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A fiendishly tricky puzzle that has baffled cryptographers for two decades has been solved, and the proof preserved on the BCH and BTC blockchains. The feat, which was achieved 15 years earlier than the puzzle’s architects had anticipated, was commemorated with another premature reveal – the opening of a special time capsule. Also read: ‘Craig … Read more
According to two anonymous sources, MIT professor Christian Catalini is reportedly working on Facebook’s coin Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Algorand, the brainchild of MIT professor Silvio Micali, has taken its testnet to a wider audience before its mainnet move in June Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Digital asset holders and organizations have been donating funds to a number of well-known universities. These days a slew of popular colleges like Stanford, MIT, Cornell, Puget Sound, and Princeton all accept digital currency donations or have high-net-worth crypto backers funding these schools. On the flip side of higher education, many of the world’s prestigious … Read more
Backed by $162 million in investments and MIT, Algorand may become the first scalable blockchain working on the proof-of-stake protocol Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
“A lack of scalability is holding back cryptocurrency adoption. The Unit-e developers are turning this research into real scalable performance” — DTR’s new scalability project ventures into uncharted territory Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
MIT researchers have reportedly developed a cryptocurrency that needs transaction-verifying nodes to store 99 percent less data as compared to Bitcoin Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Once a blockchain system successfully combines security, decentralization and scalability, a borderless economy can be achieved, says MIT professor Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
A blockchain researcher has been working on a scaling effort for the unspent transaction output set found in the Bitcoin protocol. According to Tadge Dryja’s recently published description of research, the software engineer is working on a dynamic accumulator called Utreexo. The project could theoretically allow network participants to verify the state of the chain’s … Read more
According to public records obtained from Washoe County, home to one of the marriage epicenters of the world in Reno, Nevada, the region saw over 950 blockchain recorded marriages in 2018. Moreover, about 250 miles away in Elko, Nevada, county officials are recording birth certificates using blockchain technology. Also read: Connecticut Software Engineering School Receives $10,000 … Read more
