Ethereum Watch

Participation by big names in a big industry could impact international trade. Advertisements Tech giant IBM and Danish Shipping and logistics company Maersk have announced the creation of a global, blockchain-powered shipping platform, TradeLense, in an official August 9 press release. As of today, 94 organizations have either been early adopters of the program or […]

The US Patent and Trademark Office recently granted the financial software company a patent to create a bitcoin payment processing system. Advertisements On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office published a patent submitted by Intuit Inc. that enables the company to develop a novel procedure for processing bitcoin transactions. The process described in the […]

Ukraine uses blockchain for voting trail; SEC postpones decision on Bitcoin ETF; Opera browser to add wallet feature to desktop. Advertisements Image courtesy of DailyNews. Ukraine uses Blockchain for Voting Trail According to a Facebook post, Ukraine is working on a voting platform using the NEM blockchain. The head of the State Register at the Central […]

The day Augur launched it breezed into the rankings of top ethereum dapps by daily active users – but the momentum didn’t last long. Advertisements Released on July 10, Augur allows users to create and bet on prediction markets tied to real-world events, such as World Cup games, elections and – unfortunately – murders. Having […]

After conducting a pilot for a blockchain voting platform during West Virginia’s primary election, Secretary of State Mac Warner wants to further test the technology through a second trial during the state’s general election this November. Advertisements Facilitating the voting process via blockchain technology is a well-known use case. The Swiss city of Zug, for […]

Disclaimer: ICO Alert does not endorse or recommend participating in any initial coin offerings, including EOS. ICO Alert does not receive any compensation for the Everything EOS Podcast from Block.One or EOS, however, Robert Finch and Zack Gall do both personally own EOS tokens. Advertisements Episode #17: Lumeos DApp Spotlight Special Guest: Ali Ayyash — CEO of […]

The Ethereum network is experiencing copious transactions all connected to a single account, leading to broad speculation about their purpose. Advertisements A strange series of transactions on the Ethereum network began yesterday, leading to speculation that the network was the victim of a spam attack. The transactions are all connected to a single address, which […]

The network, created by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, is intended to create a global sandbox for tech innovators and regulators. Advertisements The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the creation of the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) in an August 7 press release. According to the statement, the creation of the network is the […]

Minimum Viable Plasma requires users to actively monitor and challenge exit attempts, but many users are offline most of the time. One developer suggests using an on-chain EDCC (or smart contract) to probabilistically verify the plasma chain. Though the proposal does address the concern in a wide range of scenarios, it is not a universal […]

The mobile Dapp browsing provider is teaming up with the crew behind the programming language Nim. Advertisements According to information shared with ETHNews, the team behind Status, a mobile Dapp browser on the Ethereum blockchain, has partnered with the developers of Nim, a “statically typed and compiled” programming language that can run on Windows, macOS, […]