OpenBazaar Leads Nominations for 2016 Blockchain Awards
Following a two-week open nomination period, Coin Center and Blockchain have announced the finalists for the 2016 Blockchain Awards. While three finalists were elected in five categories, decentralized e-commerce platform OpenBazaar lead the pack with three nominations, including "Bitcoin Champion of the Year", "Best New Startup" and "Most Promising Consumer Application". Blockchain-based remittance app Abra saw two nominations for "Most Promising Consumer Application" and "Best New Startup. First held in....
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Online bitcoin-enabled marketplace OpenBazaar was the big winner at the 2016 Blockchain Awards, sponsored by Blockchain and presented at the Coin Center Annual Dinner. Combined, OpenBaazar and OB1, the development firm that supports the platform, won three of the five awards offered on Monday night, including "Best New Startup", "Bitcoin Champion of the Year" and "Most Promising Consumer Application". The announcement, propelled by CoinDesk reader voting, caps off what has been a few months of significant momentum for the OpenBazaar platform. Launching in....
The Blockchain Awards, last held in 2014, are returning as part of the first Coin Center Annual Dinner. This gala affair, held in New York City alongside Consensus 2016, will be an evening for the digital currency and blockchain community to come together and celebrate a year of achievement in moving this promising technology forward. The awards will highlight companies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the digital currency and blockchain industry over the last year. Awards will be made in the following categories: Bitcoin Champion of the Year. Best New Startup.....
The Bitcoin Foundation and Blockchain.info have come together to announce the first annual Blockchain Awards. Additionally, there will be a Blockchain Awards ceremony at the Bitcoin 2014 conference exactly one month from this date. The #BlockchainAwards wants to honor exceptional people in #Bitcoin! Nominate them here: http://t.co/gyrGUuCFb3 #WeAreSatoshi #Bitcoin2014. - Blockchain.info (@blockchain) April 16, 2014. First Annual Blockchain Awards. “The Foundation works hard to recognize and advocate for innovation and ingenuity across the Bitcoin community,” said Jon Matonis, Executive....
Blockchain and the Bitcoin Foundation introduced the inaugural Blockchain Awards today. The two organizations will co-host the event to be held on 16th May at the Bitcoin 2014 Conference in Amsterdam. The awards will celebrate "the exceptional quality, leadership, and technical innovation we see every day," Blockchain CEO Nicolas Cary said in a statement. He added: "With these awards we hope to take a moment and reflect on the amazing contributions from the bitcoin community." Nominations are open from today through 6th May in 10 categories. These include: Best ATM Design. Best Mobile App.....
The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), a popular free-market think tank, announced on Facebook that it has set-up an OpenBazaar extension to its traditional online store. On June 6, 2016, the official facebook page of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) posted about their OpenBazaar store, saying “This is technology that puts the power of....