Lightstreams is a blockchain designed for decentralised applications that require speed and privacy when sharing content. It's built on a modified version of the Ethereum blockchain and purports to solve the problem of data storage. Andre Cronje looks it over in his Lightstreams code review.
The business media went to war against the blockchain community during the week of Consensus, publishing article after article which portrayed our industry as mindless and greedy. But their writing was out-of-touch with the reality of an emerging technology: enthusiasm does not equal stupidity.
XRP investors may be banking on a mass adoption that will never happen, suggests Andrew Macdonald. The controversy surrounding Ripple and the usefulness of its XRP token is ongoing; but he believes the banks who constitute Ripple's customers will not see the value in long-term XRP token holdings.
The Chinese government has released its first investigation of the blockchain ecosystem, in what is to become a monthly index from the People’s Republic. The list ranks twenty-eight leading blockchains according to three metrics: Technology, “Application” and Innovation.
If you're looking for a safe, legal way to bet on cryptocurrency, the Securities and Exchange Commission has a deal for you. The agency launched its own Initial Coin Offering, complete with an unintelligible white paper, an attractive "investment ladder," and outlandish returns of 2 percent per day.
Crypto prices are dropping everywhere, the market's on fire and Charlie Munger thinks you're harvesting baby brains. But look on the bright side: you can finally afford a nice gaming rig.
In the future, when something boring becomes a wild success overnight, it will probably be called “pulling a Ripple.” The Ripple network has exploded in the past year, with the XRP token soaring eightyfold and the Ripple net extending to over a hundred banks.
China’s government is preparing a set of “national standards” for Blockchain technology in preparation for its wide-scale use, according to official media channels. Citing government officials, the China Daily reported that a set of national blockchain standards will be published by the end of 2019.
