NEWS
American Express joins Hyperledger blockchain project
The biggest credit-card issuer by purchases has signed on to the Hyperledger Project, an industry group of more than 100 members developing Blockchain technology for corporate use.
Microsoft collaborates with Blockchain startup Tierion
Microsoft revealed it is working with Blockchain startup Tierion to determine how decentralized identities linked to a Blockchain could validate data, claims or agreements.
LendingRobot launches hedge fund that uses Blockchain and Machine Learning — with no human intervention
LendingRobot, an automated online investment-management service that calls itself a “robo-advisor,” is launching a hedge fund that the company says is administered without human intervention, making use of Amazon Web Services’ machine learning, compute servers and Blockchain technology.
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Bosch, Cisco, Gemalto and more: tech giants team up for Blockchain-IoT
The intention of the companies cooperation is to build an abstraction layer such that a handful of core functions that IoT vendors might need – for example, registering new devices or changing ownership – can be implemented in such a way that the code can be used with different blockchains.
Who’s ready to play the Blockchain game?
FirstBlood integrates some of the biggest mainstream video games into Ethereum Blockchain-based competition platform. From peer-to-peer competition, to real-money in game economies, to Blockchain based in game assets, to decentralized game logic, there is a world of possibilities for how Blockchain will be integrated into the next generation of video games and the products built around them.
Bitcoin in numbers — a collection of interesting and recent charts
Bitcoin charts show many facets of the cryptocurrency’s environment. So far Bitcoin has created a myriad of different markets, value correlations, mining data, and many more constellations of economic measurement.
The Blockchain is still waiting for its web. Here's a blueprint
The Blockchain landscape is still very technical. Aside from the early enthusiasts and pioneers, it is hardly comprehensible to the masses, and it will continue to be that way, unless it breaks out of its technical shell.
This isn’t unlike the predicament the Internet was stuck in, prior to the Web.
BLOCKCHAIN FOR NEWBIES
A complete beginner's guide to Blockchain
The interesting article introducing to Blockchain basics through real-life examples and non-technical analysis.
Implementing Blockchain for cognitive IoT applications, Part 1
This article provides an overview of Blockchain-enabled IoT solutions and demonstrates how to use the IBM Blockchain platform for an IoT application in a multi-partner environment.
A tactical guide to investing in Blockchain assets
Bitcoin, Ethereum and other open-source blockchains are inclusive by nature, allowing anyone with an Internet connection to benefit from their growth from the start.
Why do I need a public and private key on the Blockchain?
The short explanation why cryptographic keys are ones of the most important parts of any Blockchain-based system.
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