Bitcoin Contest: Tell Ideapod How Blockchain Can Change the World
The two influential thinkers, Don and Alex Tapscott, are launching a killer-app competition for Bitcoin users. As described on the competition’s Ideapod page, participants must answer one important question from Don and Alex to win the beautiful sterling silver BTC ring that contains $500 USD in bitcoin, and one of ten specially-signed Blockchain....
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The contest, conceptualized by the BlockchainHub Graz, saw participation by contestants from over 29 different countries. Status and Etherisc were announced winners at the recently concluded Blockchain Startup Contest. The contest, conceptualized by the BlockchainHub Graz, saw participation by contestants from over 29 different countries. The contestants showcased a variety of blockchain use cases. Only 20 out of the 80 participants, made it to the finals where they were judged by their pitch and live Q&A session. Impressing the jury panel of eight thought leaders from within the....
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Apple should have embraced the misfits and the crazy ones. There is currently a video contest happening on Reddit, and the point of the contest is to remix Apple's old ad that talks about “misfits” being the ones who change the world in a Bitcoin vs Apple scenario. While Apple has always been a company known for “thinking different”, it seems that philosophy may have ended many years ago. In reality, Apple is a company creating closed-source applications and operating systems that give the user no control over their own devices. When it comes to Bitcoin, Apple has decided to remove all....