Milan to host Scaling Bitcoin Workshop this weekend
Oct 04, 2016 06:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
The second Scaling Bitcoin Workshop will be held this year in Milan, Italy from October 8th-9th with a focus to provide a physical space for software developers and researchers, working on projects related to bitcoin, to...
EU Parliament paper explores impact of blockchain-enabled e-voting
Oct 04, 2016 05:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
A new research paper from the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has explored the potential of blockchain technology to transform election and voting system. Authored by Philip Boucher, the paper titled What...
Adam Back takes up responsibility of Blockstream CEO
Oct 04, 2016 05:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain-based company Blockstream announced that its board of directors has appointed Dr. Adam Back, the company co-founder, as its new CEO. According to the official announcement, Adam replaces outgoing CEO Austin...
Over 50 lawyers team up for Digital Currency and Ledger Defense Coalition
Oct 04, 2016 04:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
A new coalition has been formed that will focus on the legal issues surrounding digital currency and distributed ledger technology. More than fifty blockchain legal experts have come together to launch the Digital...
Hyperledger sets up blockchain working group for healthcare industry
Oct 04, 2016 04:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Linux Foundations Hyperledger project has announced the formation of Hyperledger Healthcare Working Group (HLHC Working Group) that will aim to house and foster technical and business-level conversations about...
FxWirePro: DASH/ USDT trades slightly above daily Kijun-Sen, jump till USDT13.20 likely
Oct 03, 2016 12:47 pm UTC| Digital Currency
The pair has recovered sharply after making a low of USDT11.54 and jumped till USDT12.40 (Poloniex). It is currently trading around USDT12.10 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart shows: Tenkan-Sen...
University of Glasgow students to use MaidSafe decentralized data network to build apps
Oct 03, 2016 12:40 pm UTC| Digital Currency
The University of Glasgow will be working with MaidSafe team, a start-up developing a fully decentralized and secure approach to the Internet, to build development applications on top of the companys secure and...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects