Hperledger May Benefit from Microsoft’s Linux Foundation Platinum Membership
Microsoft's Linux Foundation membership may accelerate the development of Hyperledger project. The Linux Foundation, easily one of the largest open source communities has a new member. Microsoft, in its recently held “Connect();” annual developer event, announced the information technology giant’s partnership with Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. The move on Microsoft’s part is in line with the company’s recent deviation from Windows-only approach. During the past few months, the Redmond-based company has launched various software and development tools capable of working across....
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Jeff Garzik, CEO and co-founder of Bloq, has been appointed as the organization’s representative on the Linux Foundation’s Board of Directors. Garzik Providing Linux Foundation With Bitcoin Technology Expertise. Garzik, formerly a 10-year employee at Red Hat, brings a wealth of Bitcoin Core development experience back to the leading open-source software development foundation. The Linux Foundation is spearheading a conglomerate of organizations involved with the Hyperledger Project, of which Bloq is a member. Garzik’s presence on the Linux Foundation’s board should hopefully help to bridge....
The Linux Foundation is launching the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF), an initiative to build open-source software to support the interoperability of multiple digital wallets. Mainly used for holding and transacting with cryptocurrencies and digital assets, Linux claims that these tools will be critical for everyday life in the coming years. Related Reading: Charles Schwab, Citadel, Fidelity […]
Within a month of its existence, the NXT Foundation became one of the three platinum sponsors of the Mind the Gap Expo that is taking place on April 10, 2015. The foundation is also set to be the official cryptocurrency partner at the PayExpo later on in June. The number of startups around Nxt, a second-generation cryptocurrency, has been steadily growing in the recent months, as has adoption by users and merchants. It is partly due to these successes that five members of the Nxt community saw the need to incorporate a foundation. The group has been working informally on smaller projects....
Former Bitcoin Core developer and cryptographer Jeff Garzik has officially been appointed as a board member of the Linux Foundation, joining executives from multi-billion dollar companies including Intel, Panasonic, Cisco, and Qualcomm, in order to promote the collaborative development of Blockchain. Currently, Garzik serves as the only board member of the Linux Foundation qualified to be considered as an expert within the field of Bitcoin and Blockchain. Garzik has made significant contributions to the field, leading the creation of popular repositories, including that of a Python miner....