Electronic Government as a Service Enters Beta Phase for Decentralized Gov’t
Decentralized governance platform Electronic Government as a Service (eGaaS) has entered its beta testing phase as its ICO progresses. Electronic Governance as a Service Aims to Provide Decentralized Regulatory Communities. Designed as a replacement for traditional governance models, the eGaaS team said in a press release that its platform can “efficiently transfer most types of government” onto a blockchain. The platform reportedly provides this capability through its four basic functions: financial system, registry structure, smart contract algorithm and “smart laws.” According to the....
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Bitmari, a bitcoin-based money remittance service for the African market based in Zimbabwe, has entered its beta phase, according to techzim.co.zw, a Zimbabwe technology news site. A meeting is planned for Thursday in Harare to answer questions. The service has been signing up users for the past few months and is working to meet Zimbabwe regulatory requirements for financial services. The company’s name, according to its website, is a combination of the words “bitcoin” and “mari,” meaning money or currency. Thursday’s meeting at the Rainbow Towers in Harare is open to the public and begins....
Is having your own Bitcoin wallet hosted on a third-party service just not doing it for you anymore? Perhaps you may take interest in Coinpunk, a do-it-yourself wallet service that gets hosted on your own server(s). This open-source software, which has been in development since earlier this year, has entered a beta phase, allowing developers to install and run the service (with the caveat that Coinpunk is far from perfected, in terms of stability). "I'm feeling pretty good about the state of the code now," writes the creator on the Coinpunk beta page. "It works, and I've never lost money....
The Storj website got an overhaul and now you can apply for early beta access to their platform. Storj is an amazing new decentralized storage service where you can pimp out your hard drive for SJCX (Storjcoin X) or claim your encrypted storage space in the decentralized cloud. You may apply for early beta access today if you meet the requirements of one of three of their test groups. Also read: Storj: next-generation cloud storage through the blockchain. Storj Early Beta Access. There are three test groups open to you. If you qualify for a test-group, you'll have access to decentralized....
Banco Central del Ecuador (BCE) announced it has officially entered into the first phase of the establishment of its own electronic cash system, asking citizens over 18 years old to open an account using their smartphones. Starting from December 23, Ecuador citizens over 18 years old can open an electronic money account using a simple code that is required to be enter on their mobile phones, reads the official release. This date triggers the beginning of the country's three-phase launch, said the central bank. From mid-February 2015, the second phase will consist in processing the first....
After seven months of core development, Augur, a decentralized prediction market platform that rewards its users for correctly predicting future events, has officially begun its beta test. Ethereum-Based Service. The Augur team partnered with Microsoft Azure, tech giant Microsoft’s Ethereum-based “blockchain as a service” product, to launch their application on a decentralized and smart contract-enabled platform. Because most of the settlements, including the payout and betting processes on Augur involve smart contracts, the Augur team decided to launch their application on the Ethereum....