Telegram Reveals Guide For Creating Unblockable Webpages
Telegram Open Network has published a guide for creating the webpage on its blockchain platform TON. “TON Sites may be used as a convenient entry point for other TON Services,” reads the published document, referring also to the fact that webpages could contain ton:// links,…
Pawnhub Becomes First to Obtain Hong Kong’s License As Crypto Lender
Crypto lending firm Pawnhub has become the first Hong Kong’s fully licensed and insured crypto lender. Pawnhub has received the Hong Kong government approval for providing crypto lending services, reported the company on January 23. At this moment the Pawnhub already displays the Hong Kong…
Minecraft Launches Bitcoin Treasure Hunt
The single best-selling video game with over 112 million monthly active players, Minecraft has launched online Bitcoin treasure hunt on January 26. On the newly launched Minecraft server SatoshiQuest players are invited to pay a dollar in BTC for “one life” and compete to find…
Bitcoin Tech and Scaling: What’s Coming This Year?
Bitcoin is considered the most popular digital currency, yet everyone regards it as the most archaic one. No wonder, as there weren’t any protocol upgrades for Bitcoin since August 2017. All other blockchains had countless soft and hard forks, but the main cryptocurrency just works…
FutureTime Comes Up With a Bunch of Takeaways From WEF 2020
FutureTime team was happy to be present at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) and several associated events which took place on 21-24 January in Davos. Themed “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”, WEF 2020 convened more than 3,000 political leaders, chief executives, thinkers,…
Telegram Releases New White Paper
On February 3, Telegram Open Network has released a new white paper, detailing block validation processes on its blockchain: “The aim of this text is to provide an outline of the Catchain Consensus Protocol, a Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) protocol specifically crafted for block generation…
Mastercard’s CEO Speaks On Withdrawal From Libra Project
Mastercard’s CEO shared his views on Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra, explaining the reason for the withdrawal from the project – concerns over data managements, business model viability, and compliance, reads FT article from February 3. Mastercard business would hugely benefit from further globalisation and digitisation, while…
Blockchain Consultant Tokenizes Himself on Ethereum
At the end of January blockchain consultant and former Coinbase lawyer Reuben Bramanathan has created an Ethereum-based personal token that can be redeemed as a consultant hour with him. The token was called Counsel (CNSL) and it is available on the decentralized exchange Uniswap. At…
Cambodia To Issue Digital Currency in Q1 2020
Cambodian central bank plans to launch the CBDC, central bank digital currency, by the end of March, the first fiscal quarter of 2020, shared director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia Chea Serey to Phnom Penh Post. The “Project Bakong” is expected to “play a…
Co-founder of EVEN: “Can Humanity Cooperate To Build a Common Future?”
Author: Alex Kuzin, EVEN http://evensolutions.org/en Why, with all the technologies, are humanity’s problems getting worse? Unemployment, ecological problems, poverty, and political conflicts develop despite progress. Alexander Kuzin, a co-founder of the EVEN Foundation, spoke about the way to cooperate for a common future. Society is…
