Skype Creator Will Use the Blockchain for ‘World Problems’
Skype creator Jaan Tallinn has announced he will use the blockchain to create “co-ordination mechanisms” for world problems in a new enterprise. Skype Creator Sees Bigger Picture. Tallinn, whose pioneering P2P calling service was bought by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion, told UK newspaper the Telegraph he has already been working on the concept for a....
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