Tag: Blockchains

Support for TRON and Bitcoin Blockchains Added on Opera’s Crypto Wallet

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Photo: Opera Blog On July 10, Opera browser launched exciting, innovative features incorporated into Crypto Wallet in the beta version of Opera browser on Android (version 53 beta). The new feature is accompanied by support for TRON and Bitcoin blockchains, an initiative which helps to make Web 3 more mainstream. Initially, Opera’s built-in Crypto Wallet could only support ERC-tokens and Ethereum. And now the updated version supports both TRON and Bitcoin. It is far safer to say that Opera browsers are Web 3 ready as it sets the pace for…

Latest Comparison of 7 Top Public Blockchains

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Public Blockchain CMC Ranking Program Language Consensus Algorithm Official Released TPS Tested Avg. TPS Tested Peak TPS EOS 6 C++ DPoS 3000 2200 2400 NEO 17 C# dBFT 1000 62.3 73.6 TRON 11 Java DPoS 2000 441 694 Ontology 24 Go VBFT 3000 2800 3679 WaykiChain 99 C++ DPoS 3000 3200 5500 VeChain 28 Go PoA 10000 1000 1000 IOST 60 Go PoB 8000 854 1714 Comparison Chart TPS Background Introduction Transaction Per Second (TPS) is the number of transactions executed per second. This means, for a duration of one…

Blockchains CEO Acquires Kirkwood Bank of Nevada for $28 million

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The CEO of blockchain incubator and investment firm Blockchains LLC, has purchased a bank for $28 million, The Nevada Independent reported on July 1. According to the report, CEO Jeffrey Berns said he bought out Kirkwood Bank of Nevada in order to secure financial inclusion for Blockchains as well as other blockchain-based businesses: “Purchasing the bank was basically security for me to make sure that Blockchains and myself had access to the financial system… But secondarily, it’s to create an environment where the blockchain ecosystem, the legitimate businesses out there…

Huobi Unveils ‘Finance Chain’ For Building Enterprise Blockchains

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Huobi Group is jointly developing a new public blockchain for decentralized financial (DeFi) services, according to a press release on July 1. Major global digital asset financial service provider Huobi has partnered with Chinese blockchain startup Nervos enabling companies to deploy their own blockchains, tokenized assets, as well as DeFi services, according to the announcement. The joint initiative, provisionally called “Huobi Finance Chain,” is targeting enterprises, financial institutions, as well as exchanges, and is set to operate as a regulatory-compliant financial blockchain network. Specifically, Huobi is planning to enable regulators…

Experts Cite Specialization as Key to Blockchain’s Incorporation Into Financial Services

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Four experts discussed the future blockchain in financial services, agreeing on the importance of specialization in a panel on crypto derivatives at Synchronise Europe in London today, June 18. Some of the original conceptualisation of blockchain needs to be available publically to be materially modified to suit the needs of diverse financial services, said Kelly Mathieson, head of enterprise solutions at Digital Asset. Mathieson argued that enterprise grade versions of blockchain technology are now viable, and that there has been a divergence from the original blockchain concept. Those versions of…

What Is a Satoshi, the Smallest Unit on the Bitcoin Blockchains

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From paying for pizza with satoshi (SAT) on the Lightning Network to the 10,000 satoshis being added to the Lightning Torch each time it is passed, down to the 1 sat/byte rate on the bitcoin SV network, SAT is being used more and more in blockchain and crypto conversations. The satoshi is the smallest unit that is recorded on the bitcoin blockchains: One satoshi represents a decimal, seven zeros and a 1, followed by any of the bitcoin tickers — i.e., bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin SV (BSV) or bitcoin cash (BCH).…

Blockchains Acquires Development Firm Behind ‘The DAO’ Project

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United States-based blockchain incubator and investment firm Blockchains, LLC, has acquired the German Ethereum dev team slock.it, according to a press release on June 3. Slock.it’s team is reportedly around three dozen large, and is known for its creation of the now-defunct decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) project “The DAO.” Co-founders and brothers Christoph and Simon Jentzsch will reportedly join Blockchains as VP of technology and director of blockchain development, respectively. During the first few months of the acquisition, the newly-linked organizations will reportedly ship a line of open-source tools for…

Pseudonymous Messaging With Integrated Payments Is Blockchain’s Killer App

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E-cash inventor David Chaum says he believes the real killer app for blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be privacy-oriented messaging systems integrated with payments. Chaum made his remarks in an interview on the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast on May 27. Chaum — a trailblazing American cryptographer who invented a secure, privacy-preserving digital currency back in 1982 — told Bloomberg that he believes that increased awareness around privacy and digital sovereignty in the contemporary era has paved the way for blockchain and cryptocurrencies to make a breakthrough as a mass society and…

Florida Creates a Task Force to Investigate Blockchain’s Economic Benefits

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Florida Creates a Task Force to Investigate Blockchain’s Economic Benefits May 26, 2019 by Art Rozenbaum The State of Florida will establish a state task force charged with investigating the benefits and costs of blockchain technology, as well as “requiring the task force to develop a specified master plan for fostering the expansion of the blockchain industry in the state”. Also read: Blockchain ‘Re-orgs’ – Are They Good or Bad for Bitcoin Security? Subscribe to the Bitsonline YouTube channel for great videos featuring industry insiders & experts The state legislature set the scene for…

Technology Is ‘Basically Good Enough’ to Ramp Up Production Blockchains

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A Pfizer executive has challenged existing theories about slow rates of blockchain adoption — telling the Consensus conference on May 14 that the technology is “basically good enough to have more production blockchains than we have today.” Ken Nessel, senior director of business technology at the pharmaceutical giant, made his comments during the second day of the conference in New York City. He joined AstraZeneca’s Kate Gofman for an event called From Bench to Bedside: Blockchains and the Future of Clinical Research. When asked for an honest assessment about what is holding…