German automobile giant BMW is working towards eliminating Cobalt produced by child labor from their batteries. They have partnered with Circulor, a London, UK-based blockchain start-up for this project. Majority of companies manufacturing electronic and electric vehicles need a large…
Transparency to Sierra Leone’s presidential election by a Blockchain
Blockchain helps in bringing transparency to Sierra Leone’s presidential election: The recently concluded presidential election in Sierra Leone was notable for the effort to make it transparent. The National Election Committee (NEC) of Sierra Leone has engaged Agora, a Swiss…
Artificial Neural Network to transform medical landscape Powered by Blockchain
Moscow, Russia-based SkyChain Global is building a blockchain-powered platform that will expedite adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the medical field. They intend to bring AI’s Artificial Neural Network (ANN) developers, doctors, patients, and medical data providers together facilitating transparent…
Quantum -resistant blockchain development in Russia – Explained
Quantum blockchain is being developed in Russia: A team of blockchain and cryptography developers in Russia are developing quantum-resistant blockchain. This is commendable, because blockchain as we know today is secure, however, once quantum computers are commercialized, today’s technology underpinning…
Indian government functionaries continue to discourage cryptocurrencies
The Government of India (GoI) doesn’t regard cryptocurrencies as legal tenders, and senior GoI functionaries continue to discourage use of cryptocurrencies. The latest statement from Mr. Shaktikanta Das, former Secretary of Economic Affairs in GoI, a senior official who was…
Future of Intellectual property protection on a blockchain ? by Huawei
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China-based networking and telecommunications giant Huawei has applied for a patent, to use blockchain for the purpose of protecting intellectual property rights. Filed in August 2016, and currently being evaluated by China’s State Intellectual Property Office, the patent…
Massive malware attack, installs crypto-miner on Windows Systems
The trend of hijacking unsuspecting users computer to mine cryptocurrency continues, and the attacks take different forms. On March 6th, Windows Defender Anti-Virus (AV) detected and largely blocked a malware that infected nearly 500,000 computers and installed cryptocurrency miner code…
CULedger works with Evernym to launch Digital ID for Credit Unions
CULedger, a consortium of USA-based credit unions, and Evernym, a blockchain development company, has launched MyCUID, a blockchain-powered digital identity system. This will protect the credit union members from identity theft and fraud. An estimated 2 billion people in the…
Port city in southeastern part of India emerges as blockchain hub
Vishakhapatnam, also known as Vizag, a port city in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is emerging as a key blockchain development hub. The government of Andhra Pradesh is making important moves with the “FinTech Valley Vizag” project they…
Zebi will help India in securing her massive, and growing, data with blockchain:
Hyderabad, India-based Zebi Data India Pvt Ltd, or Zebi, is positioning their blockchain-based solution to protect India’s exponentially growing data. As part of their solution, they are also launching their cryptocurrency ZCO. India, a country of 1.25 billion people, and…