HTC is building “the first native blockchain phone,” the Next Web reported on Tuesday. Details are sparse about the phone, which has been dubbed the HTC Exodus. But the news raised two immediate questions: What is a blockchain phone? And why would anyone want one?
Blockchain refers to the decentralized ledger technology that (among other things) underlies cryptocurrencies like…
Brian Behlendorf, a driving force behind the Apache web server and longtime supporter of open source software, now spends his time developing blockchain technology for the enterprise.
As the executive director of the Hyperledger project, an open source blockchain initiative hosted by…
Last year, cryptocurrencies were virtually unstoppable. When the clock struck midnight on 2017, the aggregate value of virtual currencies had soared by almost $600 billion, or more than 3,300%, when all was said and done. It's probably the single greatest year we've ever witnessed for any asset class.
While there were a number of catalysts behind this rally, including a weakening U.S. dollar and retail investors controlling a majority of the trading action in…
In Season 5 of Silicon Valley, which wrapped up May 13, Richard Hendricks, CEO of fictional startup Pied Piper, and his plucky band of misfits worked tirelessly to bring their new kind of internet, PiperNet, to market…
When will blockchain reach its breakthrough moment?
Those thoughts swirled in my head when I recently met with Lory Kehoe, head of the new ConsenSys studio in Dublin, where 60 new jobs will be created at an innovation studio/development…
Amazon's cloud computing arm is looking to make it easier for customers to use blockchain with a new partnership announced Tuesday.
The cloud computing giant will team with a new start-up launching Tuesday called Kaleido, which was born out of leading blockchain incubator known as Consensys. The company is aiming to give AWS customers an …
Facebook is reportedly looking into launching its own cryptocurrency like bitcoin, according to sources close to the matter.
People familiar with the plans have told US publication Cheddar that Facebook is “very serious about” launching a cryptocurrency.
The virtual token would be aimed at allowing Facebook’s two billion+ users around the world to make electronic…