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ComputerWorld Independent 

How blockchain will kill fake news (and four other predictions for 2020)

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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0800

As blockchain’s hype cycle continues to befuddle many about its potential beyond  cryptocurrencies, businesses and governments are moving ahead with projects involving everything from digital identities to voting and supply chain tracking.

Blockchain has slipped into the “Trough of Disillusionment” (see Gartner Hype Cycle), because it got ahead of its technical and operational maturity. As a result, interest has waned as most experiments and implementations failed to provide expected results.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

Utah county moves to expand mobile voting through blockchain

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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Disabled voters in Utah County will be able to use their smartphones to vote in the November municipal election, an expansion of an earlier pilot test of the blockchain-based technology and anothert step toward allowing all voters to cast ballots with a mobile device.

The county, which has more than a half million residents, is the third in the U.S. to partner with Tusk Philanthropies, a non-profit focused on expanding mobile voting nationally. The latest pilot is a collaboration between the Utah County Elections Division, Tusk Philanthropies, the National Cybersecurity Center and Boston-based voting app developer Voatz.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

Can Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency survive the exodus?

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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:00:00 -0700

After the withdrawal of seven of the 29 founding members of the Libra Association, the governing council for Facebook’s planned global cryptocurrency, the project’s fate  looks increasingly uncertain.

PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, eBay, Stripe, Mercado Pago and Brooking Holdings have backed away from participation on the Libra Association; their hands were forced when  all members met Monday in Switzerland for formalize their commitment to the project.

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BitCoin Blokt Currency Digital News Science Technology 

V SYSTEMS and X-VPN Revamp TCP/IP to Launch Blockchain-Powered Internet Protocol

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Credit to Author: Darren Brazer| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:59:04 +0000

V SYSTEMS and X-VPN have co-launched Tachyon, a blockchain-powered internet protocol. X-VPN is a leading VPN service that boasts 50 million active users, with its mobile app ranking among the top 20 globally on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. V SYSTEMS is a blockchain database project led by Sunny King, the inventor […]

V SYSTEMS and X-VPN Revamp TCP/IP to Launch Blockchain-Powered Internet Protocol was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

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The Tezos Foundation Issues 14 New Ecosystem Grants to Projects

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Credit to Author: Darren Brazer| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 19:43:51 +0000

Today, the Tezos Foundation announced the issue of 14 new grants to various ecosystem projects that submitted proposals to the Foundation’s recent ‘request for proposals (RFP).’ The Foundation stated that it considered proposals for applications that use Tezos smart contracts, Tezos smart contract development tools, Tezos educational resources, Tezos block explorers, and marketing initiatives that […]

The Tezos Foundation Issues 14 New Ecosystem Grants to Projects was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

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QRL, Making Cryptocurrencies Secure Against Quantum Computing Attacks

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Credit to Author: Elliot Hill| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:43:52 +0000

As our computing power increases, we edge ever closer to “quantum” computers, machines capable of solving complex problems using quantum mechanics, which traditional “bit” based computers can’t effectively process. For cryptocurrencies, which rely on the security of their ledger to protect huge amounts of user funds, these complex problems which could be solved by quantum […]

QRL, Making Cryptocurrencies Secure Against Quantum Computing Attacks was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

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Multisig Crypto Security Company Casa Expand Team With New Product Lead Brian Lockhart

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Credit to Author: Elliot Hill| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 16:08:40 +0000

Casa, founded in 2018 by Jeremy Welch – now CEO, is a blockchain company focused on providing financial self-sovereignty and leading security for Bitcoin private keys. Employing other prominent members of the Bitcoin community, such as CTO Jameson Lopp, Casa have grown rapidly despite the downturn in the crypto markets which marked most of 2018. […]

Multisig Crypto Security Company Casa Expand Team With New Product Lead Brian Lockhart was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

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BLOCKv Announces Partnership With Publicis Groupe, the World’s Third-Largest Media Agency

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Credit to Author: Darren Brazer| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:09:55 +0000

Jon Knight, the VP of Business Development and Partnerships, officially announced in the BLOCKv community telegram group that the company had signed a “formal partnership agreement with Publicis Groupe.” The agreement was reached last week but not announced until today. The French multinational, Publicis Groupe, is the world’s third-biggest media agency and was founded in […]

BLOCKv Announces Partnership With Publicis Groupe, the World’s Third-Largest Media Agency was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.

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ComputerWorld Independent 

Why France and Germany fear Facebook’s cryptocurrency – and plan to block it

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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Facebook’s plans to launch its own Libra cryptocurrency next year is getting resistance from France and Germany who have promised to block it and plan to create their own national cryptocurrencies.

Last week, the two nations said Libra could threaten the Euro’s value and unlawfully privatize money. Last year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s central bank, announced a ban on the use of cryptocurrencies by any regulated financial entity because of risks associated with it.

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