Smart contract technology is booming with the release of Ethereum and programming languages such as Solidity and Serpent, that have made contracts much simpler to build and deploy. The idea has been around for a long time, though. Nick Szabo, the cryptographer known for his research on digital currency, wrote an article about smart contracts […]
The Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit on Friday stopped its investigation of a Bitcoin trader in the Northern Baltic European nation. The decision comes after Otto de Voogd had evidently exercised his right to remain silent over the course of two years. In February 2014, de Voogd’s BTC.ee announced it “temporarily stopped trading due to threats […]
Gem, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions, launched Gem Health, a network for developing applications and shared infrastructure for healthcare powered by the Ethereum blockchain, and announced that Philips Blockchain Lab, a research and development center of healthcare giant Philips, is the first major healthcare operator to join the Gem Health network. Gem Health is […]
With the announcement of Gem Health, Gem is continuing their impressive growth in delivering blockchain platforms for smart networks. Gem has always made it clear that they consider healthcare to be an attractive target for their solutions. With this announcement they have taken a large step towards building a “blockchain network for global healthcare.” The goal is for […]
CoinDesk goes inside Barclays’ latest distributed ledger trial, showcasing how it is digitizing smart contract templates on R3’s new ledger Corda.
Itaú Unibanco, the largest private sector bank in Latin America has announced a partnership agreement with private blockchain consortium R3, making it the first Latin American bank to join the banking blockchain collective. Joining the ranks of over 40 other global banks, Itaú Unibanco, a Sao-Paulo based bank has joined distributed ledger or blockchain consortium R3CEV, […]
A European Parliament committee voted to adopt a report on virtual currencies today, moving Europe one step closer to an AML policy for the industry.
While Russian authorities are currently going through the notions to enforce a ban on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, the hardline stance could change in the future. The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation (also known as Rosfinmonitoring) has revealed that while the cryptocurrency ban is being considered as an applicable measure, it does not […]
A cease-and-desist letter hasn’t stopped Brave Software from releasing ad-replacing tech or altering its bitcoin plans.
The post A Beginner’s Guide to Operating Your Own Bitcoin ATM appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. The following post is a guest post by Joe Ciccolo, the Founder & President of BitAML. He can be reached at [email protected]. There’s a great deal of excitement around the bitcoin ATM space. And why not? Terminals are popping up all […]