In the next review of the latest initiatives in the field of blockage, such areas as identification, electronic voting, finance, insurance and supply chains. IBM extends partnership with insurance broker Marsh Where: globally In what area: insurance Purpose: to create and launch a commercial version of the insurance verification program Who does: Marsh, IBM, Salesforce Technology used: IBM Supposed date of implementation: unknown Link: press release The US Dairy Farms Association uses a chain of custody to track supply chains Where: United States In what area: dairy industry Purpose: to track the supply of products, increase transparency and consumer confidence…
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Bytecoin crypto currency, October 1 The main purpose of the fork is to update the block . The Bytecoin version 3.3.0 will contain more than 60 improvements in various aspects of the circuit. One of the main changes is the possibility of zero commission for the transaction. Lightning Network beta release, October 1 Developers will present a beta version of the network Lightning Network based on Stellar . Lightning Network is a network outside of the blockroom, which gives crypto currency support for instant transactions. Airdrop token Aion (AION), October 10 Aion is a multilevel blocking network of the third…
Over the past two years, a popular platform for the instant exchange of bitcoin and other crypto currency ShapeShift has been laundered $ 9 million, allegedly associated with criminal activity. This makes it the largest site among the other 46 crypto-exchange exchanges, through which, in aggregate, $ 88.6 million was cleared, according to the Wall Street Journal . While most exchanges are based outside the US, ShapeShift is officially registered in Switzerland, but the company's offices are located in Colorado. The founder and CEO of ShapeShift Eric Woerhes and a number of top managers of the firm, including the chief…
On Saturday, September 29, in Kiev on the site of the former monument to Lenin, a virtual monument was opened to the creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto. This installation was the first in the framework of a global project to create Augmented Reality Cities under the auspices of the Satoshi Nakamoto Republic. The event began with a procession of crypto-enthusiasts who carried posters with slogans in support of bitcoin and the decentralization of society: "Bitcoin is secure by nothing", "We want a pension in bitcoin", etc. "Since no one knows who Satoshi Nakamoto is, he may well be a Ukrainian,…
As informs Bloomberg, "bulls" look at the new technical signals bitcoin in the hope that the crypto currency will change the trend and begin to grow. Analysis of the RIG trend lines, the leading technical indicator, which is a combination of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the study of pulses, demonstrates: the impulse index crossed the RSI, which hints at a positive price movement in the near future. This is the fourth time that the pulse rate crossed the RSI, and each of them was accompanied by a rise in the price of bitcoin . The last time it…
Developers of the customer-focused bitcoin-purse Samourai Wallet announced the release of a new version of the product, the main feature of which was the refusal to display balances in US dollars. We've pushed update 0.98.87 – This one will definitely ruffle feathers, but we hope you understand. Read why we decided to remove all fiat currency from Samourai Wallet in our latest blog post. Plus Samourai is now available in Chinese and 11 other languages https://t.co/MAt9Gc6ZrP – Samourai Wallet (@SamouraiWallet) 28 September 2018 Available for devices on Android, Samourai Wallet 0.98.87 now also supports 12 languages, including Russian, Chinese, Spanish,…
Japanese technology company GMO Internet has announced the release of Cryptknocker, a software client for the crypto currency based on the Equihash algorithm using graphics processors. This is written by CoinDesk . According to GMO, the new software will be completely free for users, however, to compensate for the cost of its development, the company will retain 2% of the revenues of the miners. It is reported that Cryptknocker is primarily focused on the mining of Zcash and other crypto currency based on Equihash using NVIDIA cards. Also GMO claims that its product is 2% more efficient than other similar…
StellarX, a market for asset trading on Stellar, announced the launch of a decentralized exchange, which will offer users zero commissions and support for fiat currencies. StellarX is launched-free trades, fiat onramp, all kinds of tokens! Still lots to do. But here's where we are going. https://t.co/BnHGwxD8E0 – StellarX (@stellarxhq) 28 September 2018 StellarX is a product of Interstellar , which was formed earlier this month after Lightyear Corp. has acquired a developer of block-based solutions for the financial industry Chain. The new exchange offers the same functions as decentralized stock exchanges on Ethereum, like IDEX and EtherDelta; however, due…
Cardano (ADA) and QTUM (QTUM) today, September 28, have been listed on the Kraken exchange. Both assets can be traded in pairs to the USD, the Canadian dollar, the euro, MTC, ETN. In recent weeks, the ADA has shown relative weakness. Listing on Kraken pushed the price up. The coin has left the region $ 0.07 and over the past days has reached a maximum of $ 0.088. In the morning ADA was sold at $ 0.085 – an increase of 8.15% per day. QTUM also responded. The price of the asset rose to $ 4.11, then in the morning…
TRON Foundation disclosed the details of the integration plan with BitTorrent within the Atlas project. So, in the press release it is reported that the activity of users of the service will be encouraged by TRX tokens. At the first stage BitTorrent will connect its peer-to-peer network to the TRON blockade to use TRX tokens. The latter will be used by network users to purchase special services and additional options, including increased download speed. Also TRX tokens, content creators can reward sidies (those who support file distribution). The company believes that such an approach will motivate the Siders to allocate…