| String Labs has announced its program to award grants to innovators building on the Ethereum blockchain. Permissioned ledgers need-not apply. The awards are designed to encourage benefits the granting organization believe are inherent to open, permissionless blockchains. Michael del Castillo / May 20, 2016 11:21 pm
While bitcoin has long dominated the digital currency space, ether has been grabbing headlines - and trading volume - this week. Many market observers chalked up the recent price increase of ether to ongoing enthusiasm for The DAO, a decentralized group dedicated to funding Ethereum projects through group consensus. Charles Bovaird / May 20, 2016 10:39 pm
A distributed ledger could help these researchers launch an unstoppable "Human-Whale-Robot-Hybrid" distributed autonomous organization. Far from a mere publicity stunt this project to "save the whales" is backed by big universities and researchers. Pete Rizzo / May 20, 2016 06:55 pm
A well-known Chinese bitcoin miner gets into Ethereum as a wide range of high-profile organizations begin to capitalize on the digital currency. But with the persistent threat of a 51 percent attack too big a player entering the space comes with its own unique challenges. Michael del Castillo / May 20, 2016 06:16 pm
Russian payments firm Qiwi is currently designing its own proprietary blockchain system in an effort to replace its central payments database. Called the Qiwi blockchain system, the company's latest in-house blockchain tech effort seeks to help the firm cut costs while benefitting its 65 million monthly customers. Pete Rizzo / May 20, 2016 04:34 pm
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