revolutionary terms. What's changed?
DAOs Will Never Govern the World (at This Pace)
21.9.2020
DAOs were meant to fix the broken democratic processes in today's society. They've come up against their own governance roadblocks
The ‘Hot Swap’ Plan to Switch Ethereum to Proof-of-Stake Explained
19.9.2020
With Ethereum 2.0's much-anticipated move to Proof-of-Stake getting closer, CoinDesk Research Analyst Christine Kim spoke with Ethereum developer Danny Ryan and Liz Steininger, CEO of blockchain security company Least Authority on what users and investors should expect