Sep 2, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Cities, Employment & Prosperity, Operational and Delivery Networks
Dubai could soon become the first government to execute all implementable transactions on blockchain, hoping to reach the goal by 2020. “Private sector enterprises, which stand to gain due to potential synergies with the government, are also gearing up and early...
Jul 20, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Health & Human Security, Operational and Delivery Networks
Swiss Blockchain startup Ambrosus has announced the launch of its smart contracts to track food quality. Co-founded last year with technical support from Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood, Ambrosus claims it will “overcome the current deficiencies and challenges of...
Jul 12, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Cities, Employment & Prosperity
Net neutrality is threatened, and on this Day of Action, web companies and activists have once again banded together in its support. On July 12th, over 200 groups — from Kickstarter and Etsy, to Vimeo and Netflix, to Pornhub and High Times — updated their websites...
Jun 15, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Governance Networks, Health & Human Security
Blockchain may be a “power protector,” serving as a weapon in cyber-defense. The wanna-cry ransomware saga that played out last month was a dramatic wake-up call, and it appears to be just the beginning of major attacks that are broadening across...
Jun 7, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Health & Human Security, Operational and Delivery Networks
Blockchain can move $1 billion annually to 850,000 civil society and NGOs worldwide The Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA), the global organization working toward developing Blockchain projects for global good has partnered with TechSoup, a platform connecting...
May 4, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Cities, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
Young civic leaders brainstorming opportunities to improve their communities ID’d ways to combating misinformation in elections, giving support to Arabic-speaking domestic violence victims in the US, and using blockchain technology for protecting property...