Q&A: What is bitcoin?
Bitcoin has carved out a name for itself as the world's most popular cryptocurrency since arriving on the scene ten years ago.
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The flipside of the Bitcoin: How blockchain could underpin sustainable energy
There's a lot of buzz about distributed ledger technology, commonly known as "blockchain", being the future of financial and legal transactions, but it also has the potential to help tackle a far trickier problem… climate ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2018
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World Bank says demand for blockchain bond tops expectations
The World Bank raised Aus$110 million ($80.9 million) in the first-ever blockchain bond offering following investor demand that exceeded expectations, the global lender announced Thursday.
Internet
Aug 23, 2018
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What is a blockchain token?
People are just becoming acquainted with the idea of digital money in the form of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, where transactions are recorded on a secure distributed database called a blockchain. And now along comes a ...
Internet
Aug 2, 2018
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Energy-intensive Bitcoin transactions pose a growing environmental threat
A study published in Energy Research & Social Science warns that failure to lower the energy use by Bitcoin and similar Blockchain designs may prevent nations from reaching their climate change mitigation obligations under ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 31, 2018
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World-first program to stop hacking by supercomputers
IT experts at Monash University have devised the world's leading post-quantum secure privacy-preserving algorithm – so powerful it can thwart attacks from supercomputers of the future.
Security
Jul 19, 2018
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How blockchains can empower communities to control their own energy supply
As the cost of solar panels, wind generation and battery storage falls, individual households and consumers are increasingly generating their own electricity, becoming less reliant on the power grid. This has led to energy ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 12, 2018
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Engineers develop capabilities for more secure blockchain applications
Vanderbilt engineers have successfully developed and validated the feasibility of blockchain-based technologies for secure, confidential sharing of patient medical records in a case study that demonstrates how blockchain ...
Security
Jun 26, 2018
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Health sector gives blockchain glowing prognosis
Securing safe interchange of patient data, improving the conduct of clinical tests and medicine traceability, and lowering costs.
Other
Jun 6, 2018
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Anti-theft sticker protects your valuables without revealing their location
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Streamr have developed a prototype adhesive ID tag based on blockchain technology, which enables valuable goods to be protected without revealing their location. Possible applications ...
Engineering
May 24, 2018
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