Advanced Blockchain Technologies
PBoC has established an e-CNY distributed ledger
But the head of the central bank's digital currency research institute says issues remain such as technical standards for blockchain interconnectivity.
Ningwei Qin
Archive
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Archived coverage · Forkast crypto archive
-
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
What is Cosmos — the ‘internet of blockchains’?
The Cosmos ecosystem is expanding rapidly with inter-blockchain transfers on the rise. What makes Cosmos different from other blockchains? <i>Forkast.News</i> explains.
Michelle Lim
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Solana claims 1 transaction on its network uses less energy than 2 Google searches
As the pushback over environmental concerns of the blockchain industry continues, a recent report by Solana says that a single transaction on the network uses less energy than just two Google searches. Fast facts Completed under the guidance of an independent energy and climate advisor, Solana’s November Energy Report found that a single Solana transaction […]
Lachlan Keller
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
More Chinese regional equity exchanges pilot blockchain application
Two more regional equity exchanges in the Chinese cities of Tianjin and Qingdao have been approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission this week to pilot blockchain applications over equity trading. Fast facts The regional equity exchanges are private equity markets in provincial or municipal administrative regions for medium to micro enterprises to trade equity. […]
Ningwei Qin
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Ontology partners with bloXmove on decentralized transport infrastructure
BloXmove will use the Ontology blockchain to allow people to have one decentralized, secure identifier to share across multiple transportation apps.
Jeanhee Kim
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Polygon launches Miden for Ethereum scaling
Ethereum Layer 2 solutions — protocols built on top of the Ethereum blockchain that handle transactions off the Ethereum mainnet — have been on the rise as developers work on improving Ethereum’s scalability as its number of users and applications continue to grow. Polygon, a Layer 2 Ethereum scaling platform, today announced the launch of […]
Michelle Lim
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Algorand Foundation, Blockchain Association Singapore partner to grow blockchain ecosystem
The Algorand Foundation, a Singapore-based blockchain organization supporting the development of the Algorand ecosystem, has partnered with the Blockchain Association Singapore to drive the development of blockchain technology in Singapore and the wider Southeast Asia region. Fast facts In a memorandum of understanding signed on Nov. 12, the ecosystem partnership will see the Algorand Foundation […]
Michelle Lim
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Philadelphia joins Miami, NYC in city government blockchain ambitions
Inspired by Miami’s launch of a city token — MiamiCoin — Mark Wheeler, the city of Philadelphia’s chief innovation officer, announced an initiative to bring blockchain and Web 3.0 technology to city governance. Fast facts Wheeler is currently conducting a discovery process to hold conversations with blockchain and Web 3.0 technology developers to understand the […]
Monika Ghosh
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits to build carbon credit marketplace on Tezos blockchain
World leaders at the COP26 climate summit this month promised to end deforestation by 2030. But significant challenges to achieving the goal remain to be overcome. The Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits, based at the University of Cambridge, this week launched with the goal to build a decentralized marketplace of verifiable carbon credits to support […]
Michelle Lim
-
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Companies in China, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia start blockchain platform for energy, metal trading
Amid the global energy crisis, nine companies from four countries — China, Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia — announced they will jointly build a blockchain documentation platform to speed up customs clearance and cargo delivery to trade the commodities of energy, chemical products and metal. Fast facts Platform participants includes Sinochem Energy, Mitsui.Co, Macquarie CGM, Saudi […]
Ningwei Qin
