Blockchain

The space of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has grown exponentially over the past year, and this produced quite a few consequences. For once, there are thousands of NFT projects spawning every single day, and the entire space resembles a lot of what we’ve seen during previous hype cycles with initial coin offerings (ICOs), initial DEX offerings (IDOs), initial exchange offerings (IEOs), and whatnot. The general consensus is that non-fungible tokens are here to stay and are going...

Blockchain started as the basis for cryptocurrencies, but the revolutionizing technology has grown to be much more, as developers continue to explore the diverse use of the tech. The introduction of blockchain concepts like Web3, metaverse, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in recent times has further gained the attention of mainstream internet users. Now, a unique blend of these three concepts built on the blockchain has made its way into the entertainment industry. The hurdles...

Colorado has set forth a new law that will allow people to pay for taxes and fees with cryptocurrency. Colorado Says “Yes” to Crypto Payments for Tax Fees Governor Jared Polis announced the news late last week, commenting: In Colorado, we’ve been laying the groundwork to be a center of crypto and blockchain innovation for a number of years. We see it as a critical part of Colorado’s overall innovation ecosystem. The initiative pushes forward the primary goals of bitcoin...

Mykhailo Fedorov – Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – has called on crypto exchanges to freeze all Russian users’ blockchain addresses to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s invasion. In a tweet on Sunday, Fedorov emphasized the importance of both cutting off crypto access to Russian and Belarusian politicians, as well as “sabotaging ordinary users”. The request follows a slew of sanctions against Russia from western allies, including freezing the assets of Russia’s four...

With the substantial growth of the Ethereum network, numerous similar systems allowing smart contract deployment emerged trying to compete. While many of them kept outlining shining plans to become Ethereum killers, some remained silent and focused on growth instead of bragging rights. This seems to be the case with Tezos – a decentralized open-source blockchain executing peer-to-peer transactions that saw the light of day nearly four years ago. It has stayed below the radar...

Avec : Jérémy Wauquier et Daniel Villa Monteiro d’Alyra, cofondateurs d’Alyra, une école offrant des formations dans le domaine des blockchains et des cryptomonnaies. Réalisation : Univers Bitcoin, « podcast crypto francophone où l’on parle des fondamentaux du bitcoin mais pas que… » A retrouver sur :– Itunes : podcasts.apple.com– Spotify : open.spotify.com– Deezer : deezer.com– Google Podcast : podcasts.google.com– Twitter : twitter.com/Univers_Bitcoin– Youtube :...

Blockchain-based technology has many applications, and we’ve seen various projects build in a myriad of industries. Decentralized storage infrastructure is commonly touted as one of the best use cases for distributed ledgers. The reasons for this are many – security, immutability, scalability, and whatnot. Over the past couple of years, businesses worldwide have woken up and warmed up to the idea of implementing blockchain in their infrastructure – or at least building...

The brains behind Meta’s former Diem project have unveiled plans to launch the blockchain network as a separate protocol with support for other web3 solutions. Also, the announcement includes a name change to Aptos. Former Diem Developers to Relaunch Protocol Some members of the now-defunct Diem blockchain project have teamed up and announced plans to proceed with the network’s development and deployment. The news was shared via a medium blog post published on Thursday...

The Cardano blockchain will have its first ZK rollup layer 2 solution – Orbis. The main objective is to support decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and a thriving blockchain ecosystem. A Wave of ZK Companies The official blog post by the team behind the protocol explained that Orbis offers the level of scalability and transaction throughput relevant for blockchain to transform into a “global financial system.” Similar to other zk-based solutions, the transactions will...

Shahaf Bar-Geffen is the CEO and founder of COTI Network, a blockchain-based payments network. Bar-Geffen has a rich background in the tech field, and, believe it or not, back in 2016, he sold a media company by the name of Web3 to Mccan Erickson Group (IPG). He also founded a company called Positive Mobile – one of the first venues to advertise on smartphones and a company that was also acquired later on. His crypto passion started in 2015 and became even more serious when...