R3 Rebuts Claims Blockchain Research Was Money Wasted
The managing director of “Blockchain-inspired” startup R3 CEV has hit back at criticism it spent millions of dollars on research into Blockchain technology it would never use. In a recent presentation on its Corda platform uploaded to Twitter last week, R3 stated it would not be creating a Blockchain “because it didn’t need one.” The update attracted widespread ridicule from cryptocurrency circles, with commentators accusing the startup of wasting its own money. Vaultoro In comments emailed to Cointelegraph, R3 Managing Director Charley Cooper sought to reiterate that the startup had....
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The open-source project said it would not comply with Wright's demand to take down its copy of the iconic founding document.