DARPA Awards $1.8 Million Contract to Verify a Blockchain Solution

DARPA Awards $1.8 Million Contract to Verify a Blockchain Solution

DARPA has awarded a $1.8 million joint-contract to two companies to formally verify an integrity monitoring system based on blockchain technology. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has jointly awarded a $1.8 million contract between Galois and Guardtime Federal to verify the state of correctness of Guardtime’s Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI), an integrity monitoring system. In other words, a verifier verifying a system built for verification and monitoring. The announcement reveals that the contract will fund a “significant effort” that will seek to advance all....


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