In a move that has put cryptocurrency exchanges across the world on notice, the first cross chain atomic swap was executed between Decred and Litecoin. To the novice, you can think of an atomic swap as a method of directly covering your cryptocurrency from one form to another without the need of an exchange. In […]
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Advertising just got Blockchained : BAT and adTOKEN
It suddenly feels like blockchain is everywhere, and the sectors of media and advertising have not been an exception to this rage. With new innovations piping in every second, it is hardly a surprise that the problems related to advertising are now being tackled by the wonder of the 21st century – blockchain. Two simple […]
Intel Aims to Bring the Blockchain Version 2.0
Everything in this world is born twice – once when it first comes into this world and second when it realizes it’s greater purpose. Blockchain is no exception. It is coming to us in a second incarnation moving on from its current form as Cryptocurrency to a greater state of being – one where it […]
Civic Makes The World More Secure : When Digital Identity Meets Blockchain
The foundations of Civic were laid when a thought process initiated between Vinny Lingham, CEO and Jonathan Smith, CTO over increasing identity thefts and security breaches. Civic was born to combat the fact that people all over the world often do not have any control over their identity and who may or may not use […]
Blocknet is building the internet of blockchains
“once you achieve trustless exchange, you create space for an entire ecosystem of monetized services” The Blocknet is infrastructure for the coming “inter-blockchain era,” an emerging technology epoch characterised primarily by the superseding of the current API ecosystem with an intrinsically monetizable “token ecosystem.” From the perspective of blockchain technology, if blockchains are to achieve […]
Top 8 Altcoins to invest in August
Cryptocurrency market have seen extraordinary growth in last Quarter. All coins touched its all time high in May-June. Few coins like ethereum, ANS, ETC witnessed 10-15x. Q3 started with the downfall of all these coins, Marketcap also have seen the downtrend which left investors in uncertainty mode about the future of cryptocurrency. Well the drama […]
Self Amending Blockchains : Evolution in the Blockchain Industry
Months prior to the Tezos ICO, Kathleen Breitman of Tezos spoke of her vision when it came to self-amending blockchains, in an interview with IB Times, addressing the irony of the fact that consensus systems often show rigidity in their functions when their own rules need to change. Kathleen said : “The question we asked […]
What Makes Tezos ICO Indisputable Leader Of ICO Empire
Tezos and ICO, If you have been associated with the cryptocurrency sector lately, then these two keywords would have been definitely bouncing around your notifications and your favorite crypto-blogs (Like our updates too? Drop a feedback and your rating at our facebook page now!). And if you don’t know what the hype is about, […]
Accenture and Microsoft Joined Hands To Create Blockchain Solution
In 2016, services giant Accenture and technology hub Microsoft, joined hands to build an unparalleled global digital ID program which was to provide as a source of legal identification to those without any. This public-private partnership consortium sees a unified approach of governments, technology giants and NGOs, among others, to provide a legal identity […]
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[Infographics] WTF is the Blockchain?
Not many have heard about blockchain, even though the technology goes back quite some time. A lot of them know about Bitcoin or some other cryptocurrency, however. Interestingly, Blockchains are revolutionising how the exchange of money through BTC takes place, and so it is essential to know about the former as well so you can […]
An exclusive interview with Rahul Raj, co-founder, Koinex
This is an interview with Rahul Raj, the co-founder of India’s first AltCoin exchange, Koinex, along with his colleagues Aditya Naik and Rakesh Yadav (1) Please tell us something about yourself and your first meeting with Bitcoin? My name is Rahul. I graduated from IIT Kharagpur in Mathematics and has been involved in startup ecosystem […]
BlockShow Asia by Cointelegraph: Revealing Blockchain Sensations
BlockShow Asia 2017 powered by Cointelegraph is one of the largest conferences showcasing Blockchain solutions, bringing the hottest startups, ICOs, and unconventional sensations. The event will take place November 29-30, 2017 in Singapore – a prime global business hub and country which has taken many steps to implement Blockchain technology. BlockShow Asia investments As an […]
RBI considering cryptocurrency for a possible rupee replacement
For some time now, the Reserve Bank of India has been exploring digital alternatives for the country’s currency, the Rupee. They issued a statement yesterday, that they were considering cryptocurrency approach for a digital rupee. In an interview with the Economic Times, RBI executive director Sudarshan Sen said, “We have a group of people looking […]
Advertising just got Blockchained : BAT and adTOKEN
It suddenly feels like blockchain is everywhere, and the sectors of media and advertising have not been an exception to this rage. With new innovations piping in every second, it is hardly a surprise that the problems related to advertising are now being tackled by the wonder of the 21st century – blockchain. Two simple […]
Ethereum expert Toshendra Sharma on entrepreneurship and ICOs in India
Toshendra Sharma, a MTech graduate from IIT Bombay is well known among the Indian startup community as the founder of security startup Wegilant. As a single founder, Toshendra took the company through close to 5 financial years and 2 rounds of funding, before deciding to shut shop as the startup couldn’t raise further funds. While […]
UBIQ – Undervalued and overshadowed
In a crypto market where the hype is majorly dominated by currencies like Ethereum offering brand new platforms and faster development for enterprises, consumers have often been ignorant towards the volatility that comes along with the coin and have suffered. In a world with hundreds of garbage coins that have negligible backing in terms of […]
China ban on ICOs – should you be worried?
The cryptocurrency market has greatly benefited from China and its people. Whether it be from the wealthy people of China purchasing assets in the form of cryptocurrency or the cheap electricity that funds the massive mining efforts, China has been one of the reasons why Cryptocurrency is where it is today. With this in mind, […]
OmiseGo (OMG): Unbanking The Banked
There exists a fundamental issue in our traditional financial world: the services provided by banks, payment processors, gateways and financial institutions are majorly subject to privileges for the middle class. Not to mention, there is also a severe lack of communication and coordination amongst these service providers themselves before they work in coalition with the […]
Estonia: The Blockchain Nation
Change is the only constant. A decade ago, we managed to adapt many changes like change of paper mail to email, feature phones to smart phones, desktop computers to laptops. These changes, in beginning, threatened to be problematic, but look how seamlessly they have integrated into our lives. After some point of life, change is necessary […]
