What is R3 in the Blockchain space? A review
R3 is a distributed ledger technology company leading a consortium of more than 200 firms. A vast majority of them gear their activities towards the R&D of distributed ledger usage. The company aims at disrupting the financial system and other areas of commerce. R3 has is headquarters in NYC and was founded in 2014 by David E Rutter; the...
Blockpulse: EU start up 100% tokenized
Blockpulse becomes the first start-up of the union european 100% tokenized and aims to revolutionize the market for lifting capital Europe The Era of Digital Shareholding Founded in April 2018 by Thibaut Ingelaere and Marien Irzykiewicz Blockpulse has just finalized its tokenized BSA AIR fundraising, becoming the first 100% Tokenized European startup and is now preparing to initiate a revolution for the shareholding of start-ups in Europe. Democratize...
Ukraine: 1st attempt at E-Voting
NEM announced that The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (CEC - Центральна виборча комісія) had made a first experiment concerning the possible uses of its own blockchain for regional and national elections. NEM platform meets Ukraine It seems that e-voting is currently on the rise these days; it is now the turn of the buffer state chaired by Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine. A bit more than a dozen...
Interview with Keeex Founder & CEO
Interview with Laurent Henocque, Keeex’s Founder and President. Laurent Henocque is the CEO and Founder of Keeex. The company provides solutions for documents and data securing but as well eIDAS compliant electronic signatures, GDPR proof of consent, Blockchain traceability and smart contracts. The company addresses the current challenge of corporate and financial communication, use of documents for transport in global supply chain...
LexisNexis & Blockbid Partnership
The American company focused on legal-commercial research and risk management services based on Big Data analyzes, LexisNexis, is partnering with the Australian exchange Blockbid. At the end of February 2018, the parent company of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, RELX Group, acquired ThreatMetrix for more than $ 800 million USD. Also of Australian origin, ThreatMetrix provides companies with SaaS-Software as a Service...
Blockchain and Scalability – What solution does Layer 2 offer?
Security, scalability, and decentralization are known in the blockchain world as one of the most challenging trilemmas to solve. But what exactly is "Scalability" and how does it relate to Layer 1 solution? To answer this question, this article will review the sections below: Decentralization by natureScalability: a matter of logistics How to combine security, scalability and decentralization?The multiple layers structure as a...
Here’s the Current Blockchain Landscape in Switzerland
How does the Blockchain Landscape look like in Switzerland in 2021? The current blockchain landscape in Switzerland has presented many opportunities. Everyone wins within the Swiss blockchain ecosystem. In this landscape, the Swiss have shown their resilience in adapting to emerging trends. They have proven yet again that they can keep abreast of events regardless of the times in one word:...
How Blockchain is disrupting identity management
In the digital space, the need for a digital identity becomes stronger and stronger as the technology progresses. Here, governments are no longer responsible for the authentication in the majority of the cases, but private companies such as Facebook or Google act as third party identity providers for many digital services.
Decentralized digital identity solution: NEO & Swisscom Blockchain
The project that will bring SSI to reality: Swisscom Blockchain presented its Self Sovereign Identity solution at the 2019 NEO DevCon
Can a Blockchain – based voting system actually work?
Voting from a computer or smartphone sounds certainly convenient and fascinating. An increase in turnout and the comfort of working from home is a strong incentive for its strong development in the future. But can a blockchain based voting system work? Unfortunately, studies have shown that it may not. Since it is still seen with suspiciousness, this leads to less turnout...