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A block chain or blockchain is a permissionless distributed database that maintains a continuously-growing list of transaction records hardened against tampering and revision. It consists of blocks, holding batches of individual transactions. Each block contains a timestamp and an information linking it to a previous block. The block chain is seen as the main technical innovation of bitcoin, where it serves as the decentralized public ledger of all bitcoin transactions. This original design has been the inspiration for other cryptocurrencies and distributed databases. In this series, we cover latest development stories related to blockchain and its applications around the world.

Blockchain Revolution Series

ABN Amro Explores Blockchain Use Cases For Its Core Bank Processes

Apr 29, 2016 10:55 am UTC| Digital Currency

ABN Amro, the Dutch state-owned bank serving serves retail, private and corporate banking clients, has announced that it has formed a 30-strong team explore potential blockchain applications. ABN AMRO is one of the...

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Russia’s Securities Depository Successfully Tests Blockchain-Based E-Proxy Voting System

Apr 29, 2016 10:23 am UTC| Digital Currency

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russias central securities depository, has announced that it has successfully finished developing and testing an e-proxy voting system running on a distributed ledger (blockchain...

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Credits, Skyscape Cloud Services Partner To Deliver Blockchain-As-A-Service To UK Public Sector

Apr 29, 2016 05:20 am UTC| Digital Currency

Credits, a blockchain infrastructure provider, has announced its partnership with Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, to deliver Blockchain-as-a-Service to UK public sector organisations. Were seeing a growing number of...

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Emercoin Mulls To Thrive In Blockchain Space With EmerLabs, Blockchain Engine And More - In Conversation With CCO Jason Cassidy

Apr 29, 2016 04:39 am UTC| Digital Currency

Emercoin, a leading digital currency and blockchain platform, has been making significant strides in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space lately. From partnership with Microsofts Azure Blockchain-As-A-Service, to recent...

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Computershare, SETL Join Forces To Develop Blockchain Securities Ownership Registers

Apr 28, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Digital Currency

Computershare, a leading provider of share registrar, and SETL, an institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology, have today announced a joint initiative to establish securities...

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Infosys Subisidiary EdgeVerve Launches Blockchain Framework For Financial Services

Apr 28, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Digital Currency

In order to foster blockchain adoption by the global financial services sector, EdgeVerve Systems, , a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys, has introduced its EdgeVerve Blockchain Framework at the Infosys Confluence global...

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2016 Libertarian Party New York State Convention To Use BTC’s Blockchain-Based Voting System

Apr 27, 2016 09:53 am UTC| Digital Currency

Blockchain Technologies Corp. (BTC), the New York-based innovator in blockchain-based voting solutions, has announced that it has been chosen by the New York Libertarian Party (NYLP) to provide balloted-election services...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Some experts say the US economy is on the up, but here’s why voters don’t think so

Many Americans are gloomy about the economy, despite some data saying it is improving. The Economist even took this discussion to TikTok. When its US editor John Prideaux examined inflation, wage and employment numbers,...

Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025

Imagine a future with nearly silent air taxis flying above traffic jams and navigating between skyscrapers and suburban droneports. Transportation arrives at the touch of your smartphone and with minimal environmental...

Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power

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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level a...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

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Coverage of the recent student encampments at more than 50 universities across the United States has focused on confrontations between opposing groups of protesters or between protesters and police. The spectacle of...

Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?

Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament. The result is a mixed bag for former prime...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Technology

Billionaire Mark Cuban Urges SEC to Emulate Japan's Crypto Strategy Amid Regulatory Challenges

In a revealing social media post, billionaire Mark Cuban called SEC Chairman Gary Gensler to consider adopting Japans cryptocurrency regulatory framework. Cuban highlighted Japans recovery from major setbacks like the Mt....

What Silicon Valley's Elite Say About the Future of Crypto

The high-tech industry continues to aggressively advance in the blockchain industry, proposing and developing new solutions that improve and make Web3s goods more usable by both general consumers and sophisticated industry...

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OpenAI To Announce ChatGPT 5 Potential Updates This Week Including Voice Features And Real-Time Interaction

The growing excitement among enthusiasts in the artificial intelligence (AI) area will climax as OpenAI releases its upcoming developments. Users have been speculating and making guesses, hoping to catch a glimpse and...

Tesla's New Battery Chief Aims for Cost Cuts in Cybertruck, Model Y

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