Sentences with phrase «chain transaction for»

The app also allows the user to use on - chain transactions for Bitcoin transfers.

The blockchain company has created one of the most innovative cryptographic tokens — Stratis ($ STRAT) and will soon be offering an economic incentive to node operators to participate in securing different types of on - chain and off - chain transactions for the Breeze Wallet, as well as for blockchain apps and services for corporate clients.

Not exact matches

Aber paid US$ 266 million for Harry Winston in two transactions in 2004 and 2006, and invested another US$ 36 million in the retail business to integrate the companies and expand the chain's retail outlets — something Gannicott deemed essential to achieving significant earnings.

Not yet profitable, it is deploying the $ 95 million it raised earlier from investors like Danny Meyer and Steve Case to build powerful systems for siting and planting new stores, forging supple regional supply chains, and developing technology for mobile ordering and cashless transactions, with which it is experimenting.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

For instance, IBM's recent blockchain collaboration is poised to improve global food supply chain safety, and some realtors are experimenting with payment options by accepting Bitcoin for real estate transactions (CNBFor instance, IBM's recent blockchain collaboration is poised to improve global food supply chain safety, and some realtors are experimenting with payment options by accepting Bitcoin for real estate transactions (CNBfor real estate transactions (CNBC).

While it has long mastered the supply chain for its mobile devices, the payments ecosystem has proved harder to control, and banks in other countries have reportedly negotiated lower transaction fees, contributing to its slow global roll - out.

The quest for efficiency thus leads, over time, to complex supply chains in which participants are increasingly disassociated from the final customer transaction.

Khosla's Bitcoin portfolio includes 21 Inc, a developer of Bitcoin mining chips which has amassed more than $ 120 million in startup capital to date, Blockstream, a company focused on innovation in sidechains to improve blockchains, Chain, the leading blockchain platform for enterprises and BlockScore, an identity verification and anti-fraud solution for online transactions.

Smart Token Chain (STC), a company that explores the use of blockchain for smart contracts, tokenization and other transactions, has announced the...

For those power users, CoolWallet will provide early access tools allowing transaction from the device on any chain.

However, cardholders who frequently shop at luxury retail chains like Saks Fifth Avenue are more likely to purchase high - ticket items regularly; therefore, it will be extremely difficult to distinguish fraudulent transactions from those of a legitimate nature, allowing criminals to abuse stolen payment cards and remain undetected for a longer period of time.

Strong words - especially in light of a number of developers working diligently on layer - two technologies, such as lightning network, which push transactions off - chain in an effort to scale for an ever - growing user base.

One company that is capitalizing on this opportunity is Xapo, the largest bitcoin custodian in the space, responsible for 10 percent of on - chain transactions and for 500,000 off - chain transactions per day.

Store of Value coins: Bitcoin, Diamond Convenient Transaction coins: Dash, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash Smart Contract coins: Ethereum, NEO, QTUM, Cardano, EOS, Lisk, Ethereum Classic Business - friendly coins: Ripple, Bancor, Neblio, Modum Functionality coins: Raiden Network, BlockCat, VeChain, Walton Coin, Quantstamp Exchange coins: KuCoin Shares, Binance Coin, COSS, Spectre, Kyber Network Blockchain for the Masses coins: Everex, UTRUST, NEM, Stellar, Omise Go IOT coins: IOTA, IOT Chain, Golem, SPARK Privacy coins: ZCash, ZCoin, ZClassic, Monero, Pivx, Zen Cash Masternode coins: Dash, Pivx, Diamond, Crown Change the World coins: SALT, Substratum, Civic, ARNA AI coins: Deep Brain Chain, Neurotoken, Red Pulse

Preston: [00:22:12] So by allowing these off chain transactions there was an enormous alleviation of the need for larger block sizes because now people weren't shooting as many transactions onto the blockchain.

But previously there were people who were spending spamming the block chain with lots of transactions basically trying to create a need for a block size increase by spending money to use up all the blocks space.

«While it is obviously very important to structure a transaction that is legally sound and that achieves the desired accounting treatment for our client, we strive to create solutions that go beyond fulfilling the minimum requirements,» states Anil Walia, head of global trade and supply chain advisory at RBS.

For blockchain - based supply chains to take hold, participants will need to resolve the questions of how to deal with anonymous transactions, how to manage growing pains of the technology, and how to institute the required suite of standards, risk management frameworks and applications needed in financial services.

This split resulted in two separate transaction logs being formed without clear consensus, which allowed for the same funds to be spent differently on each chain.

While the Internet of Things is not a brand new idea, the IoT Chain aims to be the go - to platform by utilizing blockchain technology and a decentralized currency to allow for secure transactions and interactions on the Internet of Things.

These companies build proprietary payment platforms using cryptography for security and the block chain for transaction validation.

Just like with instant payments, expensive on - chain Bitcoin transactions do not mean that one can not use Bitcoin for cheap value transfer.

This reduces the need to wait for a transaction to be included in a block at the end of the chain.

However, the nature of blockchain is such that many transactions need to wait for a block to be added to the end of a chain on a network.

Other uses for blockchain technology platforms include facilitating real estate transactions, smart contracts, and even supply chain management.

Child chains can enforce further rules on transactions denominated in their token, such as permissioning, limiting which accounts are authorized to issue specific transaction types, in order to e.g. comply with KYC rules for a child chain pegged to a fiat currency, or assets marketed to a jurisdiction imposing additional restrictions on who can trade them.

A previous Bitcoin Magazine article provides a step - by - step explanation of a simple example where two users agree to swap agreed amounts of BTC and LTC and use the multisig and time lock features available in both Bitcoin and Litecoin basic scripting to synchronize two transactions on two independent blockchains without having to trust each other.It's worth noting that Lightning Network payment channels, now enabled by SegWit, make atomic swaps more powerful and easier to implement, and permit adding support for off - chain swaps.

The already legendary merger of the Gannet chain of newspapers and a television company in 1979, for a little more than 350 million dollars, seems today a very modest transaction compared with what took place a few months ago when an unprecedented US 19 billion dollar merger between Disney Company and the ABC Network was quickly overtaken by an even more massive Times Warner - CNN link - up worth, all told, in excess of US 25 billion dollars.

Investment group JAB is acquiring Panera Bread Company, the US - based restaurant chain, for transaction value of approximately $ 7.5 billion (including the assumption of $ 340 million of net debt) to extend its global coffee and food empire.

With approximately $ 20 billion in aggregate real estate transactions to its credit, RKF has been responsible for identifying scores of real estate opportunities throughout the United States for leading American and international chains, retailers, developers and institutional clients.

This will allow a wide - range of parties to make offers on titles and complete full transactions to help increase existing, and create new, revenue streams for all links in the publishing chain.»

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

The most irritating thing about this card is that it doesn't waive foreign transaction fees and, to my mind, that's ridiculous for a card co-branded with a global hotel chain.

Also, travelers in need of account activity can often gain miles when paying for rental cars and rooms at hotel chains, which may let the cardholder select the airline to credit for the transaction.

I've always though that it's completely nonsensical for a global hotel chain's credit card to come with foreign transaction fees but, somehow, Amex has always stuck it out.

The biggest downside of these cards is that they have foreign transaction fees, something that is kind of ridiculous for a global hotel chain.

Depending on your requirements offsetting can be anything from a quick and simple online transaction to purchase carbon credits from our selected ClimateCare projects, to a more in depth activity involving support for projects of your choice around the world, or even the creation of a brand new project, for example in your supply chain.

Free2Convey will enable all the parties in a conveyancing transaction to see, for the first time, the progress of their chain from instruction to post-completion, which is available to view in real time through one portal.

In the context of a strategic asset template derived from a fund's financial predicament, provenance demonstrates ownership of a continuous, comprehensive chain of diligent investigation, confirming the rationale for and attesting to the fitness of all subsequent transactions.

Today, corporate law departments still use the transaction view for supply chain structure.

Mr. Cutshaw previously served as president, chief development officer, and chief legal officer for a global restaurant chain; partner at a US - based law firm focusing on international transactions; senior executive with the U. Government; and cofounder of the post-Soviet private university Georgian American University in the Country of Georgia, where he served as its first Dean of Law and Provost.

We've logged successes for all kinds of clients, ranging from banks and international hotel chains to manufacturers and distributors of consumer goods and pharmaceuticals, including some of the most complex transactions ever completed in Croatia.

(1) extending negligent misrepresentation beyond «business transactions» to product liability, unprecedented in Texas; (2) ignoring multiple US Supreme Court decisions that express and implied preemption operate independently (as discussed here) to dismiss implied preemption with nothing more than a cite to the Medtronic v. Lohr express preemption decision; (3) inventing some sort of state - law tort to second - guess the defendant following one FDA marketing approach (§ 510k clearance) over another (pre-market approval), unprecedented anywhere; (4) holding that the learned intermediary rule does not apply whenever a defendant «compensates» or «incentivizes» physicians to use its products, absent any Texas state or appellate authority; (5) imposing strict liability on an entity not in the product's chain of sale, contrary to Texas statute (§ 82.001 (2)-RRB-; (6) creating a claim for «tortious interference» with the physician - patient relationship, again utterly unprecedented; (7) creating «vicarious» breach of fiduciary duty for engaging doctors to serve as expert witnesses in mass tort litigation also involving their patients, ditto; and (8) construing a consulting agreement with a physician as «commercial bribery» to avoid the Texas cap on punitive damages, jaw - droppingly unprecedented.

Nevertheless, these intermediary fees are expected to be an order of magnitude smaller than simply paying for an on - chain transaction.

«If you want to get more scalability, you can try to optimize the chain a bit, you can try to go up to 28, 50 or 100 but for real mainstream application you really need many thousands of transactions per second, to be flying around for lots of applications», Buterin concluded.

Traditionally, supply chain transactions are completed manually, creating delays and a higher risk for recording error, which can cause differences between what was recorded and what was actually loaded,» wrote Chris O'Connor the General Manager at Internet of Things Offerings for IBM.

If the majority of the computers are searching for the same, correct solution, invalid transactions will automatically end up in a dead branch of the block chain and become extinct due to a lack of consensus.

All you need is since these transactions are «on chain» you will need to pay a transaction fee for each transaction.