SpaceChain Awarded $585K Grant to Co-Develop Decentralized Satellite System

Bitnation now has a space program. The Bitnation Space Agency will be headed by Iman Mirbioki and experiment with drones that fly in formations in order to develop a navigational system based on a new type of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (FOG). The program is officially called Spacechain Space Program and their website can be found here. According to their website: Our mission is to explore the universe, discover, develop science and technology that will push the human civilization further. All technology will be available as open source. The 35-year-old Mirbloki comes from Sweden, and has....

The National Science Foundation has awarded research grants on the science and applications of crypto-currency, with approximately $1 million awarded to date. The NSF initiative is part of the "Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace" program for cybersecurity research and development to minimize the dangers of cyber technology, promote education and training in cybersecurity, establish a science of cybersecurity and convert promising cybersecurity research into practice. The NSF grant has been awarded to Emin Sirer at Cornell University (grant information here), Elaine Shi, Michael Hicks,....

While the space race for humanity began in the mid-1950s, blockchain technology took its first steps outside Earth in February 2018, and now Elon Musk has declared the start of the space race in early June 2021. With the recent news that SpaceX was going to carry some payload funded by Dogecoin, the latter was likely to be the first cryptocurrency to reach the Moon. Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter 3 rideshare mission with several small satellites for government and industry customers on January 13th. It lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral....

PRESS RELEASE. Georgetown, Cayman Islands, May 10, 2022 – Today, HUMAN Protocol has announced that it has awarded a grant to VeritaTrust to power on-chain reviews. Following the announcement of HUMAN Protocol’s $10 Million funds dedicated to grants, this work with VeritaTrust represents their very first grant awarded since the inception of this program. VeritaTrust are seeking to reward reviewers with cryptocurrency for their reviews on products and services; and to use blockchain technology to track the reviews, as well as the corresponding reputation....

Polygon’s full-stack scaling solution implemented to improve performance and gameplay Polker.game & pkr.io are excited to announce they have been awarded a grant frm the Polygon Foundation. Polygon is the first fully functional full-stack scaling solution on top of Ethereum offering fast transactions and extremely low fees. The grant will be used to further develop the integration of Polygon’s scaling solutions into the Polker.Game platform and to ensure that all smart contracts are fully audited and secure on-chain. The Polygon Foundation will also offer support with the....