Added by Phil Gomes in News, Opinion
Coming out of the Consensus post-conference decompression, I finally had a few minutes to take in the 60 Minutes special on Bitcoin and see what crypto-Twitter thought. …
Added by Dariusz Jakubowski in Labs, Metronome, News
In April, the Metronome team continued testing the cross-chain capability, engaging with the community, and preparing for the Consensus conference in NYC this May. …
Added by Phil Gomes in Events, Industry, News
Like a number of companies in our industry, the Bloq team is gearing up for Consensus 2019 in New York. Here’s what we’ll be showing off at the New York Midtown Hilton (Clinton Room, second floor) during the show: …
Added by Dariusz Jakubowski in Labs, Metronome, News
Cross-chain interoperability is one of the most intensely pursued developments in blockchain technology and it comes as no surprise that multiple approaches are in the works. The Metronome team recently published an article outlining the differences between some of the more well-known attempts – and how these are different from Metronome’s “chainhop” approach. …
Added by Hadley Stern in BloqCloud, Industry, News
Financial Services, Cloud, and the Blockchain ImperativeI come from the financial services industry. While it has made great strides in exploringblockchain technology and has produced a number of proofs-of-concept, it has been slow to approach production-class projects that feature exposure to public blockchains. (I was fortunate in that my previous employer was forward-thinking in this sense.) On one hand, that makes it similar to many other sectors, which are often risk-averse and reluctant to jettison established norms. We are, after all, talking about people’s money. …
Added by Jordan Kruger in Events, Industry, News
Universities and colleges are starting to approach blockchain technology from a more academic position – it’s no longer relegated to the office hours and sabbatical fantasies of economics and computer science professors. A professor from my grad school alma mater, Georgetown University, recently invited me to speak to a class of MBA students on blockchain fundamentals, a high level of Bitcoin blockchain technology, exciting use cases and crypto user management. …
Added by Dariusz Jakubowski in Labs, Metronome, News
The Metronome team recently updated its community on recent milestones and next steps. …
Added by Jeff Garzik in BloqCloud, Industry, News
Industry and social media debate whether cloud computing is technically or philosophically compatible with the cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks. After all, decentralization is an article of faith across our industry. For many prominent voices, any delay in achieving that distant vision is interminably long and any perceived half-measures along the way are deemed unforgivable. Navigating the hurdles facing a fully decentralized future — and, more importantly, preparing our customers for it — is what drives us at Bloq. …
Added by Dariusz Jakubowski in Events, Industry
FinTank, a fintech hub based in Chicago, recently hosted a carefully curated meeting of the city’s top fintech and cryptocurrency players to discuss how to make Chicago the Crypto Capital of the US – if not the world. …
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