Tag: blockchain

Oraclize – Data carrier for decentralized apps

http://www.oraclize.it/ Oraclize is a London based startup focused on providing blockchain oracle services. Oracalize currently serves thousands of requests every day on Ethereum, Bitcoin and Rootstock. Why do we need Oracles in smart contracts? Smart Contracts are unable to connect with external data, or any other off-chain resources on their own. Smart contracts are self

Tendermint – Blockchain applications in any programming language

https://tendermint.com/ Tindermint provides interface for different types of blockchains including their own custom blockchain, using any programming language. Tendermint provides its own unique proof of stake consensus algorithm which it claims to be more fault tolerant than Bitcoin consensus algorithm.  It provides tools and services for the same. Also provides UI for managing different types

Infura – Scalable Blockchain Infrastructure

https://infura.io/ Infura provides scalable access to blockchain technologies like Ethereum and IPFS. Infura is built by team under the umbrella  of ConsenSys which is a blockchain venture production studio. ConsenSys has global team building an ecosystem of consumer-centric products and enterprise solutions using blockchain technologies, primarily Ethereum. Setting up you Infura infrastructure is as simple as just registering

RootStock – Smart Contracts for Bitcoin

http://www.rsk.co/ Github location: https://github.com/RSKSmart This blog post is different than others. Rootstock or RSK is not a decentralized app. Rootstock is still work in progress. Its a complete new paradigm improving the Bitcoin platform. Currently Bitcoin platform is extremely slow in transaction processing (7 transactions per second) and Bitcoin does not allow conditional flows. Rootstock is

Dmarket – decentralized marketplace for virtual goods

https://dmarket.io/ Dmarket is a Ukraine based startup which plans to bring decentralized marketplace for virtual goods in the gaming world.  The white paper is listed here. Dmarket is a fully decentralized application on blockchain platform leveraging. Currently , they are leveraging Ethereum ERC-20 tokens for the ICO, and later will be incentivizing users through their

Civic – Secure Identity Platform

https://www.civic.com/ Civic is secure identity platform build on top of blockchain and Ethereum virtual machine. Serial Entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is the founder of Civic.  Vinny previously co-founded Gyft, which got acquired by First Data Corporation.  On July 23, 2017 Civic had an public ICO token sale and as successfully raised $ 33 million. The Civic

Golem – Decentralized Supercomputer

https://golem.network Golem is the first truly decentralized supercomputer, creating a global market for computing power. It’s made up of the combined power of user’s machines, from personal laptops to entire datacenters. Golem is based upon Ethereum platform. And has its own crypto-currency on top of it named Golem Network Token (GNT). The requesters , request

EthLend – Decentralized Lending Platform

https://ethlend.io Decentralized Lending Platform ETHLend is an application for borrowing and lending crypto-currencies.Users can borrow Ether, a Digital Token used to run the Ethereum Blockchain Network, by using other ECR20 tokens as a collateral  on the Ethereum Blockchain network.Ethlend is a web based decentralized application which runs on Ethereum Main Network.The application works through Metamask ,

Akasha.world – A Next-Generation Social Media Network

https://akasha.world/ A Next-Generation Social Media Network Akasha( [aːkaːʃə], आकाश) which means ether or sky in Hindi and Sanskrit is the name for this next generation social-network based on Ethereum and runs on Ethereum Virtual Machine. The project is being built by a solid team lead by Mihai Alisie (co-founder of Ethereum,Bitcoin Magazine creator) and is advised by the co-founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin and the creator of InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) Juan Benet. The project was launched around May
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