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ForkLog 65 03.12.2015

American Official Promises a Blockchain Revolution

Speaking at a guest lecture held at the Harvard School of Law, a member of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, J. Christopher Giancarlo, stated that the blockchain could deprive professional accounants and recordkeepers from employment when adopted in the mainstream.

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ForkLog 60 01.12.2015

Forbes: Blockchain Technology will Ultimately Disrupt Centralised and Cloud Based Storage Services

There is no secret that many mainstream entities engaged in various activities are producing blockchain hype these days. Those in the crypto-community who like having their finger on the pulse of what is going on, are very well aware of expanding interest and adoption of bitcoin’s underlying technology amidst banks, traditional exchanges, and other influential […]

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ForkLog 77 29.11.2015

Longread: blockchain, revolution & Stockholm syndrome

Mainstream fuss around the blockchain is quite understandable; after all, the technology may bring tons of joy to various financial institutions, and it would be silly of them to deny that. However, at least partial enthusiasm within the cryptocommunity in this regard is hardly justified. Certainly, some reservations that major companies usually use are evident […]

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ForkLog 77 27.11.2015

Estonia Makes a Blockchain Breakthrough in Cooperation with Bitnation

Bitnation, which calls itself ‘the world’s first Blockchain powered virtual nation’, announced on its site Bitnation.co that as of December 1, 2015 it will launch a program offering notary services to its online residents. The program is supported by the Estonian e-Residency program.

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ForkLog 99 22.11.2015

Longread: Blockchain revolution & Proof of Jenny

The first time I ever heard about bitcoin was, just like for many others, in 2010 or 2011. I read about it from a post, whose author’s rejoice could fit an alchemist that had finally extracted the philosopher’s stone. This kind of elation may seed some doubt in a mind of any reasonable person, as […]

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ForkLog 113 20.11.2015

A Smart House Requires Relevant Contracts

In the year of 2015 one would hardly be surprised to hear “smart house”. Almost everyone knows that it refers to some electronic components incorporated in the infrastructure of an appartment, a house, or an office. They are to make our lives more cost effective, eco-friendly, convenient, and safe.

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ForkLog 59 18.11.2015

Ukraine Business Closes the Ranks around the Blockchain

A search in the house of one of Ukraine’s bitcoin community leaders, Mikhail Chobanian, triggered a series of events. Just two weeks afterwards, his lawyers managed to obtain a court ruling to remove an attachment of the seized property.

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ForkLog 123 17.11.2015

Moscow Blockchain Hackathon Winning Team Proves the Permacoin Algorithm

The team that developed infrastructure for modular blockchain systems dubbed Scorex and proved Permacoin algorithm won the blockchain hackathon in Moscow. The winning team consists of just two people, Alexander Chepurnoi, who developed NXT in 2014 and 2015, and currently develops Scorex, and M. Dmitri, who had recently found out about the blockchain technology. Apart […]

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ForkLog 60 06.11.2015

Ukraine’s Bitcoin Community Starts a Blockchain Revolution

Following an unjustified search at his apartment Tuesday night, Mikhail Chobanian, leader of Ukraine’s bitcoin community, initiated an urgent discussion concerning government pressure on the country’s IT businesspeople.

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ForkLog 232 05.11.2015

The Way IoT and Blockchain Change the World

The Internet of things has long ago ceased being a mere concept; nowadays, it is an interesting and promising technological trend that gradually comes to life. The IoT concept was introduced for the first time in 1999, and it took roughly 10 years to commence implementation thereof. We are not going to provide a technical […]

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ForkLog 77 27.10.2015

Ukraine becomes CIS’s Bitcoin & Blockchain leader

Bitcoin and blockchain have recently become the most discussed issue in Ukrainan fintech sector. As government institutions gradually become loyal to cryptotechnologies, local community becomes more active, and more and more merchants at least consider accepting bitcoin, even if they have not started accepting it yet.

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ForkLog 106 22.10.2015

Russia’s First Blockchain Accelerator Opens in Moscow

This Wednesday was marked by the news on launch of Russia’s first blockchain accelerator, which also combines a fintech accelerator and a co-working space. The accelerator is a part of fintech accelerator FutureFintech. The accelerator’s founders haven’t pinned down the blockchain part’s name as yet, so everyone is welcome to offer their own version. The […]

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