«We have decided this year to
call different blockchain startups from around Africa with the hope of showing Botswana the power that the blockchain technology has and how much it is gonna impact our daily life,» event co-organiser and founder of the Satoshicentre Blockchain Hub, Itireleng Alakanani, told BitcoinAfrica.io.
Not exact matches
The technology that powers bitcoin is
called «
blockchain,» which allows a network of computers to agree at regular intervals on the true state of
different types of shared data, like transaction records.
The technology behind Bitcoin is
called blockchain, and experts say that this technology has huge potential and countless applications across
different industries.
Called Bitcoin Cash (BCC), the effort will effectively fork bitcoin's existing software and transaction history, and in the process, give every bitcoin user new cryptocurrency tokens on a new
blockchain with
different rules.
In the process of developing the product, the two companies also developed a
different testnet - what Thomas
called a «permanent testnet for testnets» - that cuts across
different blockchains as well.
Most of the bitcoin ecosystem supports a solution
called SegWit2x, while those backing a
different scaling mechanism
called Bitcoin Cash split into a
different blockchain last week.
In its initial incarnation, the platform,
called CLS Net, is expected to let participants trade global currencies using six
different kinds of
blockchain - based products.
The new Horizon Prize is
called «
Blockchains for Social Good» and the competition will see $ 5 Million handed out in increments of $ 1 million for five
different recipients....
The new protocol,
called sharding, will split the main
blockchain into smaller chains that can then be validated by
different nodes.