Blockstream Satellite brings global BTC access
The Blockchain and financial cryptography Blockstream has announced the availability of Blockstream Satellite. This is a service which broadcasts real-time Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain data from a group of communication satellites to...
CULedger advances credit union blockchain adoption
CULedger embodies the idea that credit unions should use blockchain technology to provide credit unions, and their members (effectively consumers), with innovative, cutting-edge products and services. To move this forwards, a...
Microsoft expands blockchain support with Coco Framework
Microsoft has extended its blockchain offerings. Notably it claims to handle more than 1,600 transactions per second – which would be faster than most current networks (but not as fast as...
KBank Letters of Guarantee to use blockchain
Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK Public Company Limited (KBank), has announced the launch of a new enterprise Letter of Guarantee network based on IBM Blockchain. The intention is simplify and expedite procedures for KBank’s...
Po.et becomes serious by adding Blink and Jaxx
Jaxx and Blink are joining the Po.et initiative described previously in ET. These two companies add critical functionality and large scale publishing.
The core objective of Po.et is to create a platform which...
BTC, BCC and blockchain: a brief revisit
BCC (Bitcoin Cash) has split from BTC (Bitcoin), with a myriad of unknown implications. ET has decided to offer a brief revisit to the BTC, BCC and blockchain in the hope...
‘Meat’ your blockchain
A group of livestock farmers in Arkansas, supported by Heifer USA, is using blockchain technology so customers can tell where their dinner comes from - what you might call 'meat' your...
Cognizant finds blockchain is key for financial services
IT services company Cognizant has just released its latest report on blockchain. It is called Financial Services,: Building Blockchain One Block at a Time. The report comes less than a week...
BTC vs BCC: confused?
At 1220 UTC on 1st August, 2017, Bitcoin Cash (BCC) arrived. It is an analogue, but not a precise one, for Bitcoins (aka BTC). The most obvious difference is that the...
BASF applies blockchain to its supply chain
BASF showed off how it is applying blockchain to its supply chain at an EXPO Day of start-up accelerator STARTUP AUTOBAHN. This was held in Stuttgart on July 25. Alongside Daimler,...