madeforgoods Partner with VeChain to Explore Product Traceability for Blockchain Applications http://www.madeforgoods.com/block-chain/On November 15, 2017, madeforgoods, a pioneer in the everything-for-one industry, entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with VeChain, a leader in the business of blockchain technology. In the future, both parties will combine the technology of one object and one block with the technology of blockchain and apply the technology of blockchain to supply chain management to provide more enterprises with better product traceability and anti-counterfeiting traceability services..... |
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Qtum’s CEO Patrick Dai: “We are the biggest influencer in China’s blockchain industry” http://chinacryptonews.com/1/interview-qtum-ceo-patrick-dai?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0China Crypto News’ main purpose is to inform the world about the latest trends and developments of the blockchain industry in China. And what is better than letting the experts do the talking. Therefore, we reached out to Qtum’s CEO Patrick Dai (28) to ask him about the latest status of their project, as well as his opinion about the blokchain industry in China in general. Qtum, although registered in Singapore, is considered China’s second largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of nearly USD900 million at the moment of writing. Forbes Magazine named Patrick Dai on the Chinese edition of the “30-under-30” list with Chinese young innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders............ |
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Metaverse Foundation Bounty Program https://www.reddit.com/r/Metaverse_Blockchain/comments/7ct6wx/metaverse_foundation_bounty_program/In accordance with the mission of the Metaverse Foundation, a portion of the ETP held by the foundation will be used to incentivize developers and marketing personnel who contribute to the development of the Metaverse community. Based on Metaverse’s development needs, core members of the Metaverse Foundation have designed a bounty program for developers and community contributors. Developer Bounty (long-term) 1. Submit an MIP and have it accepted. (For details about the submission process, please refer to relevant information on Github: https://github.com/mvs-org/mips) 2. Actively participate in discussions about existing MIPs proposed by Metaverse’s core developers and provide proof of concepts, specific implementation plans or code during the development process. 3. Find a bug as well as an effective solution. Guidelines are as follows: A. Provide a clear description of the bug and its properties, including the type of bug and how to reproduce it B. Provide a complete set of steps to reproduce the bug, including test code and test description C. Provide high-quality fixes for the bug, including the code and a clear description of the method Community Contributor Bounty (tentative) 1. Contributors must have sufficient knowledge about the Metaverse project, be able to help manage Metaverse communities on various social platforms and answer questions asked by users in a timely and accurate manner. 2. Help Metaverse expand communities in non-English speaking countries and actively participate in their management. 3. Translate official information provided by Metaverse to less common languages and disseminate it to non-English native speakers/non-Chinese users to make it easier for them to use Metaverse’s products. 4. Create high-quality content according to official information provided by Metaverse, including but not limited to videos and articles, and attract relatively large amounts of traffic. For details about how to contribute content to Metaverse, please refer to: https://medium.com/@mvs_org/metaverse-community-soliciting-articles-257990c67583Bounty sizes The Foundation rewards participants based on the priority of the need and an assessment of the quality of the work. 1 point currently corresponds to 1 USD (payable in ETP), and the ETP/USD exchange rate used will be the 5-day average rate on Coinmarketcap on the day the reward is given. Level 1: Provide an idea that helps the project to an extent. Reward 1-20 points Level 2: Provide important opinions and plans regarding existing problems and make an attempt to implement a solution Reward 21-200 points Level 3: Assist in the resolution of problems and do everything in one’s power to provide help and resources. Reward 201-500 points Level 4: Propose innovative ideas about plans or solutions to a problem that speed up its resolution, contributing to community development. Reward 501-1000 points Level 5: Play a leading role in the resolution of specific problems, maintaining the environment and smooth operation of the community. Reward 1001-1500 points Level 6: Make significant contributions to community development and play a decisive role in key issues. Reward 1501-6000 points Notes 1. The Foundation will not award contributors if the bug or operational issue is known to the Metaverse team and has been addressed. 2. Users who submit problems without providing a concrete plan that can be implemented will not be rewarded. 3. In principle, we only reward the first person to propose a particular development or community operations solution. However, we will also consider rewarding users who propose better solutions or supplement the earlier proposal. 4. Bounties will be payable in ETP. The specific bounty amount will be decided according to Metaverse’s development and the price of ETP. The Foundation reserves the right to adjust the reward plan and bounty amount at any time. 5. All relevant activities of users who apply for bounties are bound by the law (including but not limited to the laws of the host country and relevant international treaties) throughout the course of participation. The Metaverse Foundation is not responsible for all legal risks arising in the course of the activity. Bounties will be awarded at the sole discretion of the Metaverse Foundation. 6. The Foundation reserves the right not to reward contributors with good intentions whose actions resulted in negative outcomes. Bounty query The reason, quantity and address for reward will be disclosed on the Metaverse Foundation’s official website. Users can query these transactions through the block explorer. Foundation Address: MSCHL3unfVqzsZbRVCJ3yVp7RgAmXiuGN3 Explorer transaction query: https://explorer.mvs.org/#!/adr/MSCHL3unfVqzsZbRVCJ3yVp7RgAmXiuGN3 |
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Amrit Kumar & Xinshu Dong Zilliqa – A Scalable Sharded Public Blockchain https://epicenter.tv/episode/209/Scaling public blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum is a long standing technical challenge. In this episode, we cover Zilliqa which has pioneered a design to scale public blockchain throughput with the number of nodes by sharding the blockchain. Sharding has been hitherto proposed as a scaling technique by Ethereum. Zilliqa is one of the first projects to propose a concrete design with an operational testnet processing a couple thousand transactions per second across several shards. Our guests, Xinshu Dong (CEO) and Amrit Kumar (Crypto Lead), walk us through the objectives, protocol design and fundraising structure of this innovative project. We also briefly cover Zilliqa’s novel approach to designing a smart contract language and execution environment. Topics we discussed in this episode Sharding as a scaling technique Different kinds of sharding, including state sharding and non-state sharding How Zilliqa works under the hood – consensus algorithms & transaction processing Zilliqa’s novel approach for a smart contract language Details of a new cryptocurrency, Zillings Show links Zilliqa Website Zilliqa Blog Zilliqa Whitepaper Prateek Saxena and his research group at NUS Singapore |
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THEKEY building identity verification solution on NEO blockchain https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/11/14/thekey-building-identity-verification-solution-neo-blockchain/Recently, THEKEY project team has made an official announcement about establishing an Identity Verification (IDV) ecosystem based on the NEO blockchain. The results generated from the IDV system are undeniable and unalterable. The team embraces more than 20 years’ experience in processing and developing individual Big Data. Currently, THEKEY has connected personal identity data of 210 million people in 66 cities authenticated by the relevant government authorities, on a real-time basis. The team has already obtained 23 relevant copyrights, and 15 patents have been accepted by SIPO (State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C) and start attestation process. The combination of blockchain technology and IDV will pave the way to migrate people from the real world to the online world... The NEO Ecosystem (featuring Neo Council, Qlink, TheKey) - 1st NEO event in SEA https://www.meetup.com/NEO-Singapore/events/245105122/Will blockchain be a key element of China’s 2020 economic vision? What are the ramifications of the ICO ban in China, on open source platforms like NEO? Hows does NEO’s vision of a Smart Economy align with Singapore’s vision of becoming a Smart Nation? NEO Singapore is excited to organise the first-ever NEO event in South East Asia (in the heart of Singapore!), with key speakers such as: • Tony Tao, Secretary General of Neo Council • Susan Zhou, COO of Qlink • Catherine Li, CEO of TheKey These speakers will be able to provide insight into those questions, and a glimpse of the blockchain platform that is poised to power the smart economy of the future. |
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Payments giant Xsolla to begin accepting WAX Tokens https://medium.com/waxtoken/payments-giant-xsolla-to-begin-accepting-wax-tokens-6176805a8906WAX is excited to announce that the gaming payments giant Xsolla will begin accepting WAX Tokens as payment on gaming related platforms. “Partnering with Xsolla creates more demand for the WAX ecosystem,” says William Quigley, CEO, WAX. Xsolla is a global distributor and publisher of video games, providing its clients of game developers and publishers with advanced technical tools to optimize user acquisition and monetization efforts. Industry leaders like Twitch, Valve, and Ubisoft use Xsolla as do over 2,000 games. By accepting WAX Tokens, Xsolla will help bring the platform into the mainstream among the 400+ million strong gaming community. Holders of WAX Token will be able to deposit their tokens to Xsolla to pay for in-game digital items. WAX’s near-immediate transaction speed, nominal fees, and smart-contract based functionality make it the ideal payments solution for users of gaming platforms since it’s specifically designed to benefit traders of digital items. “In our mission of creating a safe, fast and easy environment for gamers to enjoy the game, we are happy to support WAX’s vision of bringing decentralized peer-to- peer skins trading to the masses using cryptocurrency,” said Aleksandr Agapitov, CEO of Xsolla. In addition to Xsolla, WAX will be accepted in 2017 on the world’s leading marketplace for online video game assets — OPSkins.com. OPSkins, founded in 2015 by the creators of WAX, processes 2 million item transactions per week and will be WAX’s first customer. By bringing blockchain technology to the $50 billion digital items trading industry, hundreds of millions of gamers around the world will have a safe, easy and inexpensive platform on which to trade their digital in-game assets known as skins. With the addition of WAX to OPSkins, combined with the integration of WAX into Xsolla, the WAX token and platform will soon be available to millions of gamers trading digital items today on a variety of platforms. |
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Appsolutely to use NEM blockchain to scale transaction rate for LoyalPlatform https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/11/14/appsolutely-use-nem-blockchain-scale-transaction-rate-loyalplatform/Appsolutely, a blockchain omnichannel loyalty solution, today announced a partnership with NEM, the smart asset blockchain, to scale Appsolutely’s LoyalPlatform for fast, transferable and secure customer loyalty redemption. Operating at 4,000 transactions per second (TPS), the NEM blockchain provides top processing speeds that can now be leveraged for transactions involving LoyalCoin (LYL), the currency of the LoyalPlatform. Today also marks the launch of the Appsolutely-NEM Blockchain Center, an incubator, accelerator and co-working space for blockchain startups in Southeast Asia. The vision of the new center is to build a strong community that enables entrepreneurs to learn how to use blockchain technology to create innovative services that solve challenging business problems in the Philippines and worldwide. The flagship location, a 900 m2 space in Manila, is planned to open by end of 2017 or early Q1 of 2018. The center is the first in a planned series of blockchain centers across Southeast Asia.... |
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Maximizing Sales with Micro Targeting: GATCOIN - Killer App for Retailers https://cointelegraph.com/news/maximizing-sales-with-micro-targeting-gatcoin-killer-app-for-retailersGATCOIN has identified how cryptocurrencies and tokens can revolutionize the experience of online shoppers. Their platform will make crypto solutions more accessible to the average online retailer. Other features will provide offline solutions to businesses, allowing retailers to seamlessly reach shoppers on their smartphones and to blend the online and in-store experiences. GATCOIN will enable retailers to simply create their own tokens, which are more easily saved and promote more brand loyalty than conventional loyalty programs. It does not just involve a coin, but a platform of solutions that cover all aspects of adoption.The major elements of the platform include: GAT Wallet: a mobile token wallet, shopping platform and payment portal GAT Marketplace: an online marketplace of participating merchant stores where merchant tokens can be used for products and services GAT Exchange: a full feature cryptocurrency exchange where members can trade merchant tokens for the GAT coins and trade GAT coins for other public cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum or even cash. GAT Network: private consortia networks of high-speed, super large ledgers on which Merchant Tokens are circulated. This improves transaction speeds and thereby consumer satisfaction. Targeted A-DropTM Delivery System: a patent-pending cryptocurrency delivery system that allows merchants to airdrop tokens to specific groups of consumers by demographic, spending preference and geo-location........ |
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Livestreaming Pioneer YouNow Doubles Down on Decentralization with Storj Labs Partnership https://www.chipin.com/younow-decentralization-storj-labs-partnership/YouNow, the global video platform that pioneered mobile live streaming, today announced a partnership with Storj Labs, the leading decentralized cloud storage provider, to further align the PROPS by YouNow ecosystem with the decentralized community. YouNow recently announced the PROPS Ecosystem, a group of media applications powered by a new cryptocurrency, PROPS. Storj will provide decentralized cloud storage services for terabytes of video files generated from YouNow’s 40 million registered users........ |
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Cofound.it Seed crowdsales and bonuses for Priority Pass™ members https://blog.cofound.it/cofound-it-seed-crowdsales-and-bonuses-for-priority-pass-members-6bc167964db5The innovative Cofound.it Seed program is tailored to early stage blockchain startups. Only Priority Pass members are able to participate in Seed crowdsales and because these teams are at an earlier stage of development, all Seed supporters will receive a 100% bonus on their contributed funds (in ETH). And by crowdfunding a smaller round from the most engaged supporters, Cofound.it Seed teams will be able to quickly validate their business idea, raise enough funds to complete the team, and continue work on their product in preparation for a later, full crowdsale. Crowdsales for the first teams to go through the Seed program will be held on November 30 at the amazing Cofound.it Playoffs. We are making blockchain history — no one has ever done anything like this before and only Priority Pass members will be able to reap the full benefit and extra bonuses by participating in this event. Cofound.it Seed bonuses for supporters The tokens the Seed supporters receive are non-transferrable and non-tradable vouchers for each projects’ full crowdsale — each project will issue its own Seed voucher token. The wallets with Seed tokens will then receive the corresponding project tokens during the full crowdsale. As a Seed supporter you will receive a 100% bonus on ETH sent: for each 1 ETH of Seed tokens you will be issued 2 ETH worth of tokens during the full crowdsale. And the teams must hold a full crowdsale using utility tokens by July 2018 (but most are expected to hold it in a few months). The Cofound.it Seed projects are typically raising between $100,000 and $300,000. The crowdsales will be structured as usual: Phase 1 with limited contributions and Phase 2 with unlimited contributions. There will be no public phase. Cofound.it Seed eligibility for Priority Pass members In the future, access to Seed crowdsales will be limited based on loyalty, taking both the CFI holding and previous crowdsale support into account. To celebrate our first Seed crowdsales, we have decided to open access to the first round of Seed crowdsales during the Cofound.it Playoffs to all Priority Pass members. If you hold more than 5,000 CFI tokens in your wallet in the days before the event, you will be able to fully participate in the Cofound.it Playoffs. To guarantee you can participate in the upcoming Seed crowdsales during the Cofound.it Playoffs make sure you activate your Priority Pass before the counter on our website runs out! If you need help getting more CFI to activate your Priority Pass, follow the advice in our help center. |
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Nuls Session 2 AMA - Answering Questions (reddit.com) by IamABot_v01 https://www.reddit.com/r/AMAAggregator/comments/7cuhw0/nuls_session_2_ama_answering_questions/Nuls Session 2 AMA - Answering Questions Dear Nuls investors and speculative friends, We are more than happy to continue our AMA Session 2 as you were anticipating it since yesterday. But, before we get down to the questions we would like to address the team concerns. The Nuls core team consists of 5 core developers in senior positions overlooking the project. The five core developers are members of the InChain project and have rich experience in block chain project development. We have 20 members in total that have a plethora of duties at InChain also developing tech for Nuls as mentioned in the previous session, but in the meantime, you can get acquainted with us. I will post the team in a different reddit post as it is not well suited for the reddit format. The beauty of Nuls is that although we are the core developers, Nuls is an open source community platform that anyone can participate in, Nuls is ever evolving and is also a product of your choosing, it fits in with our slogan of it being “everything”. It is fully customizable to your requirements in the block chain spectrum. Individuals can participate in some of the development of the community and also build valuable business models on the chain as you see fit. Please understand that InChain will be the first commercial application of Nuls as a sub chain. And with that quaint introduction, let us move on to your questions. But before we begin, we just want to remind our western audience that we are a local team in the eastern hemisphere and some words even with translation can be misunderstood, so we want to keep humble and hope we are able explain with the best of our abilities even to our translators.... |
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TRON (TRX) Altcoin Review – The Next Innovation in Global Entertainment? https://icoinblog.com/tron-trx-altcoin-review-next-innovation-global-entertainment/It’s starting to feel like there’s a new cryptocurrency every day. The rise of bitcoin and the surge in value of altcoins has launched a wave of new ICO’s and IPO’s. However, the real question remains, how likely is it that these new altcoins will thrive in an increasingly crowded environment? Today we’ll look at TRON, which has been making waves in the cryptocurrency world. In fact, there’s been such a buzz around TRON that its ICO caused Binance to crash, with users reporting waits of an hour or more to get in on the action. It’s already surpassed Bitcoin and Ethereum in the race to 10 million wallet users worldwide, and could be the next big thing....... |
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Smarter Energy Grid through Blockchain https://www.cioreview.com/news/smarter-energy-grid-through-blockchain-nid-25198-cid-176.htmlJemma Green, cofounder and chair of Power Ledger says, the owners of these systems struggle to maximize their value because the system is so inefficient. For instance, normally it takes an average of 60 to 80 days for an electricity producer to get paid. With a blockchain-based system, Green says that producers would get paid immediately; as a result less capital is needed to start and run a generating business. In a system like this, neighbors can easily trade energy with each other, making it a far more efficient process when compared to selling electrons back to the grid first. Power Ledger has demonstrated a product that can turn an apartment building into a micro grid based on a shared system of solar panels and battery storage, for example.... https://twitter.com/KiteVC/status/930099044868698114 |
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ChainLink: A Promising Blockchain-Based Oracle https://blokt.com/icos/chainlink-promising-blockchain-oracleChainLink will connect smart contracts to legally binding e-signatures and bank payments. One example of this that ChainLink provides on its own website has to do with smart contract-based securities, which would be able to use the network to act in accordance with real-time market data. The securities could also use ChainLink to pay out to their investors were ChainLink to be integrated into an existing banking system. Another use case provided by ChainLink is the integration of the network into the insurance industry. ChainLink could be used to provide Internet-of-Things data surrounding an insurable event, ie “was the warehouses magnetic door locked at the time of a breach? Was the company’s firewall online? Did the flight you had insurance on arrive on time?” Again, ChainLink could be used to conduct the insurance payout through integration into a banking system.... |
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ETHNews Exclusive: Ethereum Virtual Machine Developer Greg Colvin https://www.ethnews.com/ethnews-exclusive-ethereum-virtual-machine-developer-greg-colvinGreg Colvin might live atop an isolated mountain in the Rockies, but through his work for the Ethereum Foundation he is developing a virtual computer that spans the globe. Sitting down with ETHNews, he explains how there are competitive technical solutions to the problem of optimization; and Google’s may not necessarily be the best one......... |
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OKEx announces IOTA to be listed after today’s Zcash and DASH additions https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/11/13/okex-announces-iota-listed-todays-zcash-dash-additions/OKCoin’s margin crypto exchange OKEx announced today that IOTA will be added for trading starting later this week. The specific time will be at 14:00 on Thursday, November 16, 2017, Beijing time for deposits and November 20th for transactions. The announcement came today after OKEx starting trading on Zcash (ZEC) and DASH, with the two cryptocurrencies starting to trade at Beijing time 21:00. The company also recently announced that it will be changing the symbol on Bitcoin Cash from BCC to what has become standard in BCH, many other Asian exchanges have also announced the changeover to BCH. OKCoin International, the Chinese bitcoin exchange company’s office out of Hong Kong for global users had back in May announced the launch of OKEX.com as they discontinued leveraged crypto activity on OKCoin.com on May 30, 2017, in order to migrate users to the new OKEX.com. |
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Coinomi and Flixxo, an awesome partnership https://medium.com/@flixxo/coinomi-and-flixxo-an-awesome-partnership-2fff0fe01a5fBuenos Aires, November 10th 2017: Flixxo, the community based video distribution platform built by Popcorn Time creator and RSK co-founder, has partnered with Coinomi to natively support Flixx tokens in their popular android wallet. Coinomi will also be allowing one click contribution directly from their wallet into Flixxo´s ongoing token sale, which is about to surpass USD3 million. “It is awesome taking Flixx to Coinomi, as it is an outstanding tool for our users to easily handle and trade their tokens after the ICO. We are confident that this partnership will also lead awareness on our project into their wide community. On the other hand, having George (Kimionis) as part of our advisory board will ensure a better adoption of our token into exchanges and other wallets, as well as an organic interaction with other tokens”......... |
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Cicero Report - Professional Analysis of Metaverse by ciceroreport https://www.reddit.com/r/Metaverse_Blockchain/comments/7cmten/cicero_report_professional_analysis_of_metaverse/https://www.ciceroreport.com/uploads/1/5/8/0/15807810/cicero_report_13_nov_2017.pdfCicero Report Publication: 13 November 2017 Introduction Metaverse is the first China blockchain built based on the Proof of Work (“PoW”) consensus mechanism. Its founder is Eric Gu, who was also a co-founder of Neo, formerly known as Antshares. Vision and direction Metaverse is a decentralized platform that aims to redefine digital identities and smart assets through building a web of Smart Properties using the blockchain technology. The universally unique and self-sovereign identities reside within the peer to peer network, which will primarily power all decentralized applications or smart contracts in the near future. The project imagines a blockchain in which people, organizations and institutions can transact with each other in an open ecosystem where digital value can be circulated freely. To authenticate the digital asset transactions on the blockchain against real world assets, Metaverse plans to introduce intermediaries called Oracles. In essence, Metaverse aims to be the Chinese substitute for Ethereum where intermediaries will be parties whose vested interest lies in the kind of transactions taking place over the public blockchain. Digital identities Metaverse aims to allow users to build their own digital identity on Metaverse where records will last permanently on the blockchain. This is opposed to the anonymity that most other blockchain projects aim to achieve. The Metaverse team also actively dialogues with Chinese regulatory bodies to fulfil the necessary regulatory compliance. Oracles Oracles are intermediaries built on a decentralised reputation system. They act as links between Metaverse and the real world. This will enable greater participation from companies to join the Metaverse ecosystem........ |
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