Dubai Crown Prince Plans To Provide ‘Virtual Jobs’ To 40,000 People
Dubai is ramping things up in the virtual stratosphere with the promise of jobs to its constituents. In a recent strategy unveiled by Dubai’s crown prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, it was said that the bustling metropolis aims to create 40,000 virtual jobs and increase the number of blockchain enterprises in the region by 500 […]
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In a significant endorsement of blockchain technology, the underlying innovation of bitcoin, the Dubai government will see of its documents on a blockchain. The government of Dubai will see all of its documents on a blockchain by the year 2020. The announcement was made via the Dubai Media Office’s official social media account, citing Hamdan bin Mohammed, the hereditary Prince to the crown of Dubai. Furthermore, the Prince revealed that Dubai will also be executing all its transactions on a blockchain by 2020, as a part of a new program called the “Dubai Blockchain Strategy.” Under the....
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