Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, Others To Help Use Blockchain for Public Good
While trying to leverage technology for a public good, Citigroup is reaching out to some of the most prominent fintech players as it believes that technology innovation can only be accelerated through partnerships. Citi has recently announced the Cities Tech for Integrity Challenge (T4I) inspired by the goal to encourage technology innovators from around the world to create cutting-edge solutions to promote integrity, accountability and transparency in the public sector and beyond. The history of the public-private distinction is perhaps as old as the history of sharing responsibilities....
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Blockchain technology has been garnering a lot of attention these days, after years of staying in the shadow of the actual cryptocurrency bitcoin. Blockchain is the public ledger of bitcoin transactions, which are stored and verified by a network of computers solving complex algorithms, and is seen as a potentially disruptive technology in various sectors. While the applications of blockchain in finance and banking have been popping up, Microsoft has ventured to explore how it can be used for social good. These were discussed at an event hosted by Microsoft's Civic Innovation team in New....
Tech giant Microsoft has established a partnership with Blockchain identity startup Tierion to secure sensitive pieces of information on a public Blockchain. Daniel Buchner from the Microsoft Azure Identity team will be leading a project called decentralized identity initiative which features extensive collaboration with Tierion and its developers. Cooperatively, the Microsoft and Tierion development teams are looking to build a Blockchain-based platform wherein anyone can sign data, claims and agreements in an immutable and transparent ecosystem. Commercialization. Ultimately, Microsoft....
As business giants and governments are moving to explore Blockchain, the distributed ledger system that is behind Bitcoin, Microsoft is to build a “Certified Blockchain Marketplace”. Microsoft Azure platform. Bitcoin’s value had earlier seen a $20 surge when Microsoft had announced plans to integrate Bitcoin into its Windows and Xbox digital payments system, though the initiative failed to garner widespread support. However, Microsoft is now moving forward and experimenting with the technology behind Bitcoin, Blockchain - the distributed ledger system on which Bitcoin and other....
Developed by tech giants Microsoft, Alibaba, and Carnegie Mellon University on top of the Ethereum public blockchain, Project Argus is set to reduce internet piracy. The partners recently released a report on the project, its objectives, and potential applications. As the paper describes, companies, such as Microsoft, Apple, and others, spend a lot of time […]
The Microsoft Azure blockchain-as-a-service offering just got a bit longer, as AlphaPoint joined the fray. Or to be more precise, the first certified offering by Blockapps is making its way to the Microsoft Azure BaaS service, in the form of STRATO. This single-blockchain instance will let developers tinker around the Ethereum blockchain and provide an API for application purposes. Additionally, AlphaPoint and IOTA are now available on the BaaS platform as well. STRATO Arrives On Microsoft Azure BaaS. It is positive to see Microsoft Azure continue the development of their....