A new project from Accenture and Fujitsu aims to solve DLT interoperability and joins the Hyperledger Greenhouse. While interoperability continues to pose serious challenges for enterprises leveraging blockchain networks, companies may be one step closer to breaking down these barriers. An open-source project initiated by Fortune 500 company Accenture and Fujitsu joined Hyperledger’s Greenhouse on […]
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Public blockchains came under the attack of Salesforce exec, and EY and VeChain stepped up to explain how businesses are using them. The question of whether enterprises should use public or private blockchains for business has become extremely relevant today. A recent report from Fortune Business Insights predicted that the blockchain market will reach $21 […]
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Ethereum’s co-founder recently tipped his hat to EOS for its niche-carving efforts. In a recent series of tweets, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin gave a nod of approval to competing blockchain EOS with regard to the niche they are trying to carve out. “If I were designing a new chain to live alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum, I would take […]
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In the second part of Cointelegraph’s interview with Mance Harmon, he talks about blockchain-based coupons. After talking about Hedera’s Consensus-as-a-Service model in the first part of Cointelegraph’s interview, Hedera CEO Mance Harmon mentioned one specific use case of enterprise blockchain to organize industry cooperation. Like with public blockchains, enterprise-based solutions are a way of coordinating […]
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Decentralized finance faces a liquidity issue, but there are multiple solutions in the works that hope to tap into Bitcoin’s massive market cap. Decentralized Finance, or DeFi, has been making strides in providing tools for users to take control of their own money and truly be their own bank. However, the assets that power this […]
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An Ethereum 2.0 developer call reveals that the Schlesi testnet was successful enough to hope for a more official multi-client testnet in June based on 0.12 specs. Work on Ethereum 2.0 is now almost entirely directed toward fixing bugs, with the team trying to synchronize all existing clients into one single version of the blockchain. […]
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Reddit continues to provide more details about its blockchain community points system, which will run on the Rinkeby testnet before moving to the Ethereum network. The popular social blogging platform Reddit has confirmed that its tokenized rewards will migrate onto the Ethereum blockchain later this year. On May 13, Reddit officially revealed its Community Points […]
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Two years after CryptoKitties ‘broke Ethereum’ and the launch of a new CryptoKitty token has overwhelmed the Winklevoss-backed NFT exchange Nifty Popular crypto-collectibles, CryptoKitties, has just launched 100 tokens depicting ‘Catterina’ — a new collectible drawn by brand ambassador, Momo Wang — on the Winklevoss-backed exchange Nifty. Wang is best known for drawing a cartoon […]
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Bitcoin acts as a gateway to altcoins, with only 24% of investors keeping the faith, according to research from Coinbase. Bitcoin (BTC) acts like a gateway down the altcoin rabbit hole, according to new research from Coinbase. The research found that while 60% of users buy Bitcoin as their first cryptocurrency purchase, only 24% of […]
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Visa has filed a patent application to create digital currency — potentially using Ethereum as the blockchain. Visa has filed an application to create digital currency on a blockchain with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. According to the application published May 14 — but filed way back in November 2018 — inventors Simon J. […]
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