Brock Pierce inside the former Children’s Museum in Old San Juan, P.R., which he and his colleagues hope to make part of a crypto utopia where the money is virtual and the contracts are all public.
35 amazing real world examples of how blockchain is changing our world
It’s quickly becoming apparent that blockchain technology is about far more than just Bitcoin. Across finance, healthcare, media, government and other sectors, innovative uses are appearing every day.
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Want to learn programming? This startup pays you cryptocurrency to study Python
Blockchain-based skills platform BitDegree has unconventional plans for connecting tech talent and recruiters.
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Meet the newest cryptocurrency trend: privacy coins
Privacy and anonymity are all the rage, and these coins are benefiting big time.
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4 technology trends that will transform our world in 2018
Predicting the future requires hubris, and it should therefore be met with more than a terabyte of skepticism. In past years, I’ve made some calls that have proved prescient like predicting way back in 2011 that social media would determine the U.S. presidential election. Meanwhile, some took decades longer than I had foreseen such as my 1992 prediction that this new thing called the Internet would lead Hollywood studios to merge with telecommunications companies.
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Estonia, the digital republic
Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and secure. Has this tiny post-Soviet nation found the way of the future?
Wikipedia co-founder wants to put the world’s knowledge on the blockchain
Everipedia today announced Wikipedia co-founder Dr. Larry Sanger would be joining the company as it prepares to bring its online encyclopedia to the blockchain.
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BitDegree-Massive open online course education Blockchain ICO
BitDegree is a blockchain-powered online education platform that aims to change the way we get a degree. Find out how it works today in our review.
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Cash is quickly becoming obsolete in China
There are more ways to pay for goods and services now than ever before, and as such paper money seems increasingly old-fashioned.
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The US is no longer the world’s largest Bitcoin market
Japan has risen above the U.S. in the worldwide rankings for the largest bitcoinexchange market. The country now accounts for roughly 48 percent of the global market share, reaching a high of 51 percent over the weekend.
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Most Americans remain blissfully unaware of the blockchain revolution
With the cryptocurrency market cap now estimated to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars and a sort of familiar frenzy kicking into overdrive, here’s another reminder that widespread adoption by the U.S. public has not yet materialized.
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Why your bank hates you for loving bitcoin
Bitcoin has been around since 2009, but it really wasn’t until recently that it finally hit the mainstream consciousness of investors and the general public. As of this writing 1 bitcoin is now worth over $5,600 USD. And its meteoric rise doesn’t look to be abating any time soon. Its potential to reshape how we understand and use money is real. But the big question is why are banks and governments so steadfastly against it?
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