Rwanda eyes blockchain to track conflict minerals supply chain
Rwanda is examining how blockchain technology could improve the supply chain for tantalum, amid international efforts to resolve issues around so-called conflict minerals.
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Canaan announces new crypto miners, increases mining space competition
Canaan Creative is poised to dethrone the current largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining equipment with new mining rig and other advancements in the crypto mining space.
Crypto miners could be beneficial to nuclear reactors
Cryptocurrency mining operations could possibly be integrated with nuclear reactors, which, in turn, would be beneficial in prolonging reactors' lives.
Sony’s digital rights management system is blockchain-powered
The new digital rights management (DRM) system builds on Sony and Sony Global Education’s platform for authenticating, sharing and rights management of educational data.
Blockchain-powered HTC smartphone making its debut on Oct. 22
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has announced that its blockchain-powered smartphone, ‘Exodus,’ is ready for launch.
Aussie state considers blockchain tech for land registry
New South Wales Land Registry Services has launched a new proof-of-concept trial for a blockchain-based system for recording property transactions.
Toyota sees drop in ad fraud with blockchain-powered campaign
Toyota has partnered with blockchain ad analytics firm Lucidity and ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi to track the performance of online ads.
Steve Wozniak tosses hat in blockchain VC ring
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has put his name behind EQUI Global, a blockchain-powered venture capital fund.
Christie’s art auction will be recorded on blockchain
Starting this fall, art auctions will be taking the blockchain route as Christie’s is turning to the technology to encrypt the registration of its art transactions.
Crypto-mining church in Russia fined for excessive energy use
A Protestant church from the city of Irkutsk in Russia has been court-ordered to pay a fine of 1.1 million rubles ($16,600) after it was discovered to have been consuming large amounts of electricity for its cryptocurrency mining operations.
Bitcoin SV version 0.1 goes live
Leading blockchain technology research and development outfit nChain has rolled out the beta release of its Bitcoin SV client on October 15—one month ahead of the November Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network upgrade.
Make mine a double: How to get more from your mining
Cryptocurrency mining is all about performance - that is, getting maximum processing power (‘hash rate’) for every watt of energy used.
Adult industry payment platform saves own ass after getting spanked
As a result of a broken smart contract, a hacker was able to break into the SpankChain platform and siphon funds from some of its users, through deploying a reentrancy bug—the same bug that has previously been used to attack the DAO.
Carrefour joins IBM Food Trust blockchain network
IBM has announced the commercial launch of its Food Trust blockchain network, with European supermarket giant Carrefour as its first major client.
Foxconn-backed Ennoconn to assemble Squire’s next-gen mining rigs
Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)-listed public company Squire Mining Ltd. revealed on Thursday that it has tapped Taiwanese firm Ennoconn to be the hardware manufacturer for its next-generation systems that will mine Bitcoin Cash (BCH), as well as other associated cryptocurrencies.
Coming soon: 51% attack announced to show blockchain vulnerabilities
An orchestrate attack will be conducted to Einsteinium (EMC2) cryptocurrency at 4 AM Eastern US Time on October 13, to demonstrate on how easy it is for someone to perform an attack.
Bitcoin Unlimited testnet sees transaction level comparable to Visa’s network
Bitcoin Unlimited testnet revealed that Bitcoin BCH blockchain is more than capable to handle transaction load as compare to major credit card company.
Mayor reveals $108M plan for blockchain smart city in Seoul
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is planning to invest KRW123.3 billion ($108 million) to turn the South Korean capital into a blockchain-powered smart city.
Energy-stealing crypto miner faces jail time in China
A man in China has been ordered to spend three years and six months behind bars over charges of mining cryptocurrency using stolen power from a local train station.
UK agency studies blockchain use for landlines
The UK’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced that it has received £700,000 ($917,000) to explore the use of blockchain for managing landline numbers.