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Our world is full of technology that most of us use without understanding how it works. Internal combustion engines, alternating current, the internet: most of us rely on these technologies daily, and we don’t care how they work. Should the blockchain really be any different?  Right now, we’re at a point with blockchain technology that’s about equal to where we were with the internet in the early…

Timelines for the emergence of quantum computers may be fuzzy, but the threat they pose to the vaunted security of blockchain technology is profoundly real. Originally popular as fail-safe security for bitcoin enthusiasts, blockchain is making inroads across numerous industries, most notably as a track and trace tool proving the…

Central banks are getting into the crypto game; that is a good thing for crypto and blockchain adoption. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Cryptocurrencies are rapidly becoming part of the mainstream investment conversation, but that does not mean that the development of new crypto options is slowing down. Even with…

Regi Wahyu is a data-entrepreneur transforming smallholder farming in Indonesia and beyond. He is the co-founder of HARA and an Ashoka Fellow since 2018. We spoke to him as part of our series on the future of Planet & Climate. (Read Part 1, Part 2 , and Part 3 of the…

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5/16/2020 12:25am This story has been updated to include companies supporting the Proof Of Stake Alliance advocating the SEC, including correcting to Cardano Foundation, Coinbase Custody, and Binance.US. The Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA) is a very niche trade association on Capitol Hill in the blockchain space. The alliance of…

A sign is posted in front of Visa headquarters on August 28, 2019 in Foster City, California. Getty Images The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published today that Visa V has filed a patent application to create digital currency on a centralized computer using blockchain technology. This patent applies…

May 14, 2020 at 14:11 UTCUpdated May 14, 2020 at 14:49 UTCJames T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise (Photo by Stefan Cosma on Unsplash)Blockchain Bites: Capitalizing on Enterprise Blockchain and Reading Coin MetricsTop ShelfOn Wednesday we learned less than a 1% of the total suspicious activity reports filed with the Financial Crimes Enforcement…

Back in the mid-2000s, biometric authentication came into light as the future of digital security. We all thought that fingerprint records and facial recognition were totally new. Ask any officer at your local police station — the tech industry was beginning to discover the potential of integrating these biometric identity…