Tag: blockchain

• Wolfram Blockchain Labs

  December 15, 2019

  Wolfram Blockchain Labs Realizing the Potential of Blockchain & Smart Contracts through Knowledge-Based Computation Sign up for updates Contact us https://www.wolframblockchainlabs.com/ more ›

• China’s Cryptocurrency Plan Has a Powerful Partner: Big Brother

  October 20, 2019

  Facebook’s Libra project led Beijing to accelerate its efforts. The government could soon know a lot more about how people are spending. BEIJING — When Facebook announced plans this year… more ›

• The Invention of Money

  August 4, 2019

  When the Venetian merchant Marco Polo got to China, in the latter part of the thirteenth century, he saw many wonders—gunpowder and coal and eyeglasses and porcelain. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/05/the-invention-of-money more ›

• Bitcoin and the money myth

  July 29, 2019

  In recent weeks, Facebook has created a new digital currency and the price of Bitcoin has fluctuated wildly. Has money itself always been an illusion? https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/07/bitcoin-and-money-myth more ›

• SoundCrowd: Tokenizing & Collectivizing Soundcloud

  March 21, 2019

  I’ve been thinking about this a lot since the recent, somewhat unsurprising, news of Soundcloud’s troubles. My intention is to put these thoughts out there, but also to run a… more ›

• IBM Launches A Blockchain Based Global Payments Network Using Stellar’s Cryptocurrency

  March 18, 2019

  IBM is paving the way for banks and other regulated financial institutions to join the blockchain revolution. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelwolfson/2019/03/18/ibm-launches-a-blockchain-based-global-payments-network-using-stellars-cryptocurrency/ more ›

• Cryptocurrencies for 2019 and Beyond

  March 9, 2019

  Now is an exciting time to get into the crypto space because there are lots of affordable options. However, there are currently at least 1,200 different types of coins listed… more ›

• Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed Where Bitcoin Failed

  March 6, 2019

  SAN FRANCISCO — Some of the world’s biggest internet messaging companies are hoping to succeed where cryptocurrency start-ups have failed by introducing mainstream consumers to the alternative world of digital… more ›

• JP Morgan Is Quietly Testing Cutting-Edge Ethereum Privacy Tech

  February 28, 2019

  JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain team is increasing its firepower around a branch of mind-bending math called zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). https://www.coindesk.com/jp-morgan-is-quietly-testing-cutting-edge-ethereum-privacy-tech more ›

• Why Blockchain Differs From Traditional Technology Life Cycles

  February 25, 2019

  In the aftermath of the 2001 internet bubble, Carlota Perez published her influential book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital. This seminal work provides a framework for how new technologies create… more ›