Co-founder Jeff Garzik says the insistence on one currency to one blockchain introduces unnecessary risk for token holders.
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Kadena Releases Updated Smart Contract Language for ‘Hybrid Blockchains’
The enterprise blockchain startup has updated its Pact programming language to allow smart contract execution between private and public networks.
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CZ Claims Binance Isn’t Trying to Compete With Other Blockchains or DEXs
Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao recently took to Twitter to emphasize that the newly launched Binance Chain (BNB) and its decentralized exchange aren’t trying to compete with other blockchains or DEXs. Instead, CZ claims that Binance DEX is designed to compete with its centralized counterpart. Clarification: @Binance_DEX is not trying to compete with any other blockchain […]
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Digital Asset’s Smart Contract Language Now Works on Hyperledger Blockchains
Digital Asset is integrating its smart contract language into the Hyperledger Sawtooth enterprise blockchain platform.
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Borderless From Block Collider Is a High-Speed DEX That Unites 5 Blockchains
Borderless isn’t like other decentralized exchanges (DEXs). For one thing, it comes with its own blockchain – or rather the Block Collider chain comes with its own DEX. Throw in the ability to perform cross-chain transfers, block times that are 3x faster than Ethereum and no limits on order size, and Borderless would appear to be markedly different from the competition. News.Bitcoin.com was given a walkthrough of the new DEX, which is due to go live in the next few weeks.
Also read: Nash Is a Decentralized Exchange for Cross-Chain Trading With Fiat Integration
Outlier Ventures’ State of Blockchains Q4-2018 report: user adoption increasing
Outlier Ventures, one of the leading blockchain and Web 3.0 venture capital firms, has published the Q4-2018 report in its State of Blockchains series, reporting that despite declines in token prices, there were strong signs of product adoption in the final quarter of 2018. The quarterly report seri…
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The False Promise Blockchains Will Revolutionize Real-World Assets
The promises made for blockchain are a pipe dream that is unsubstantiated and misleading, says Farzam Ehsani.
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Op-Ed: Initial Exchange Offerings Restore Agility to Blockchain’s Original Fundraising Model
One of the most groundbreaking concepts to emerge from blockchain over its short lifespan has been the initial coin offering, or ICO. In this article, the author will discuss an emerging trend called “Initial Exchange Offerings” or IEOs. Reading about blockchain or cryptocurrency in any newspaper will allude to this unique type of public offering,
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Private Blockchains Have Few Applications, Study Finds
Despite all efforts, so far businesses haven’t been able to come up with significant applications for private, centralized blockchains as opposed to public distributed ledgers, a new study shows. According to the authors, in most cases corporate blockchain networks are used mainly for database verification and transactions auditing.
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Tensions Emerge Between Hyperledger Blockchain’s Biggest Supporters
More than a potential competition between blockchain platforms, tensions between IBM and Intel point to bigger questions around governance.
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Crypto Startups More Valuable Than Blockchains — Can the Trend Change?
In the crypto bull market of late 2017, when tokens reached a valuation of tens of billions of dollars, blockchain networks comfortably surpassed the valuation of commercial companies in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. At the time, for venture capital investors, direct investments in digital assets and cryptocurrencies seemed substantially more profitable than early-stage funding rounds in
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Rate3 Bridges Enterprises with Blockchain’s Benefits through Asset Tokenization
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NEO Founder: Blockchains are Over-Regulated
Da Hongfei, the founder of Antshares (presently and best known as NEO), believes that blockchains and cryptocurrencies are over-regulated in the extreme. In fact, he was recently quoted in a discussion with 8BTC as saying: In essence, blockchain can barely survive within the existing financial regulation system. A licensed institute may find it unnecessary to
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New Protocol ‘Teleports’ Tokens Between the Ethereum and EOS Blockchains
shEOS, a block producer for the EOS (EOS) network, recently unveiled the EOS21 protocol, which will enable seamless cross-chain token movement from Ethereum (ETH) to EOS. Announcing the #EOS21 Protocol: Teleport Your ERC20 Tokens to #EOS. A step toward #blockchain interoperability. https://t.co/DLpo1dbg4l @EOS_io @ethereum #developers #dapp #blockproducer #womeninblockchain — shEOS (sheos21sheos) (@sheos_org) October 11, 2018 According […]
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London Blockchain PR Agency launches EAK TV, Interviewing Blockchain’s Biggest Names
Specialist blockchain PR agency EAK Digital has launched an exclusive YouTube Channel – EAK TV – to showcase exclusive direct insights from thought leaders in the blockchain industry and beyond. The media platform aims to be the go-to channel for blockchain’s thought leaders and visionaries.
The EAK media team has attended some of the world’s biggest crypto/blockchain events this year, including Delta Summit in Malta and Blockchain Shift in Miami. Erhan Korhaliller, CEO and Founder of EAK Digital secured insightful interviews with some of the most influential names in the blockchain space, including Roger Ver of Bitcoin.com, Johnson Chen of NEO, Changpeng Zhao of Binance, Silvio Schembri, Parliamentary Secretary for Malta and a host of other global names.
Deloitte report identifies five key progress vectors that could drive blockchain’s wider adoption
Deloitte US Innovation team “trend sensor” David Schatsky has published a new report on blockchain’s five progress vectors that can help overcome barriers to blockchain adoption. The Deloitte report entitled “Blockchain and the five vectors of progress” examines ways to enhance the technical feasibi…
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NHCT: Healthcare on Blockchain’s Initial Token Generation Event is in Progress
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South Korea Interested In Third Generation Blockchains
Second-generation platforms like Ethereum allow applications to run as programmed whereas third-generation platforms have come out of the blue addressing current issues with second-generation networks, this has grabbed the attention of South Korea.
EOS, Orbs and Link Chain are just a few examples of third-generation blockchain networks which are making waves in the industry. They are also starting to solve the shortcomings of Ethereum such as its commission fees and slow data processing times has started to gain the interest of South Korea.
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Blockchain’s Report Examines Benefits (and Failures) of Today’s Stablecoins
Stablecoins have garnered serious investor attention over the past few weeks. Unlike bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies, they are digital assets built to lessen price volatility and are often paired against the U.S. dollar or established commodities like gold. Volatility is one of the main reasons why several institutional investors and individuals have thought twice about stepping into the cryptocurrency arena, and stablecoins seek to make things a little less frightening.
Cryptocurrency firm Blockchain has released a report examining the growth of the stablecoin trend, the differences between the growing number of stablecoins in circulation, and whether they truly work to lower volatility in the market.
When Blockchains Go Down: Why Crypto Outages Are on the Rise
It used to be that downtime was unheard of on blockchain networks. As new protocols and new trade-offs emerge, that’s no longer the case.
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