Ethereum Devs Applaud the Audience at Devcon’s Closing
Microsoft took the headlines today with their announcement of Benchley, which makes it easy to create your own ethereum based private blockchain, Cryptolet, a smart contracts oracle, and Enclaves, “an area of the chip itself where you can have code and have data run that is tamper resistant,” according to Marley Gray, head of Microsoft’s Ethereum Blockchain as a Service on Azure, speaking to IBTimes. Dr Tim Nugent from Thomson Reuters attracted some media attention for his highlights of blockchain based developments at the household brand. All their work is currently based on ethereum’s....
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