Why Coding Diversity Can be Beneficial to Bitcoin Development
One of the many topics of discussion these days is which Bitcoin client people should use. Whether it is Bitcoin Core or Bitcoin XT, the debate will eventually be settled early next year. However, none of the other viable Bitcoin clients get mentioned in the discussion, even though there are a fair few to choose from. Does Bitcoin need more clients based....
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Bitcoin.com, Bitmain Technologies and several bitcoin companies have announced a $1.2 million Bitcoin Development Grant for bitcoin protocol development. There is to be no “official” bitcoin. The statement announcing the grant acknowledged there has been a “deep rift” that has distracted the bitcoin community. The grant is to support teams working on bitcoin protocol, foster the greater diversity of innovation and improve freedom of choice for bitcoin users. Founding Principles Stated. The Bitcoin Development Grant website cited the following principles as a foundation upon which to....
The topic of coding has been kicked around several times, as there is no dedicated educational program in place which teaches codes how to code. Apple CEO Tim Cook feels there is a growing need for such a platform, as it is equally as important as learning a secondary language. Coding At A Young Age Needs To Be Stimulated. Earlier today, Startup Fest was kicked off in Amsterdam, and Apple CEO Tim Cook was one of the prominent speakers for the day. It did not take long before he touched upon the subject of stimulating children to learn coding at a very early age, and how schools need to....
A new grant project aimed at greater diversity in Bitcoin development is offering $1.2 million USD to fund programming teams working on the protocol. Many High Profile Industry Backers. In a post titled “A Statement from Members of the Bitcoin Community,” several prominent individuals and companies in the Bitcoin space declared their support. The two signers contributing to the grant fund are mining company Bitmain and Bitcoin.com. Many supporting signers belong to the all-important Chinese Bitcoin mining industry, who have influence over a large proportion of the Bitcoin network’s total....
One of the hottest topics in the business world today is how companies should step up their efforts to promote and increase gender diversity. Most of the positions in the business world are “reserved” for male employees, whereas females are not always given the same chances. Even in the Bitcoin world, this trend is worrying, as there are very few female....
Corona is a new collaborative-oriented network and community for decentralized application (DApp) developers in search of resources and financial support. Corona is a technology agnostic site that supports a diversity of decentralized platforms, technologies and digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, MaidSafe, Codius, Sidechains, Eris Industries, NXT, Factom, Counterparty and Omni, among others. Although there are several initiatives to fund development on various platforms, founder Daniel Greene says there are no programs currently doing anything similar to Corona. "The closest....