U.K. Government Awards Framework Agreement to Blockchain-As-A-Service Company Credits
The U.K. Government has awarded the first G-Cloud 8 framework agreement for the supply of distributed ledger technology to technology startup Credits. Credit, which won the Best Blockchain Startup at the 2016 Europas Awards, is a blockchain platform provider supplying distributed ledger technology software and cloud-based services, with tools for....
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The U.K. government has awarded the first G-Cloud blockchain platform-as-a-service (PaaS) agreement to Credits for the supply of secure Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) to its public sector. The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) made the award for U.K. public sector organizations. It will enable central and local government and the devolved administrations, health, education, and emergency services, to use Credits’ PaaS. The platform will supply them with distributed ledger technology (DLT) software and cloud-based services. Secure and scalable blockchains power enterprise and public sector....
Over the past few months, there have been some minor headlines regarding the UK government looking closely at blockchain technology. Credits has announced their strategic partnership to deliver blockchain-as-a-service to the UK public sector. The name Credits may ring a bell among blockchain aficionados as they are one of the blockchain infrastructure providers in the world. Their bread and butter is helping organizations in building robust blockchains focusing on authentication, reconciliation, and provenance. Moreover, the Credits blockchain solution is interoperable with existing legacy....
In a surprising turn of events, peer-to-peer car rental platform CarAmigo has reached an agreement with the Belgian government regarding the taxation of this service for the car owners and platform customers. This agreement is the world’s first between traditional governments and disruptive new services. In fact, CarAmigo gets a leg up over competitors such as Blablacar and Uber in this regard. During the Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015 event in Brussels, Belgium, peer-to-peer car rental service stunned the audience with their major announcement. CarAmigo is the first peer-to-peer....
The two organizations, Blockchain and the Bitcoin Foundation are trying to award those entities that are encouraging users to adapt Bitcoin and helping out the digital currency big way. Now, the two organizations have introduced the inaugural Blockchain Awards. In an announcement they say that the first annual Blockchain Awards will be given in May. The announcement came when the two organizations said that they want to celebrate innovation and excellence in the Bitcoin community with the awards. Co-presented by the Bitcoin Foundation and Blockchain.info, this inaugural awards ceremony....
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....