See how these industries can use blockchain technology to improve current processes. Many people have heard of blockchain technology in the context of cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin. While the blockchain is an integral part of the world of crypto coins, it has been adapted in many other industries. Blockchain technology can be used in dozens of […]

The Cambridge Analytica scandal poses some serious questions about the integrity of democracies in the information age. From Trump to Brexit, the dirty tricks apparently offered by CA’s top executives should cause concern everywhere that elections happen. But the episode is also worrying because of its specific focus: data. We create reams of data every […]

Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — mCig, Inc. (OTCQB: MCIG)(www.mciggroup.com) subsidiary OBITX, Inc. (OBITX) (www.obitx.com), a technology company providing advertising and marketing products and services using digital technologies across the Internet, mobile devices, displays, and other digital mediums, utilizing a proprietary cloud-based social media platform filed its S-1 Registration Statement with the Securities […]

SEATTLE, WA, Jan. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CFN Media Group (“CannabisFN”), the leading creative agency and media network dedicated to legal cannabis, announces publication of an article covering how Future Farm Technologies Inc. (CSE:FFT) (CNSX:FFT) (FFT.CN) (OTCQB:FFRMF) recent investment in FlipCoin represents one of the most promising applications of cryptocurrency in the cannabis industry. FlipCoin solves […]

Magda Borowik is the special envoy for fintech to the Ministry of Digital Affairs of the Republic of Poland and the director of technology research at FinTech Poland. The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. The last couple of years were owned by the ‘fintech’ buzzword. From startups to investors to […]

200 gigabytes. That’s the maximum load some personal laptops will store. It’s also roughly the amount of space the bitcoin blockchain currently requires. These bloating storage requirements are a longstanding problem for the community’s efforts to keep bitcoin decentralized. But Bitcoin Core contributor and maintainer Jonas Schnelli has spent the past few years trying to […]

What if there were no exchanges to hack? As a new generation of crypto users begin to invest in the technology, developers are growing concerned about its infrastructure. They’ve seen this happen before – new users enter the space attracted by big gains, then suddenly, a catastrophic failure, usually at the very exchanges designed to hold […]

The highly anticipated white paper for privacy technology zk-starks has been released. Touted as a more secure version of zk-snarks, the privacy technology used by zcash, zk-starks remove the need for a “trusted setup.” The publication of the zk-starks white paper will likely cause a stir in the development community. The paper is co-authored by Eli-Ben Sasson, a […]

The price of ether is shattering all-time highs. Rising to more than $1,000 for the first time ever last week, the cryptocurrency has reclaimed its place as the second-largest blockchain by total value, days after being temporarily surpassed by Ripple’s XRP token. However, as with that controversial market move, the massive uptick in value bears a […]

A long-standing proposal to bring “smarter” smart contracts to bitcoin’s main net has just taken one step closer to implementation. Developers have submitted a pull request for Merkelized Abstract Syntax Trees (MAST), marking the first time this smart contracts proposal has been the subject of a pull request seeking its integration into bitcoin’s code. The pull request […]