Pentagon $1.8M Deal to Use Blockchain for Data Security
The United States Department of Defense has signed a $1.8 million partnership with two tech firms, to study Blockchain use in securing sensitive military data. Pentagon After ‘Highest Level Possible’ Protection. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will work with Galois and Guardtime Federal to implement the latter’s Keyless....
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