Tangle: A Cryptocurrency for the Internet of Things
Tangle, a cryptocurrency developed for the Internet of Things, will allow companies to explore business-to-business models by making technological resources potential services to be traded in an open market. The Tangle ledger can settle transactions with no fees, allowing devices to trade exact amounts of resources on-demand. The devices can also store data from sensors securely and verified on the ledger. Existing Systems’ Drawbacks. The Tangle project began in mid-2015 aimed primarily at Internet-of-Things for machine-to-machine payments and data integrity. The founders realized that....
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