Day: September 1, 2018

AIC Adopts Blockchain Through Partnership With Ubitquity

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AIC Adopts Blockchain Through Partnership With Ubitquity August 31, 2018 by Evan Faggart Aircraft escrow, title search, and document filing service AIC has signed as a client with Ubitquity. In this partnership, Ubitquity will help AIC create a blockchain-based system for its new Aircraft Closing Room.  Also read: The Lisk Core 1.0 Mainnet Is Live  Subscribe to the Bitsonline YouTube channel for great videos featuring industry insiders & experts Bringing Blockchain to the Aircraft Industry With Ubitquity “AIC is one of the most innovative companies in its industry,” said Ubitquity founder and CEO…

Japan’s tech firms are betting big in cryptocurrency industry

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The fall in the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and Japan’s crackdown on the industry in the wake of a hacking scandal in January, have not deterred some of Japan’s biggest technology companies from doubling down on the industry. Japanese internet services company Rakuten said on Friday it is acquiring everybody’s bitcoin Inc., a local cryptocurrency exchange, for 265 million yen ($2.4 million), seeking synergies with its e-commerce site as well as its fintech services. On the same day, online chat service provider Line announced its first original cryptocurrency, LINK, which will be…

PwC’s New Digital Skills Course Will Teach Employees about Blockchain

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“Big four” auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is launching training programs to employees on blockchain and other nascent technologies. The two-year digital skills course, dubbed “Digital Accelerators” and said to begin in January, will train 1,000 employees on everything from drones, blockchain, and cleansing data to 3D printing, a news report from tech publication Digiday says. The intermediate-to-advanced skill building courses is aimed to enhance PwC employees’ digital skills as well as cut costs for clients, thus boosting internal blockchain expertise, the report added. According to Sarah McEneaney, digital talent leader at PwC…

PwC’s New Digital Skills Course Will Teach Employees about Blockchain

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“Big four” auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is launching training programs to employees on blockchain and other nascent technologies. The two-year digital skills course, dubbed “Digital Accelerators” and said to begin in January, will train 1,000 employees on everything from drones, blockchain, and cleansing data to 3D printing, a news report from tech publication Digiday says. The intermediate-to-advanced skill building courses is aimed to enhance PwC employees’ digital skills as well as cut costs for clients, thus boosting internal blockchain expertise, the report added. According to Sarah McEneaney, digital talent leader at PwC…

Taiwan Hospital Launches Blockchain Platform to Improve Medical Record-Keeping

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The Taipei Medical University Hospital has rolled out a blockchain-powered platform to improve medical record-keeping, Taipei Times reported August 31. The so called “Healthcare Blockchain Platform” was reportedly developed in order to support the government’s Hierarchical Medical System policy, improve patient referral services, and integrate individual healthcare networks to enable people to access their medical records in an easier way. To make a request for their records, patients can log in to a password-protected mobile app. The project involved over 100 clinics, which deploy blockchain technology to address major issues…

Hong Kong Extends Migrant Policy to Facilitate DLT and FinTech Professionals

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A new Hong Kong government initiative seeks to attract professionals in Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) by simplifying the immigration policy, according to a press release published August 28. On Thursday, the government of Hong Kong published its first Talent List aimed at attracting “highly skilled” experts in 11 different fields, including fintech, DLT, and cyber security, from around the world. The move designates the government’s intention to “support Hong Kong’s development as a high value-added and diversified economy.” According to the press release, Hong Kong will facilitate successful applicants under…

EOS, Litecoin, Stellar Lumens, IOTA, Tron Technical Analysis

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As altcoins prices fluctuate, out trade plans continue to hold true. While we remain bullish on most coins as EOS, Tron, Litecoin and IOTA, the latter shows promise. It all has to do with on chain development and with Roman simulation prove that it’s possible for the tangle to reach consensus within seconds and process up-to 11,500 TPS, IOTA investors should be upbeat—and they are. Just finished a basic test of ~95.000 network simulations for our consensus theory. Confirmation time from few seconds up to few minutes depending on the…

Ethereum Developers Strike Deal to Reduce Block Reward by 33%

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A proposal that is expected to change how much ether enters the cryptocurrency economy was finalized on Friday, Aug. 31, as developers agreed to include the code for such a change into Ethereum’s next hard fork, Constantinople. Constantinople is designed to increase efficiency and lower transaction fees on the blockchain. It’s a protocol upgrade that seeks to smooth the transition from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus algorithm to Proof-of-Stake (PoS). According to a GitHub post merging the changes, a group of 14 ethereum developers, present on a video call, agreed to implement…