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. …
Added by Matthew Roszak in BloqLabs, Industry, News
Bloq is a true believer in the idea of a multi-chain, multi-token, multi-network future. This means that developers who imagine new crypto-concepts should be focused on building the next great decentralized network, and shouldn’t have to worry about whether a 51% attack will smother their nascent project from the get go. …
Added by Dariusz Jakubowski in Events, Industry, News
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s largest trade advocacy group for the blockchain industry, recently hosted their annual DC Blockchain Summit in early March. The audience and speakers comprise both industry leaders and policy makers, offering a uniquely level and sober examination of the space. …
Added by Dariusz Jakubowski in Labs, Metronome, News
Metronome, a cryptocurrency BloqLabs helped develop and launch, delivered its February 2019 community updates, highlighting validator network documentation publication, engineer Manoj Patidar’s AMA, and desktop wallet updates. …
Added by Steve Beauregard in BloqLabs, Industry
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology conversations in mainstream (and even industry) media have largely focused on fungible tokens such as bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH). Fungibility essentially means that one unit of a commodity is transferable for another unit of that same commodity at a rate of 1:1 – none are unique. But we’re beginning to see exciting discussions and developments from another kind of token – a non-fungible or “digitally unique” token (aka NFT). …
Added by Phil Gomes in Industry, News
Over at CommPro, our own comms pro Phil Gomes responded to the inquiry “Are cryptocurrencies out of the woods yet?”Believing that the question perhaps held the wrong focus (“What woods?”), the answer began with: …
Added by Ryan Condron in Labs, News, Titan
We’ve been thrilled with the response to January’s announcement of Titan, both from the crypto-mining community and in private meetings that have taken place since. Opening the Titan beta waitlist allowed us to gauge interest – which was substantial – in a new, automated mining management solution. The comments left by people signing up also offered important insights as to where miners wanted to improve their operations. The responses were a mix of the expected and unexpected, showing us priorities and opportunities. …
Added by Dariusz Jakubowski in Labs, Metronome, News
This week, we delivered a lot more detail on a very important aspect of Metronome’s cross-blockchain capability: the Metronome validator document, which is now live on GitHub. …
Added by Matthew Roszak in Industry, News
Today, the Chamber of Digital Commerce delivered its recommendation for a National Action Plan for Blockchain (NAPB). This, in many ways, serves as a blueprint for governments around the world that have had their heads in the sand on this transformative technology. …
Added by Jenna Pilgrim in Industry, News
Cryptocurrency and blockchain enthusiast communities have made it clear that they are not waiting on the “blessing” of legacy institutions – they’re ready to make the revolution happen now. At the London Blockchain Week at Tower Bridge, crypto-believers in the form of researchers, thought leaders, investors, and consultants shared their thoughts, exploring real-world use cases for the technology – and how its communities could help. …
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