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.
Remember that time you tried to order a new computer from China, except the package arrived a month late and looked like evidence from a crime scene? Blockchain technology may make misdeliveries a thing of the past, as FedEx races to implement blockchain solutions to the freight industry’s problems.
If you’re worried about trading on the next BitGrail, a new exchange may put your worries to rest. DX. Exchange announced that it will use NASDAQ’s sophisticated trading engine to create “an unrivaled, P2P crypto exchange.”
In a move towards reducing uncertainty in the crypto-space, one project has hosted the first "atomic swap dICO," or decentralized ICO, last week. Sources at Komodo also indicated that the platform had created an application "that allows users to participate in ICO's in a decentralized manner."
If tanking markets are getting you down, maybe it’s time to get tanked yourself. Civic has teamed up with Anheuser-Busch InBev to create a smart beer vending machine that’s hooked up to the blockchain. The vending machine can query blockchain-based records to verify the customer’s age.
Your next Audi might run on the blockchain, according to a Switzerland-based startup. In a new partnership announced early today, Streamr, a blockchain-based data platform, teamed up with Hewlitt-Packard Enterprises to create an integrated smart car platform.
Gareth Emery is one of the world's top DJs, and his interest in cryptocurrency and blockchain tech goes back to 2013. He sees smart contracts as a way to empower musicians, and to eliminate the opaque contracts and unfair payment practices that dominate the music biz today.
The Solana ICO is a yet another addition to the race of high-throughput blockchains. On the homepage, visitors are greeted with a figure showing Solana will support up to 710k transactions per second (TPS) on a 1gb network without data partitioning. No wonder the ICO is attracting attention.
