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Roles And Skills of a Corda Architect: A Deep Dive
Corda is an open-source platform that helps businesses transact directly using smart contracts. It helps transact in privacy and reduces transaction and record-keeping costs and streamlines business operations. Corda follows a strict privacy model that allows businesses to transact privately and…
Messaging App LINE Launches Crypto Exchange for 80 Million Users
Messaging provider LINE launched a cryptocurrency exchange service days after the platform received final regulatory approval, for its 80 million users who are based in Japan. According to the statement issued, the service was introduced in stages from 3 p.m. Japan local time on Tuesday and is…
COMPARISON OF CONSENSUS ALGORITHMS USED IN HYPERLEDGER FRAMEWORKS
The consensus algorithms in Hyperledger network is a process where the nodes in the network provide an ordering of the transaction and validating those block of transactions that need to be committed to the ledger.
Classifying A Cryptocurrency: Security Or Currency Or Asset?
Cryptocurrencies are a global phenomenon known to almost everyone. Today, it would be extremely difficult to find any major bank, a renowned accounting firm, a popular software company, or a government that has not researched or published a paper on cryptocurrencies or blockchain. But beyond this…
Success Story : Faisal Almurbati
“An Investment in knowledge pays the best interest ” – Benjamin Franklin. Learning has no age limit. Continual learning is the key to achieve great success in life. At the centre of the focus of today’s story is Faisal Mohamed Al Murbatd. Faisal had worked with multiple…
Ethereum Classic Successfully Activates Atlantis Hard Fork
Ethereum Director of Developer Relations, Yaz Khoury, announced in a Twitter post about Ethereum Classic (ETC) activating the Atlantis hard fork. This has been possible due to the efforts of the team behind Ethereum Classic, which aims at improving the functionality and compatibility of the altcoin…
Mastering Blockchain : Advantages and Learning Path
You might have come across many people wanting to invest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies as its potential and popularity are becoming manifold each day. But do you know that a career in blockchain technology is a more worthy investment? Blockchain is one such technology that has the…
Top 5 Effective Use Cases Of Blockchain In Virtual Reality
Virtual reality (VR) is expected to have an economic impact of $15.6 billion by 2020. Virtual reality is one technology which has stepped aside from the world of technology and entered new realms. It is a cutting edge form of technology which has crossed the barriers and made its way into various…
Best 5 Blockchain-Based Smart Contract Platforms [UPDATED]
Summary Smart contracts in Blockchain are self-executing agreements written in code on a decentralized network. They eliminate the need for intermediaries and offer transparency, irreversibility, and traceability. The article highlights the top 5 Blockchain-based smart contract platforms.…
Ethereum Tokens: ERC 20 vs. ERC 223 vs. ERC 777
Ethereum has risen to prominence as one of the main forces behind cryptocurrency adoption since its launch in 2015. Tokens represent a wide range of digital assets in the Ethereum system, including coupons, promissory notes, and even physical things. Smart contracts established on the Ethereum…
World’s First Blockchain-Enabled Smartphone To Soon Hit The Market
According to recent news reports the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has approved the world’s purportedly first blockchain-enabled smartphone for import in August and it will be available for purchase in the Bangladeshi market in October. The smartphone, known as Finney, is a…
U.S. Department of Energy Grants $200,000 To Factom
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grants nearly $200,000 to Factom, the blockchain innovations company, to protect the national power grid. The project seeks to protect the security of millions of devices. The U.S.Department of Energy awarded the funds on July 12. The abstract read as…