In a recent press release, Deloitte [https://www2.deloitte.com/cn/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/pr-deloitte-hkma-dlt-proof-of-concept-for-trade-finance.html] announced developing a Distributed Ledger Technology (blockchain [http://etherworld.co/topic/15/blockchain-beginner-s-guide-part-1]) proof of concept (PoC) for Trade Finance in association with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the leading trade
Bitcoin has a unique mining block reward strategy. Each time a miner successfully solves Bitcoin’s proof of work algorithm, he is rewarded a set amount of bitcoins agreed upon by the network. The bitcoins included in the block reward are all new bitcoins. This is the only way that
Republic of Singapore, an island city-state off southern Malaysia, is a global financial center with a tropical climate and multicultural population. According to WEF (World Economic Forum), it is the most “technology ready” nation. Singapore has third largest financial centre and foreign exchange market and has also been identified as
Ethereum [http://etherworld.co/2017/08/13/a-complete-guide-to-understand-ethereum-for-beginners/] is becoming one of the popular ways of transition, a valuable cryptocurrency [http://etherworld.co/2017/07/20/a-beginners-guide-for-cryptocurrency/] at least in the cyberworld. By every passing day its popularity is not only seeking investors’ attention but its useability is taking it
Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott gave a big surprise to the participants and the organizers of the DC Blockchain Summit 2017 by announcing the formation of a multi-million dollar Blockchain Research Institute (BRI). The Chamber of Digital Commerce, along with Georgetown University's Center for Financial Markets and Policy,
Scalability in blockchain Most popular debate in bitcoin community is that blockchain do not scale properly. It doesn't scale because every full node has to verify every transaction. The scaling doesn't really work well because of fixed block time (time between two blocks creation). If there
First Federal sponsored “Code-A-Thon” for Blockchain in Healthcare was organized in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in DC Blockchain Summit 2017. The contestants (both in-house and online) were challenged to create blockchain and distributed
Rising price of Ether (the digital currency of Ethereum) is no more a news but a trend now. The noticeable fact here is it never fails to amaze investors by breaking its old record with a new one every day. The growth is enormous in past week and is making
Ethereum Ice Age Ethereum Ice Age is considered to be an external factor that can affect decision making on other application on Ethereum like ZoE [http://etherworld.co/topic/21/zk-snarks-in-ethereum] (Zerocash Over Ethereum) and several others. Basically, there is a feature in the protocol that makes Ethereum blockchain [http:
“Emerging markets are hugely important.” - James Dyson Over the last couple of years, Ethereum, a blockchain-based platform, has attracted many admirers in the corporate world. At present, it is the second largest cryptocurrency with market cap of more than $2 billion. On Monday March 13, 2017 value of an
Hard fork and soft fork are the protocol upgrade mechanism in blockchain. Hard fork creates an incompatibility between the previous version and the latest version on software. There is always a possibility of split of blockchain (like Ethereum Classic). However, it is debatable, if they are preferred upgrade mechanism for
Russia has been studying Digital Currency for quite some time. Russian government officials have been looking into the concept of the Blockchain Technology and it’s possible usage in economic. As reported by Russian local media [https://rns.online/economy/Medvedev-poruchil-Minkomsvyazi-i-MER-prorabotat-vnedrenie-tehnologii-blokchein-v-Rossii-2017-03-06] on March 6, 2017, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
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