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R3's Hearn and Brown Say Enterprise Blockchain's Day of Reckoning Is Here

Bitcoin apostate Mike Hearn and his R3 colleague Richard Gendal Brown view the enterprise blockchain game as, if not quite zero-sum, something close.

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EOS Block Producers Move to Cut Costs for Users

Creating a new account on EOS is now easier after 15 block producers approved a protocol change making it cheaper and providing free RAM.

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IBM Makes Another Blockchain Identity Play With Health Data App

IBM is working with Hu-manity.co, whose Android and IOS mobile app gives users a title of ownership, akin to a property deed, for their personal data.

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How to Make Public Blockchains Safe for Enterprise Use

In order to make public networks secure enough for enterprise use, two key things must happen, says EY's Paul Brody.

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Microsoft Is Connecting Its Major Products to Blockchain – Here's Why

The software giant's Azure cloud division is building bridges between its blockchain services and other, widely used infrastructure and platforms.

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Former Ripple CTO's Blockchain Project Coil Enters Closed Beta

The new company, which incorporates the Interledger and Codius technologies Thomas helped develop at Ripple, is now available to try out.

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Hong Kong to Expedite Immigration for Blockchain Job Seekers

Hong Kong is seeking to attract talents with specialities in innovative technologies such as blockchain via a special immigration policy.

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As Central Banks Go Digital, Crypto Competition Looms

The race is on to build the best "stablecoin" – a cryptocurrency with mechanisms aimed to reduce price volatility built in.

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Major Russian Airline Tests Blockchain in Bid to Track Fuel Payments

Russia's S7 Airline tested a blockchain application to settle payments and paperworks via a distributed network during an aircraft's refueling process

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Where Roads Can't Reach, Blockchain Drones Just Might Travel

A team of Russian engineers and entrepreneurs wants to link heavy-duty delivery drones using blockchain.

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