The Blockchain is Revolutionizing the Innovation of Ideas
Innovation is the useful manifestation of ideas. It brings to life the wonders of man in a way that can be given useful application. Unsatisfied needs are problems without solutions, and only through innovation can we solve them. It is discovering new ways of doing things by taking the discovery of facts and truths about the world and molding them into....
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Bitcoin is gaining global recognition for being a very disruptive force in the financial industry. Though the community is currently divided by the block size issue, the technology carries on and with it comes the ongoing opportunity to spawn innovation, create new applications for blockchain technology, and start new businesses. Entrepreneurs have been taking advantage of Bitcoin to develop new platforms and businesses that expand the utility of the blockchain and empower people with additional financial power. Innovation comes from the desire to solve a problem in a new way. Innovation....
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Most Blockchain initiatives have a singular goal: to introduce a new Blockchain platform - Ethereum, July 2015; Lisk, May 2016; Waves, January 2017. More recently, projects have begun to focus on launching a more Fintech-focused service linking Blockchain to gold such as Digix Global or Ether ETF, the first ever Ethereum-related Exchange Traded Product (ETP) in the United States. With so much innovation in Blockchain, is there a market to consolidate ideas into a single platform? What about an ecosystem that encourages diversity across many industries with a vision of collaborative....
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is including and inviting blockchain technology startups to apply for its ‘Innovation Fund’ with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of vulnerable children around the world. UNICEF’s recently established Innovation Fund is calling for technology startups to apply for funding with ideas and solutions with the potential to “improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children.” Founded in 1946, UNICEF has been synonymous in its role for the cause of supporting children in need around the world. The Innovation Fund was launched in 2015,....
“ARE YOU A BLOCKCHAIN ENTHUSIAST, A HARD-CORE CODER, A DESIGNER OR JUST A HACKATHON OBSESSOR? IF SO, JOIN THE DBS BLOCKCHAIN HACK FOR AN INNOVATIVE TWO DAYS OF EXCLUSIVE BLOCKCHAIN CHALLENGES AND API ACCESS FROM TOP FINANCIAL INSTITUTES – AND SOME SERIOUS HACKING.” If you visit the DBS Blockchain Hackathon web page, this is exactly what you are greeted with. The hackathon will have a meeting on April 16, 2015 to where attendees can discus ideas and get acquainted with one another. The main event will be on May 8-May 9 — 48 hours of pure blockchain innovation.