ICOs, or Initial Coin Offerings, are an alternative, unregulated way of fundraising
enabled by blockchain technology.
«When I stumbled into it, I didn't know it was
enabled by the blockchain,» he recalled.
Participants can share their idle bandwidth and storage resources in exchange for NOIA tokens,» Zhicheng wrote, claiming that, «Every single transaction is automated and seamless only because of smart contracts
enabled by blockchain technology.»
«With a more digitized, streamlined and transparent process
enabled by the blockchain solution, various parties — including issuers, regulators and investors - will have increased insight into company information,» said IBM.
It was quite fun to kick off the discussions at our 2016 summit with a perspective of «30 years of Silicon Valley History in 15 minutes» leading up to the market value waves that may be efficiently
enabled by Blockchain.
As devices at the edge become smarter, the smart contracts
enabled by blockchain platforms will work better with more advanced data analytics capabilities.
They will be used to launch blockchain applications, and might look like normal applications we are familiar with, except that they will carry with them some new features that are
enabled by blockchain back ends (instead of databases).
Woori Bank, one of South Korea's biggest banks, has reportedly completed a successful overseas remittance trial
enabled by the blockchain...
Global Blockchain invests in new markets
enabled by Blockchain Technology.
Not exact matches
Blockchain was first created
by a person or persons using the name Satoshi Nakamoto for
enabling the digital currency bitcoin.
With the development of
blockchain technology and digital asset market, Crebit will inevitably replace traditional mobile payment products such as Paypal, Alipay, and WeChat in the future and will no longer be restricted
by geographical areas,
enabling global involvement in the digital asset financial field.
Blockchain changes the equation
by enabling companies of any size to raise money in a peer - to - peer way, through global distributed share offerings.
Supported
by both Buterin and Wood, and sporting the motto «unbank the bank,» OmiseGO is Thailand - based Omise's
blockchain project
enabling «real - time, peer - to - peer value exchange and payment services» via an agnostic, all - in - one financial clearing house and liqduity provider.
Neufund has taking an interesting approach
by enabling the tokenization of equity and raising capital on the
blockchain.
By enabling decentralized user accounts built entirely on blockchain technology, and by using the Colored Coins protocol, users can exchange and secure their assets without having to trust a third - part
By enabling decentralized user accounts built entirely on
blockchain technology, and
by using the Colored Coins protocol, users can exchange and secure their assets without having to trust a third - part
by using the Colored Coins protocol, users can exchange and secure their assets without having to trust a third - party.
ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin explains how he first became interested in
blockchain, why he joined Vitalik Buterin on the Ethereum Project and launched global
blockchain specialist firm ConsenSys, and the vision he has for a decentralized future
enabled by this technology.
Stellar Lumens and its currency XLM are originally known for providing fast transactions around the globe while applying extremely low fees, all powered up
by blockchain technology, and that is the main reason why BluepanNet choose to use Stellar for
enabling cross-border payments.
FinTech Trends The launch of the
blockchain -
enabled asset trading platform Nasdaq Linq, Goldman Sachs» filing of a patent for a securities settlement system based on a new virtual currency called SETLcoin, and the continued rise of
blockchain banking consortium R3 all point to a race
by financial institutions to harness the power of the
blockchain.
Simple Token, founded
by serial entrepreneur Jason Goldberg,
enables any company to create, launch, and manage their own branded digital token economy on open and highly scalable side - chains anchored to the Ethereum mainnet, without in - depth
blockchain development requirements.
The
Blockchain Terminal («BCT») delivers a powerful set of tools and services to the wealth management industry, making use of blockchain technology to deliver cutting edge applications that have been created by a diverse community of developers, while also enabling real - time compliance enforcement and ad h
Blockchain Terminal («BCT») delivers a powerful set of tools and services to the wealth management industry, making use of
blockchain technology to deliver cutting edge applications that have been created by a diverse community of developers, while also enabling real - time compliance enforcement and ad h
blockchain technology to deliver cutting edge applications that have been created
by a diverse community of developers, while also
enabling real - time compliance enforcement and ad hoc audits.
By next year, Pair says they will natively support 4 - 5 additional blockchains, determining which ones by their ability to enable payments and by market cap siz
By next year, Pair says they will natively support 4 - 5 additional
blockchains, determining which ones
by their ability to enable payments and by market cap siz
by their ability to
enable payments and
by market cap siz
by market cap size.
Let's be sure that ICOs are conducted
by only
blockchain -
enabled companies and their investors are mostly industry - specific, such as business holders, developers, digital content specialist, real estate tycoons, and the like.
One secure way to deliver such services to users at scale is
by utilizing consensus algorithms to computationally equate proof of sale (POS) with proof of stake on the
blockchain, then integrating existing POS solutions with proprietary software to
enable merchants to process payments in cryptocurrency.
The Grid + smart energy agent gives consumers a point of access to a huge amount of applications, including those that can generate passive income,
by making the smart energy agent perform as a
Blockchain -
enabled IoT device.
INS Ecosystem is a scalable decentralized platform powered
by blockchain and smart contracts, that
enables direct interactions between consumers and grocery manufacturers.
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.
NetDocs goes on to say that «incorporating
blockchain technology into NetDocuments» governance platform
enables sensitive and transactional documents to be verified
by posting to an open - source digital ledger, validating document details such as canonization, approval, status, filing and other relevant document information».
TradeIX and AIG partnered to
enable trade finance transactions for companies, using the
blockchain -
enabled platform provided
by TradeIX.
In these columns I write for the Horizon CIO podcast I focus on the breadth of new business capabilities (such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence,
Blockchain) that have been
enabled by the development of contemporary computing power.
Dax Hansen, a partner specialising in IT, payments and international transactions spotted the growth opportunities presented
by digital currencies such as Bitcoin and their
enabling technology — the
blockchain.
Billon, which bills itself as the «world's first
blockchain that
enables government currency transactions that is compliant with regulations,» is a
blockchain - based payment platform with products like Quikpay or Billon.me, services that have already been adopted in the market
by companies such as Amazon's Twitch.tv.
Here's where
blockchain tech can help —
by enabling artists to connect directly with fans and earn from revenues without cuts.
A
blockchain smart contract would be
enabled by extensible programming instructions that define and execute an agreement.
Designed to
enable companies and consumers to exchange data
by smart contracts and plug into the
blockchain ecosystem, Mobius describes itself as integrating the old internet with the new decentralized internet similar to how Stripe integrates payment processing into Apps.
The company aims to liberate mobile data
by enabling users to sell or donate excess data via the ethereum
blockchain.
Powered
by the
blockchain and smart contract technology, Polymath and its unique Security Token Standard Protocol, ST - 20,
enables securities issuers to create digital tokens to represent shares and other instruments relating to traditional financial assets like private equity, stocks, debentures, commodities, VC funds, real estate, royalties, and insurance.
The working group are supporting a platform of international rules for the
blockchain network
enabling so global money transfers over a
blockchain by 2018.
By upgrading, miners
enable more transactions to be added to the
blockchain for which they will be able to charge a fee and the newly introduced weight measurement can help them optimize their returns.
It would seem, then, that a similar argument could be applied to money and asset ownership
by virtue of the new protocols that
enable their expression -
blockchains and cryptocurrencies.
Called Exonum, the software aims to distinguish itself from DLT solutions
by enabling users to secure data using the bitcoin
blockchain.
A concept that could
enable new functionality for bitcoins on the bitcoin
blockchain is being tested
by Blockstream.
By implementing Ethereum's entire smart contracts platform Counterparty
enables users to write Turing Complete smart contracts into the Bitcoin
blockchain and execute those contracts in a completely decentralized and trustless manner.
The Legal Industry Working Group — one of eight Working Groups within the EEA, each driven
by Blockchain or industry thought leaders — focuses on educating the legal industry about the benefits of
Blockchain technology and the development and standardization of core Ethereum -
enabled technology.
'' I am very proud that Coinsilium supports the talented Rootstock team to develop a platform
enabling smart contracts secured
by the Bitcoin
Blockchain which I see as an essential element in the transition to a world of
Blockchain - based solutions for enterprises and public organizations.»
A copy of a forthcoming blog post obtained
by CoinDesk indicates that the Segwit2x team plans to
enable bitcoin's miners to elect to run new software at block 494,784 on the
blockchain, a block they expect will occur sometime in November of this year.
Lightning Network Lightning — an overlay network to the Bitcoin
Blockchain — increases its utility
by enabling instantaneous microtransactions.
I suspect that the wave to be
enabled by «the
Blockchain» will be slower to develop and longer to roll as a result.
Online bitcoin -
enabled marketplace OpenBazaar was the big winner at the 2016
Blockchain Awards, sponsored
by Blockchain, Coin Center, and presented at the Coin Center Annual Dinner.
As reported
by Bitcoin Magazine in December the company is realizing Nick Szabo's vision of smart contracts embedded in IoT -
enabled devices, with smart locks linked to the Ethereum
blockchain.
Blockchain startups are coming up with solutions for musicians
by enabling direct payments to the artists and using smart contracts to solve licensing issues automatically.