Microsoft announces Coco Framework to facilitate businesses looking to adopt blockchain tech
(Tech Xplore)—Business watchers are looking to blockchain technology as transformational but easier said than done.
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Computer Sciences
BlockPGP: A new blockchain-based PGP management framework
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), one of the most widely used cryptographic standards, enables safe end-to-end encryption for emails, messages and other data sharing between users. Essentially, PGP works by implementing asymmetric ...
Hardware
IBM talks about world's smallest computer smaller than grain of salt
World's best. World's fastest. World's smartest. Superlatives are the stuff of which news headlines are made. IBM, taking center stage at its Think 2018 conference in Las Vegas, scores big in superlatives this week in unveiling ...
Business
Unlocking the potential of blockchain technology
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a country of around 50,000 people spread across more than 1,000 islands in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean. The country relies heavily on cross-border finance and trade, and the ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Robotics
Robot swarms neutralize harmful Byzantine robots using a blockchain-based token economy
In a new study, researchers from Université libre de Bruxelles demonstrate the potential of blockchain technology, known from cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, to secure the coordination of robot swarms. In ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Why blockchain challenges conventional thinking about intellectual property
Cryptocurrencies are getting a lot of attention, but finance is only one of many applications of the blockchain technology behind it.
Feb 27, 2018
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Security
Blockchain a stronger option for American election modernization
The term "blockchain" is familiar to anyone who has delved into so-called cryptocurrency. It represents an incorruptible digital ledger of transactions associated with a given digital coin in this technology. However, the ...
Jul 3, 2020
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Security
Blockchain making houses safer
Blockchain technology developed to guarantee the value of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum is now being adopted by engineers as a way to fight off the risk of a hacker breaking into the connected appliances of ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Business
Ethereum crypto overhaul targets environmental impact
The world's second biggest cryptocurrency after bitcoin, ethereum, will soon overhaul its blockchain technology to curb the network's much-criticised environmental impact.
Aug 28, 2022
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Software
Has blockchain found a use beyond crypto trading?
The bitcoin boom spawned new billionaires and videos of beach parties and Lamborghinis. The crypto crash brought devastation for small investors and bankruptcy for many companies.
Aug 15, 2022
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