As for competitors, as ridiculous as it sounds, Gridless doesn’t really have any pure competitors at the moment. Sure, there are microgrid providers in Africa and, yes, there are companies and individuals mining bitcoin in Africa, but as for someone doing both? Gridless stands somewhat alone at the moment. Original
Projects have made strides in gleaning useful information from this data. Etherscan, a block explorer, allows users to search and browse an address’s transaction history. Chainalysis, a platform focused on anti-money laundering, lets people use their investigation software to monitor transactions in real time, for example. Source link
So far, Machankura has debuted in eight African countries – Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia, – where more than a third of the African population currently lives. Ngako wants it in all 54, but he understands how ambitious a goal that is. The service has only managed to attract 3,000 users but Ngako expects an inflection point is around the corner. Original
Its founders, Eli Ben-Sasson and Uri Kolodny, more casually known as the Ernie and Bert of blockchain (it’s still up for debate who is who), have known each other since they were both 18 years old. Ben-Sasson, a computer science professor at Technion, has been involved longer in the blockchain space as co-founder of Zcash, the privacy crypto on the Bitcoin blockchain. Source
Based out of Nairobi, Kenya, Shamba Network uses blockchain, remote sensing technology and statistical sampling to solve specific problems the region and its people face. The explicit goal is to lower the costs of climate insurance by improving the tools for monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV). That’s a term often used in carbon marketplaces, meaning software and hardware used to measure and verify data points such as carbon dioxide emission. Along the way, Shamba is promoting regenerative practices that will, by implication, also combat climate change. Eventually Shamba aims to…
Initially, Regen will “steward” the creation of these protocols, bringing together developers and scientists.” First, they are working on carbon sequestration. The Regen Marketplace, where ecological assets are traded, launched in October, and so far has only included carbon credit projects. More types of protocols are proposed in the white paper, involving grassland health, regenerative agriculture and blue carbon, such that more climate-positive behavior is incentivized. Source link
“And they’re both true, or at least they were both true. Mostly because while the blockchains are completely transparent, auditable and public with their information, it’s incredibly difficult to actually use that data,” he said. “With Arkham, that’s actually what I wanted to… I wanted to marry that as an idea.” Source link
“I was already a bitcoiner, so I was like, ‘Wow, this sounds amazing!’” Peterson recalled. “I mean, who else would entertain some crazy idea like this? And so we came back to them with a proposal and said, ‘Hey, we’ll inject this into our ongoing programs that we have, and we will try to create this bitcoin circular economy.’” Original
According to Quaison Carter, the co-founder and CMO of the location-based NFT platform Lostworlds, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are still not widely used due to what he called “user friction.” Carter, however, insists that the value of NFTs will persist for “as long as there are communities willing to use them.” The Role Played by PFP Communities Concerning the process of onboarding users, the Lostworlds co-founder suggested making this simpler and making sure the user does not spend time trying to understand how they can become NFT holders. When asked about…
After Kwon was arrested, the prosecutors indicated that he had paid the law firm before the collapse. As the legal battle between Do Kwon and South Korean prosecutors continues, the prosecutors stated that the CEO of Terraform Labs Do Kwon transferred some money to a law firm before TerraUSD and Luna crumbled. There are reports about the crypto entrepreneur sending 9 billion won ($7 million) to local law firm Kim & Chang just before the demise of the tokens he created. Do Kown is the South Korean CEO and co-founder…