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Malta’s ‘Blockchain Island’ Dream Deferred as 70% Entities Shun Licensing
Malta’s futuristic design to be the “Blockchain Island” has suffered a setback as 70% of companies in the sector have not sought licensing. Six months after the deadline, only 26 companies have applied for licensing and none has been granted one. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/malta-blockchain-island-deferred-licensing/ Date : April 25, 2020 at…
China Set to Launch National Blockchain Infrastructure To Drive Innovation in Distributed Ledger Technology
This coming weekend on April 26-27, China is set to release a new national Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) to bring relief to the existing problem of the high cost of developing and deploying blockchain applications by providing public blockchain resource environments to developers at Chinese companies. The English version of…
Dutch DigiByte Blockchain Foundation Creates COVID-19 App For The Netherlands
A group of Dutch software engineers and blockchain privacy advocates at the Dutch DigiByte Blockchain Foundation have come together to build an app for contact tracing COVID-19 application using blockchain technology. DigiByte blockchain technology is a rapidly growing open-source blockchain created in late 2013 and released in early 2014. After…
South Africa Proposes 30 Rules to Regulate Cryptocurrency
South Africa’s top financial regulators, including the South African Reserve Bank, have jointly released a policy paper with 30 recommendations for the regulation of cryptocurrency and related service providers. They aim to be in compliance with the cryptocurrency standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/south-africa-cryptocurrency/…
GBA Ethics Office Series – Hot Topics: Blockchain Ethics During Pandemics
The current global pandemic triggered by Covid19 has clearly acted as a catalyst and generated an exponential blockchain adoption in several domains such as: healthcare supply-chain, banking, e-government, e-identity, mandatory versus voluntary population surveillance, mandatory versus voluntary immunizations, precision medicine, research etc. However, it has also highlighted the urgent need…
Blockchain-Charged Browser Brave Explodes into the Internet Browser Race – Get Paid to Surf the Internet, Privacy Protected
Get paid to surf online? The Brave browser now has almost five million regulars and 15 million have signed up to earn BAT tokens for watching ads on their browsers and participate in a unique tokenized economy that puts a value on attention and data. Move over Chrome, Brave…
DentaVox: Market Statistics Powered by Blockchain
Back in November 2017, the Netherlands-based Dentacoin Foundation launched its market research platform DentaVox among other software products to raise oral health awareness with the help of blockchain. Two and a half years later, DentaVox has already gained international traction as a trustworthy source of dental market statistics with its…
Senior Usability Researcher, Consumer Blockchain Product Development at AxiomZen (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
We’re looking for a Senior Usability Researcher to champion impactful research at Dapper Labs. This role requires an individual with deep experience in…We’re looking for a Senior Usability Researcher to champion impactful research at Dapper Labs. This role requires an individual with deep experience in…Read More Source : https://www.the-blockchain.com/2020/04/14/senior-usability-researcher-consumer-blockchain-product-development-at-axiomzen-vancouver-bc-canada/ Date…
China’s Research Institute Updates Crypto Ranking — Review Affected by Pandemic
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its latest crypto project rankings as the country continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 37 crypto projects were evaluated and ranked overall this month as well as in three separate categories. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/china-crypto-ranking-coronavirus/ Date : April 13,…
Are Blockchain-based Systems the Future of Project Management? A Preliminary exploration
This paper explores blockchain-based systems for transparency, control, dynamic status updating, incentives, and trust as the technological backbone of the next generation of project management systems. Source : https://jbba.scholasticahq.com/article/12586-are-blockchain-based-systems-the-future-of-project-management-a-preliminary-exploration Date : April 12, 2020 at 11:11PM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print
Canadian Blockchain-Energised Company VitalHub Announces Deployment of COVID-19 Electronic Screening Tool for Long Term Care
Canadian technology company VitalHub is deploying its COVID-19 electronic screening tool to the Region of Waterloo-owned Sunnyside Home Long-Term Care, in support of their response to the deepening COVID-19 crisis. The development of this screening tool followed Sunnyside Home’s request for a solution to manage and conduct ongoing resident screening…
Blockchain Powered Immuno-Oncology Company Mateon Claims Anti-Malarial Drug Called Artemisinin, Derived from Asian Medicine Can Help Fight Covid-19
Mateon has announced they recently discovered in its directed antiviral screening program that an anti-malarial drug called Artemisinin is highly potent at inhibiting the ability of the COVID-19 causing virus (SARS-CoV-2) to multiply while at the same time keeping an excellent safety index – claiming its safety is clearly superior…
Auto Manufacturer Tesla To Use Blockchain Technology to Speed Up Shipping Supply Chain
Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturer Tesla piloted a blockchain solution in late 2019 with leading shipment management technology solutions provider, CargoSmart, Cosco Shipping Lines, and the Shanghai International Port Group has been revealed. Tesla’s speed will not only be reflected in the capability of the auto and in the automobile…
BlockConf DIGITAL Announces Epic 48-hours Online Blockchain Conference
BlockConf DIGITAL is going live online for 48-hours non-stop with some 200+ speakers, 100+ investors, industry experts and researchers who will attend the event to exchange ideas and share their thoughts on the industry trends and future. The event kicks off May 14th at 9:00 GMT+8 and welcomes all the…
Blockchain Voting Resources Directory
The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) has members that have the resources available to help implement blockchain and remote voting solutions for elections requirements. These resources have been collected and provided by the GBA Voting Working Group. The resources available from GBA members include: Applications & Products Blog Posts Events GBA…
Creating a Network of Government Blockchain Applications
The Government Block chain Association (GBA) is connecting public and private sector blockchain leaders from around the world to build a network of inter-operable, decentralized blockchain applications for governments to use. They are doing this by coordinating GBA strategic projects, initiatives and efforts across multiple GBA Working Groups and Chapters….
European Commission Backed Blockchain Organisation INATBA Joins WEF COVID Action Platform to Address Global Challenges
The Brussels-based International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) has joined the World Economic Forum’s COVID Action Platform which brings together the World Health Organization (WHO), corporate CEOs and top experts from leading global organisations to coordinate multi-stakeholder contributions into the fight to combat the global spread of coronavirus. According…
Blockchain-Fueled Company Mateon Develops Phase 3 Clinical Drug Candidate, Against COVID-19 – OT-101
Blockchain company Mateon Therapeutics (OTCQB:MATN) has delivered the requisite testing results to Golden Mountain Partners (GMP) confirming the applicability and potential use of OT-101 for the treatment of COVID-19. Amit Shah, CFO of Mateon stated: “I am excited about the potential use of OT-101 against COVID-19. I congratulate the Mateon…
Distributed Ledger Technologies and the Internet of Things: A Devices Attestation System for Smart Cities
This research proposes a decentralized, attack resilient DLT- IoT Devices Attestation System for Smart Cities, supported by the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags Sensors Connectivity Bridge built using Raspberry Pi’s. Source : https://jbba.scholasticahq.com/article/12500-distributed-ledger-technologies-and-the-internet-of-things-a-devices-attestation-system-for-smart-cities Date : April 3, 2020 at 10:55PM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin…
Blockchain in the Era of Pandemic
Global Blockchain based system can play a huge role in an active pandemic as well as in a passive (after normalization) epidemic. It could acts as a single source of truth of information sharing, tracking, tracing of data, such as test cases, symptoms, possible treatments, case numbers, case complexity, demographics,…