An experiment with blockchain technology to assess its viability for future transparent transactions has been proven by Bank of Ireland and Deloitte. David Tighe, head of innovation at Bank of Ireland, explained that the trial took place to show how blockchain technology can be used by financial institutions on top of traditional legacy systems. Blockchain […]
That’s Right. You Read the tagline correctly: The first fully open source, IPFS and Ethereum-based, international marketplace’s crowdsale will go live this August. It shares a lot of functionality with OpenBazaar, uses Slock.it’s DAO model, and it’s built with security and privacy at the top of its feature list. The contract, Mist Plugin and description […]
An Ethereum startup founder discusses challenges facing next-generation technology applications for autonomous blockchain-based companies. An Ethereum-based distributed autonomous organization (DAO) is a blockchain entity that operates according to a set of pre-defined rules that the members of the DAO help maintain and that they leverage to make collective decisions. A DAO (which differs from other […]
An environmental researcher modeled pessimistic and optimistic scenarios for Bitcoin’s energy consumption over the next few years. Quelle: Bitcoin Could Consume as Much Electricity as Denmark by 2020
How blockchains are laying the groundwork for the next century’s economic growth – not only in the finance sector, but across society as a whole.
Quelle: PwC Report: While Fintech Disrupts Banks, the Blockchain Disrupts Fintech | Bitcoin Magazine
Der Bitcoin war das Nonplusultra, wenn es um digitales Geld ging. Der Konkurrent Ether könnte das aber nun ändern – auch weil er mehr kann als Bitcoin. Ether übersprang jetzt eine magische Hürde. Quelle: Das ist der neue große Rivale des Bitcoin
CEO Quelle: My Wet and Wild Bitcoin Weekend On Richard Branson’s Island Refuge | Motherboard
The thesis behind the experiment is that users will save money through the use of microtransaction… Quelle: Why a German Power Company is Using Ethereum to Test Blockchain Car Charging – CoinDesk
Forty of the world’s biggestbanks, including HSBC and Citi, have tested asystem for trading fixed income using the technology thatunderpins bitcoin, fintech company R3 CEV said on Thursday. Quelle: Forty big banks test blockchain-based bond trading system