Tag: blockchain

Refereum launches Community Growth Engine for blockchain companies
August 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refereum launches Community Growth Engine for blockchain companies

Refereum has just announced the launch of its Community Growth Engine, a web widget that will let blockchain companies directly reward their most active community members for their engagement and interactions with tokens and other prizes. With Refereum’s Community Growth Engine, companies can design a series of quests, like micro-tasks, for users that are fun…

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WinMiner announces launch of its mining platform
August 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

WinMiner announces launch of its mining platform

WinMiner has announced the official launch of its platform with over 160,000 registered users, returning mining to the decentralized ethos blockchain was founded on. WinMiner is the mining optimization platform that provides a one-click solution and easy to understand dashboard. With WinMiner, the complicated world of cryptocurrency mining is opened up to the masses. This…

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æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform
August 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Constellation debuts code and network visualization in testnet launch

Constellation Labs, the horizontally-scalable blockchain for consumer-grade applications, has announced the release of their testnet — the first version (V1) of Constellation’s base code. This launch begins a process of building out a small network of nodes, which communicate with each other in order to prevent “bad actors” on the system. The testnet’s primary goal…

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August 06, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Food Quality and Blockchain in China

Food quality and blockchain are teaming up to provide a modern blockchain-based food quality control e-place, designed by the Chinese company, Wangjiahuan, an agricultural startup firm. The company has raised $58 million in a Series A round, which was managed by Global Logistic Properties. Global Logistic Properties is a leading logistics solution company based in…

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August 06, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The "Blood" Diamonds

After being applied in more than 20 different industries around the globe, it is no surprise that blockchain is now being used in the diamond industry. The diamond industry was and still is considered a monopoly, or lately, an oligopoly. And while diamonds are forever, so are the issues related to them, it seems. The…

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BitJob creates social mining platform for job referrals and networking
August 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BitJob creates social mining platform for job referrals and networking

bitJob, the peer-to-peer employment marketplace for students, introduces social mining by integrating blockchain technology with word of mouth referrals to create a seamless online job fair for networking and referrals. BitJob has created a decentralized tool and digital networking system where freelancers and students can earn rewards/money/coins for tagging and recommending friends and classmates for…

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Host Games builds blockchain protocol for online casino gaming
July 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Host Games builds blockchain protocol for online casino gaming

Host Games has announced that it has reached its soft cap goal of $2 million in its private pre-sale for strategic investors to build the world’s first blockchain-based online casino gaming protocol for emerging markets. Leveraging blockchain technology, Host Games is building a more secure, scalable and robust peer-to-peer online gaming infrastructure that empowers developers…

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Soluna launches utility-scale blockchain infrastructure company
July 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Soluna launches utility-scale blockchain infrastructure company

Soluna Technologies, Ltd., the company powering the blockchain-economy with low-cost renewable energy, has just announced that it is launching its utility-scale blockchain computing facility integrated with its own renewable energy resources. Soluna plans to develop its own 900MW wind farm power plant in Morocco in one of the world’s windiest regions and combine it with…

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July 24, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ernst and Young on their crypto patents "hunt"

Accounting companies such as E&Y and KPMG are no longer the standard audit giants. Now, the Big Four are immersing in lucrative consulting deals and even expanding their service lines with blockchain. The latest example is E&Y. In an effort to attract more diversified client base, E&Y has been acquiring cryptocurrency patents and assets. Just…

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