Filipino Breach: How Blockchain Can Bring Privacy Revolution To Masses
Personal data of 55 million Filipinos, including their fingerprints, was recently hacked and posted online, but the international media don't seem concerned. All we hear is Putin, Cameron, Abitabh Bachchan and the juicy Panama Papers. People's privacy seem to be of no concern. Does privacy of the masses matter and who is responsible for it? The leak of data from the Philippines Election Commission follows other large government leaks, from Turkish Residency Database to the US Office of Personnel Management files. In March 2016, there was a massive breach in the database of the Philippines'....
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Just a week ago, Filipino congresswoman Kimi Cojuangco introduced a bill in the Filipino House of Representatives that would create a government-backed digital currency that would serve as an official medium of exchange for domestic online payments. This digital currency, known as the "e-peso," was proposed as part of the E-Peso Act of 2014. The e-peso that would be at par with the country's official currency the Filipino Peso would be used as legal tender. Of interest to the bitcoin industry is that in its current form, the bill would require the Filipino central bank, the Bangko Sentral....
Filipino Bitcoin startup Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI), has raised an additional US$100,000 as part of its ongoing seed funding round. Through this investment, serial entrepreneur Joe Maristela hopes to encourage other angel investors to consider putting money into the Philippines’ burgeoning tech industry. Commenting on the new fundraising, John Bailon, CEO and co-founder at SCI, told CoinTelegraph: "It’s refreshing to have an investor like Mr. Maristela, who maintains a proactive involvement with us and shares our passion for Bitcoin and what it can do for the Philippines. His....
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From among 34 contenders, a Filipino startup – OneWatt grabbed the top spot for this year’s GreenOvation held last October 3, 2015. Philippines is a tropical country. The consumption of electricity that exceeds the budget of most Filipino households due to heat causes monthly bills to continuously increase. OneWatt has found a way to solve this issue that everyone thought hopeless. The said Filipino Startup created an energy storage system called “energon” that’s brilliant enough to help each household be able to manage electrical fluctuations. Energon then works to determine the perfect....
The founders of Bitcoin startup Coinbase, Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, are on a mission possible. Their mission is to spread Bitcoin use to the masses around the world. It is their mission to convince the masses that Bitcoin is not some left-wing plot to bring down governments. It is their mission to end the perception that Bitcoin is a scam. It is also their mission to educate everyone that it may perhaps become the most singular invention of the 21st century. Indeed, one bit step and a giant leap for mankind. Also read "Coinbase also offers In-App Bitcoin Payments" and "Coinbase....