Microsoft Continues to Embrace Ethereum & Bitcoin

With its partnership with software production studio ConsenSys, Microsoft has launched an enterprise solution in the form an ethereum-powered blockchain. The platform will be available to customers of Microsoft's cloud-based platform - Azure. Computing behemoth Microsoft has confirmed the launch of its previously announced cloud-based blockchain platform. With the reveal, Microsoft now notes the new technology will specifically help financial institutions with tools to experiment with blockchain technology on its Azure platform. The news was revealed during the currently ongoing DevCon....

Developed by tech giants Microsoft, Alibaba, and Carnegie Mellon University on top of the Ethereum public blockchain, Project Argus is set to reduce internet piracy. The partners recently released a report on the project, its objectives, and potential applications. As the paper describes, companies, such as Microsoft, Apple, and others, spend a lot of time […]

Microsoft revealed on 10th February that its Bing search engine will now automatically convert currency denominations to BTC in response to simple commands. These include queries such as "$13 to BTC" or "0.45 BTC to euros," which when entered will reveal answers using the most up-to-date price data from San Francisco-based bitcoin wallet provider Coinbase. The move is notable as it could represent a willingness on the part of Microsoft to embrace bitcoin. Further, the decision could force Google, the world's most popular search engine, to update its own currency converter. Microsoft moves....

Recently Bitcoin Magazine reported that Microsoft has partnered with Consensys, a blockchain startup focused on Ethereum technology. Through the partnership, customers of Azure, Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise computing service, will be able to easily build cloud-based blockchain applications, from securities trading to cross-border payments to corporate accounting, and offer them to their own customers. As anticipated, more details of the partnership and Microsoft's plans for cloud-based blockchain services were unveiled at Ethereum's Developer Conference, DEVCON on November 10 in....

This integration with Visual Studio will offer developers enterprise-grade solutions with advanced capabilities for teams working on blockchain Smart Contract projects of any size and complexity. We are excited to continue to support the development and innovation of the distributed ledger ecosystem. The Ethereum ecosystem is steadily growing, and more services are rolling out on a weekly basis. Not all of these new additions are coming from within the Ethereum ecosystem itself, though, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Solidity, the programming language for Ethereum, has now been....