Qtum Foundation, Trusted IoT Alliance, and Chronicled Develop Blockchain IoT Caseshttp://www.iotevolutionworld.com/iot/articles/436228-qtum-foundation-trusted-iot-alliance-chronicled-develop-blockcha.htm#.Wk8kC8QtTMs.twitterIn a recent release, Chronicled and The Qtum Foundation have announced a collaboration to combine the Internet of Things (IoT) with Blockchain technology, developing real-world use cases integrating smart devices with a secure distributed ledger back end. This will take place in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Through this partnership, Qtum and Chronicled will work together to define and support a roadmap of fundamental research at UC Berkeley, developing post-quantum applied cryptography, zkSNARK-based privacy-preserving smart contracts, and zero knowledge proofs for large computations.
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Blockchain patent pending recruiting platform HireMatch@TokyoThis meetup will be served mostly in English, but translation will be provided for those who speak only Japanese. Since they are in the middle of ICO and very busy, they won't be able to travel to Japan and we will have web conference. Although it's web-based, everyone can freely interact with them and ask questions in person. https://www.meetup.com/ja-JP/blockchainproject/events/245900302/?_cookie-check=5klUHoG5BgDSujFD
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8BTC founder Chang Jia on China’s central bank closed-door meeting to discuss and control the limit of electricity use in Bitcoin Mining, in his weibo microblogging commentsChang Jia: Bitcoin mining machine is indeed a huge waste of hardware, and potentially there will be policy barriers for any large-scale deployment. Therefore, AI matrix calculation will be introduced to the POW of Bytom, to achieve a dual function, and currently, the mathematical proof of the algorithm has been achieved. I believe that cloud computing and edge computing, based on AI ASIC, will become the mainstream of blockchain POW. [Central bank closed meeting to discuss the power cut in the Bitcoin mine, and not to close the Bitcoin mining] In response to the market rumors on January 3 that the central bank held a closed-door meeting to require a moratorium on the closure of bitcoin mines, Tencent “front-line” heard exclusively from two which know about the whole matters, learned that the central bank held a closed-door meeting, not to require the closure of all bitcoin mines, but to rectify some of the existence of sub-standard electricity mines. https://medium.com/@Bytom_Official/8btc-founder-chang-jia-on-chinas-central-bank-closed-door-meeting-to-discuss-and-control-the-limit-8af113e460c8
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Baofeng Bokocloud and Metaverse Announce Strategic PartnershipAccording to the terms of the partnership, Metaverse will provide technical support for full nodes for Baofeng Bokocloud and assist with upgrades to their consensus mechanism and incentive model. Baofeng Xinying will also be appointed as an honorary member of the Metaverse Foundation, and help enrich the Metaverse ecosystem with resources built on the BCN. Their architecture will support Metaverse’s full nodes and all future versions of the Metaverse blockchain. Baofeng Xinying will also provide a range of BCN services including system setups, network commissioning and 24/7 technical support for Metaverse to ensure the security, stability and performance of the Metaverse blockchain network. Metaverse is the first public blockchain project to propose the concept of digital identities. Digital identities will be based on Metaverse’s unique blockchain ecosystem, with use cases built around the functions built into the Metaverse blockchain, Blockchain-as-a-Service and Metaverse wallets, and are capable of providing verification and authentication functions for various industries. https://medium.com/@mvs_org/baofeng-bokocloud-and-metaverse-announce-strategic-partnership-c05b75e45539
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How blockchain will be the link between the modern and 3rd worldYou may have heard before how in countries like Zimbabwe, Bitcoin's go for hundreds and sometimes thousands more than US/Asia/EU exchange rates. At first glance it just sounds like insane over-pricing, but the reasons behind this are valid, and actually pretty sad to hear. After near total economic collapse in 2008 with their currency experiencing 11.2 million percent hyperinflation and fears of it happening again, the government has taking a "full control" stance on everything financial, even locking their citizens out from using any credit card transactions. This has sent people flocking to bitcoin for financial security, all while at the same time fears of new rounds of hyperinflation circulate. In other words - after being locked out from Visa and Mastercard, and a government providing totally untrustworthy paper FIAT cash that could become worthless at any time, Bitcoin is a shining beacon of hope. A similar dynamic is happening in Venezuela, it's being called "Bitcoinization" - basically, when a government screws up so badly, people stop looking towards them all together and turn to the blockchain to provide the oversight their government isn't. Just a couple weeks ago, we covered a story where the government of Venezuela even began blaming Bitcoin miners for city wide power outages, as the popularity of cryptocurrency grows while the value of their dollar declines. In a surprising twist - this has made actual daily use of cryptocurrency common in countries like Venezuela, buying a beer at a bar or even paying for a doctors appointment in bitcoin is part of daily life there now. And it shows in their transaction volume - this time last year about $200,000 week was being spent within Venezuela - that number is now at $2,100,00! Surprisingly, some 3rd world countries have even gotton creative, creating what is basically cryptocurrency out of other digital assets like cell phone minutes. In poor nations where cell phones function on pre-paid minutes, want a gallon of milk? You can pay for that by transferring 60 minutes of cell phone time from your account to the sellers. In developed nations while we're experiencing a battle and endless debates over crypto VS fiat - these underdeveloped nations are ready to make the switch now. That's where crypto companies like BABB (GetBABB.com) are stepping in, reaching out to the 2+ billion who have access to a phone, but unreliable, or no banking at all. BABB however is taking things up a notch from simply allowing the sending and receiving of cryptocurrency - they're turning the user into a bank themselves, and are giving the ability to have friends, family, neighbors open accounts in their new virtual bank - and even issue them cards. We've seen examples of this before, where nations skip entire portions of usual development. In 3rd world countries where cell phones are common - land lines are not. Corporations never came in and built the infrastructure needed for land lines - but cell phone companies did come in and put up towers. The same could happen with banking and cryptocurrencies. These nations may never see a physical bank built in their city - but soon may have fully functional banking on their phones - thanks to the blockchain. http://www.globalcryptopress.com/2017/12/how-blockchain-will-be-link-between.html
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How blockchain will be the link between the modern and 3rd world...You may have heard before how in countries like Zimbabwe, Bitcoin's go for hundreds and sometimes thousands more than US/Asia/EU exchange rates. At first glance it just sounds like insane over-pricing, but the reasons behind this are valid, and actually pretty sad to hear. After near total economic collapse in 2008 with their currency experiencing 11.2 million percent hyperinflation and fears of it happening again, the government has taking a "full control" stance on everything financial, even locking their citizens out from using any credit card transactions. This has sent people flocking to bitcoin for financial security, all while at the same time fears of new rounds of hyperinflation circulate. In other words - after being locked out from Visa and Mastercard, and a government providing totally untrustworthy paper FIAT cash that could become worthless at any time, Bitcoin is a shining beacon of hope. A similar dynamic is happening in Venezuela, it's being called "Bitcoinization" - basically, when a government screws up so badly, people stop looking towards them all together and turn to the blockchain to provide the oversight their government isn't. Just a couple weeks ago, we covered a story where the government of Venezuela even began blaming Bitcoin miners for city wide power outages, as the popularity of cryptocurrency grows while the value of their dollar declines. In a surprising twist - this has made actual daily use of cryptocurrency common in countries like Venezuela, buying a beer at a bar or even paying for a doctors appointment in bitcoin is part of daily life there now. And it shows in their transaction volume - this time last year about $200,000 week was being spent within Venezuela - that number is now at $2,100,00! Surprisingly, some 3rd world countries have even gotton creative, creating what is basically cryptocurrency out of other digital assets like cell phone minutes. In poor nations where cell phones function on pre-paid minutes, want a gallon of milk? You can pay for that by transferring 60 minutes of cell phone time from your account to the sellers. In developed nations while we're experiencing a battle and endless debates over crypto VS fiat - these underdeveloped nations are ready to make the switch now. That's where crypto companies like BABB (GetBABB.com) are stepping in, reaching out to the 2+ billion who have access to a phone, but unreliable, or no banking at all. BABB however is taking things up a notch from simply allowing the sending and receiving of cryptocurrency - they're turning the user into a bank themselves, and are giving the ability to have friends, family, neighbors open accounts in their new virtual bank - and even issue them cards. We've seen examples of this before, where nations skip entire portions of usual development. In 3rd world countries where cell phones are common - land lines are not. Corporations never came in and built the infrastructure needed for land lines - but cell phone companies did come in and put up towers. The same could happen with banking and cryptocurrencies. These nations may never see a physical bank built in their city - but soon may have fully functional banking on their phones - thanks to the blockchain. http://www.globalcryptopress.com/2017/12/how-blockchain-will-be-link-between.html
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Blockchain-Fueled Smartglasses By LucydLucyd is developing AR smartglasses and a Blockchain app store, combining into the world’s first Blockchain-fueled smartglasses. Augmented reality enhances one’s perception of reality with seamless information. AR is very popular in the entertainment and gaming industries, but will attract other sectors as it matures.  http://kryptolicious.com/uncategorized/blockchain-fueled-smartglasses-by-lucyd/
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The prestigious publication Cointelegraph explains what is an escrow account, like UTEMISLast week the prestigious publication Cointelegraph published an article about what is an escrow account. In a nutshell an escrow account is a process by which when someone buys an item the money is not sent directly to the seller. Instead, it is kept by a company that will not release it until the buyer confirms that the order received is exactly what was promised. UTEMIS uses an escrow account; Same as many Chinese e-commerce giants. Escrow accounts are 100% sure for both the buyer and the seller, especially if they are combined with a reputation system. When at UTEMIS we promise security for our customers, this is what we promise: that even though in Latin America they are not widely used, they will be protected with an escrow account. That in case someone tries to falter on their promise, this company will not only not succeed at getting the money but also will have this attempt recorded in the UTEMIS reputational blockchain. This will be left for everyone else to see – in the entire Latin American region – and decide if they want to do business with that company. There are a variety of typologies of escrow accounts, the one that UTEMIS uses is the same one than many Chinese e-commerce giants use, and it is also very profitable, for instance, one big Chinese escrow account company has a market cap of well over US$80 Billion. UTEMIS has bold objectives in terms of profitability, capitalization and valuation of the UTEMIS Token. How do we plan to do that? A short answer: among other things, we use an escrow account. https://www.utemis.com/the-prestigious-publication-cointelegraph-explains-what-is-an-escrow-account-like-utemis/
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The 7 Golden ICO’s to shine in Q1, 2018Hello everyone, I hope you all had an amazing Christmas with your loved ones! The market took a bit of a dip in the lead up to Christmas but it was only a matter of time after the outrageous growth we have seen this year across the board. The market simply cannot be in spike mode constantly, unfortunately! We have seen a healthy correction in the league of Crypto which signaled an excellent opportunity to buy whilst Cryptocurrencies dipped in price. I shuffled some Cryptocurrency around and accumulated as much capital as possible for some upcoming ICO’s. As you already know I’m a lover of ICO’s, there is just so much opportunity for exponential growth. So I took the time over the festive season to hand pick the seven best ICO’s to take place over Q1, 2018. Enjoy! 1. Loomia 2. Babb 3. Dadi 4. Coinmetro 5. Datawallet 6. Fabric 7. STK https://medium.com/@tommywilkinson_35937/the-7-golden-icos-to-shine-in-q1-2018-687308b4d1a7
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SECOND ROUND OF E-CHAT ICO IS ABOUT TO END, ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT!Don’t miss out on your chance to invest in the first decentralized multi-task platform, combining the social and financial spheres. The Second and the Final Round of e-Chat ICO is ending soon. This Blockchain-based application brings the ultimate freedom of communication and monetary interactions to its end-users. The Second Round of e-Chat ICO has started on December 16th and lasts until December 30th! For a couple of more days, you still have an opportunity to purchase ECHT, the tokens for the e-Chat startup, with a 20% discount, just $0.80! Follow us through our social networking channels, by updating us our latest news and become the happy owner of ECHT! https://twitter.com/e_Chat_ICO/status/946316136878141440
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Latest information and resources in one place!Big article on Medium about White Paper updates TL/DR: Focused on the big news: 10 million not 10 billion tokens minted. Token is called ACT Curation Engine with the ticker CE7. Accordingly, those expecting "1000 ACT Tokens" get "1 CE7 token". We gave all bounties, questionnaire, and successful Gain Access participants TRIPLE tokens to compensate for delays! Our token contract address is now published here. Our new [ANN] on Bitcointalk TL/DR: Those who successfully applied for pre-release access will gain access to a 2x funding event between 17:00 CEST 10th January 2018 and 17:00 CEST 13th January 2018 here at https://daoact.org. The ICO will run from 17:00 CEST 13th January 2018 and 17:00 CEST 16th January 2018. ALL PROCEEDS raised during ICO will be sent to the ACT platform contract. This means that they will all be committed to social causes and cannot be spent on anything else. Our final bounty programmes TL/DR: Women only! We are offering 5 CE7 for each ethereum address send by a woman via Facebook messenger. We want a follow and post like too please - more details here. Around the 12th January we will reach out to our community for support with marketing the final days of our token distribution, and to support the world's first fully charitable ICO raise. https://daoact.org/news/2017/12/28/latest-information-and-resources-in-one-place
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Primalbase AMS, The Amsterdam OfficeThe first Primalbase location was unofficially opened earlier this year on Helicopterstraat and served as a proof-of-concept for potential token holders and companies interested in the project. While Primalbase as a concept was intently planned and considered, this microcosm allowed both the public and the team to see how it would function in practice. A few companies and startup teams worked from this location for several months; their experience in this small ecosystem validated the core concept of the Primalbase project — that collaboration and community fosters creativity and innovation. From here, the search for the official Amsterdam office began. https://medium.com/@Primalbase/primalbase-the-amsterdam-office-f48e105728bf
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Top 5 Cryptocurrencies Set For Success In 20182017 was the year of the bull for cryptocurrencies, experiencing a market growth from 17M to 580M at the time of writing, based on coinmarketcap.com. With this growth, we have seen some impressive projects surface, introducing new ways for value and information exchange with the use of cryptography. However, due to the overwhelming information and countless cryptos to choose from, we decided to create a list of promising cryptocurrencies based on upcoming roadmaps, adoption possibilities, foundations set in 2017, and practicality in use-cases. With 2018 right around the corner, here are some projects we project to do extremely well in the upcoming year. https://www.investinblockchain.com/top-5-cryptocurrencies-2018/
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Announcement of Index Event and Index Adjustment Vaduz, 20 December 2017: In an extracurricularly meeting upon notification, members of the Index Committee have been convoked and after thorough assessment decided to exclude BitConnect and Tether from all current and future indexing procedures for violating Rulebook Chapter 10. Currency Corruption and Security. The exclusion will be executed as soon as possible in accordance with Rulebook Chapter 7. Index Events leading to Index Adjustments. Regarding BitConnect: BitConnect is presenting itself as crypto lending platform, where investors are able to lend cryptocurrencies to BitConnect’s proprietary trading bot in exchange for the promise of returns that are above the market norm and usual market rates. There are strong indications that BitConnect is operating a Ponzi scheme, fulfilling sufficient requirements including, but not limited to, promises of above market usual returns that are positively correlated with the lending period, lock-up periods of lent funds and pyramid structure of referral bonification. On top of that, it is currently unknown who is running or owning BitConnect. The UK Registrar of Companies is in the process of shutting down their administrative facilities such as their British mailboxes. Due to unreliable API, BitConnect has currently never been included in any Buchman index anyway, however, as per the governing rulebooks, this could have happened if BitConnect had been listed on a reliable exchange that passes our rigorous exchange requirements. Nonetheless, acting under Rulebook Chapter 10. Currency Corruption and Security, BitConnect will precautionarily be excluded from any and all future indexing procedures. Regarding Tether: Tether is supposedly a USD-pegged token used to facilitate trading on non-conventional exchanges only. Tether is issued and operated by Tether Ltd., however, it is currently unknown who is running or owning Tether Ltd., where it is domiciled, who, if any, is regulating it, which banks Tether Ltd. is using to deposit USD and whether these banks have the claimed USD to back the Tether tokens in circulation. The banks claimed to have USD deposited are kept secret purposefully. Due to precedents concerning the issuing of private money and counterfeiting (e.g. United States of America vs. Bernard von Nothaus), the banks are expected to refuse revealing their names and amounts of USD deposited because they would risk losing their US corresponding banks that are necessary for clearing USD. Buchman has not been able to independently verify Tether’s bank statements. Tether could be in violation of title 18 of the United States Code §2, §371 and §485. On top of that, Buchman deems the exclusion of Tether from the indexing procedure will not only be necessary but also no stress to the index itself since Tether carried a weight of below 1%, and as USD-pegged token, the best case scenario would have been including a constant within the index yielding no extra volatility but containing the legal risk described herein. Also, the issue whether a token that is fully backed by fiat currency falls under the definition of a cryptocurrency is questionable and will be put on the agenda of the next scheduled Index Committee Congress. Acting under Rulebook Chapter 10. Currency Corruption and Security, Tether will be excluded from any current and future indexing procedure. This mainly concerns the Buchman Tether Index, Buchman Crypto 30 Index, all weighting variations thereof, as well as indices with more constituents and indices that use those as constituents. https://medium.com/hedge-token/announcement-of-index-event-and-index-adjustment-f9a2d13d934d |
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UTRUST Token Withdrawal Guide TRUST Token Withdrawal Guide Our contributors will soon be able to withdraw the tokens they purchased during our ICO. In this short guide, we aim to make it as easy as possible to transfer the tokens from your dashboard into your private wallet. When Will the Tokens Be Released? We have sent all invites to complete KYC to eligible contributors, and our tokens will be released on 28 December 2017. This gives everybody a chance to complete the account verification before the year ends. What Wallet Can I Use to Store My Tokens? You will need a wallet that can handle custom ERC20 tokens like EOS, OmiseGo, etc. We can confirm that you can add custom tokens to the following wallets: *MyEtherWallet (Web) *MetaMask (Browser) *Parity (Desktop) *Mist (Desktop) *Ledger Nano S / Ledger Blue (Hardware) *Trezor (Hardware) You can withdraw directly to the exchanges if you prefer and if they allow deposits of our token (UTK). You can also leave your tokens in your dashboard until you decide to collect them at a later stage if you feel more comfortable with that. We do recommend you to withdraw to your private wallet as soon as possible though. https://medium.com/@UTRUST/utrust-token-withdrawal-guide-490fc5a2407c |
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What Will Happen In The Crypto Market In 2018? Forbes says 2017 has been a breakout year for crypto with a mind-bending appreciation of cryptocurrencies, transaction volumes for Bitcoin increasing 100x from what they were at the beginning of the year, and appearance countless new blockchain projects. I’d say it’s just the beginning of the crypto expansion to the multi-trillion dollar markets, that will be led by less volatile asset tokens. https://blog.latoken.com/what-will-happen-in-the-crypto-market-in-2018-a7406faae961 |
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