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Geth [https://etherworld.co/2017/10/21/geth/], the command line interface for running a full ethereum node implemented in Go has released its latest version v1.7.3 [https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.7.3] (Weir [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weir]) on November 21, 2017.
(Blockchain eNewspaper) News World news * Visa launches B2B test transaction for cross-border payments via blockchain * American Express collaborates with Ripple for payments via blockchain. * Mastercard Seeks Patent for Instant Blockchain Payments Processing. * Monetary Authority of Singapore releases a report on phase 2 of its inter-bank settlement mechanism. * Canadians to Use
Visa B2B test transaction for cross-border payments via blockchain. Processing started ahead of commercial launch of Visa B2B connect in 2018. Open API for developer community.
American Express has partnered with Ripple [https://twitter.com/Ripple/status/931150009751429120] to speed up cross-border payments between the U.S. and the U.K. by using blockchain technology. In an announcement [https://ripple.com/insights/american-express-joins-ripplenet-giving-visibility-and-speed-to-global-commercial-payments/] made by RippleNet today, November 16, 2017, "American Express is the latest
The IOTA Foundation is official launched as a registered not-for-profit entity (“gemeinnützige Stiftung”) under German law. Founder of IOTA David Sønstebø said [https://blog.iota.org/iota-foundation-fb61937c9a7e], > "After more than a year of painstaking preparatory work, the Foundation was officially incorporated in Berlin on November 3rd by signature
(Blockchain eNewspaper) World news * Bitcoin Cash reached over $2000, stayed as second largest crypto for few hours [https://etherworld.co/2017/11/12/bitcoin-cash-reached-over-2000-stayed-as-second-largest-crypto-for-few-hours/] * Bitcoin Segwit 2X suspended [https://etherworld.co/2017/11/08/bitcoin-segwit-2x-suspended/] * Alex Tapscott's 'NextBlock Global' finally aborted going public, returning investors money
Most awaited and controversial upgrade for Bitcoin - Segwit 2X, has been suspended indefinetly in absense of sufficient consensus for a clean blocksize upgrade.
Parity [https://parity.io] wallet, the multi-signature wallet which is considered to be the most secure way of interacting with the Ethereum blockchain seems to have discovered another vulnerability on November 6th, 2017. The official twitter account tweeted [https://twitter.com/ParityTech/status/927851172534288384] early today, November 7, 2017 >
Alex Tapscott, the co-auther of the book “Blockchain Revolution” has been accused of falsely adding names of blockchain stars as advisors in an investor document of his Crypto VC Firm the NextBlock Global in recent days. In a press release [http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/important-update-from-nextblock-global-655432933.html] on November 5,
(Blockchain eNewspaper) World news * SEC Statement [https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/statement-potentially-unlawful-promotion-icos] on Potentially Unlawful Promotion of Initial Coin Offerings and Other Investments by Celebrities and Others * Ukraine [https://news.bitcoin.com/ukraine-drafts-law-exempt-cryptocurrency-income-profits-taxation/] Drafts Law to Exempt Crypto Income and Profits from Taxation. * Blockchain Startup Tezos Faces Class Action
Amazon Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Amazon [https://www.amazon.com] has registered three domain names on October 31, 2017 related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies. DomainNameWire (DNW) [https://domainnamewire.com/tag/amazon-ethereum/], a trade publication is the first to break the news about Amazon’s move. According to
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