Feb 19, 2022
The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: blockchains
Top marketplaces facilitate epic amounts of theft and wash trading, scams are rampant, and the cringe is unbearable. Can it last?
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Feb 18, 2022
JPMorgan unveils research on quantum resistant blockchain network
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: blockchains, computing, quantum physics, security
Marco Pistoia, engineer, and head of the FLARE Research group at JPMorgan Chase emphasized the importance of building secure blockchains before quantum computing changes the “security landscape” of blockchain and crypto.
Feb 16, 2022
$1T opportunity: JPMorgan becomes first major bank in the metaverse
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: blockchains
JPMorgan has entered the Metaverse, after opening a lounge in the popular blockchain-based world Decentraland and releasing a new report outlining the Metaverse as a $1 trillion market opportunity.
Feb 13, 2022
Intel says its new crypto chip is designed to be energy-efficient
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: blockchains, computing, cryptocurrencies, sustainability
Its “blockchain accelerator” is set to ship later this year.
Intel is working on a new sustainability-focused chip designed to mine cryptocurrency. One of its first customers include the Jack Dorsey-owned fintech company Block (formerly known as Square).
Feb 12, 2022
Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum and immortality
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: biological, blockchains, cryptocurrencies, life extension, security
In this episode of UpOnly, the creator of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin talks origin stories, his motivation, the future of Ethereum, and even biological sciences.
Presented by FTX: https://uponyl.tv/ftx.
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Feb 10, 2022
Can Smart Cities Be Inclusive?
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: blockchains, information science, law enforcement, robotics/AI
Smart cities are supposed to represent the pinnacle of technological and human advancement. They certainly deliver on that promise from a technological standpoint. Smart cities employ connected IoT networks, AI, computer vision, NLP, blockchain and similar other technologies and applications to bolster urban computing, which is utilized to optimize a variety of functions in law enforcement, healthcare, traffic management, supply chain management and countless other areas. As human advancement is more ideological than physical, measuring it comes down to a single metric—the level of equity and inclusivity in smart cities. Essentially, these factors are down to how well smart city administrators can reduce digital exclusivity, eliminate algorithmic discrimination and increase citizen engagement. Addressing the issues related to data integrity and bias in AI can resolve a majority of inclusivity problems and meet the above-mentioned objectives. make smart cities more inclusive for people and communities from all strata of society, issues related to digital exclusion and bias in AI need to be addressed by public agencies in these regions.
Feb 6, 2022
Crime and NFTs: Chainalysis Detects Significant Wash Trading and Some Money Laundering In this Emerging Asset Class
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: blockchains, economics
Feb 4, 2022
This Huge Bet on Blockchain Could Change A $50 Trillion Industry
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: blockchains, business, energy
Blockchain may one day eliminate inefficiencies and lack of transparency in supply chains. While slow in coming, this revolution would benefit not only customers and brands, but the invisible” workers who power global trade.
#Blockchain #SystemShock #BloomberQuicktake.
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Feb 2, 2022
$323 million in ETH stolen from cross-chain protocol Wormhole
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: blockchains, climatology, cosmology, cryptocurrencies, engineering, environmental, finance
Ben RayfieldWeather control tech exists, to some extent. EMP weapons exist. If there was a 477 mile long lightning, it was probably either due to the sun or is a weapon or a terraforming experiment.
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Feb 1, 2022
Former Valve economist calls Facebook’s metaverse ‘a Steam-like digital economy’ with Zuckerberg as its ‘techno-lord’
Posted by Fyodor Rouge in categories: blockchains, economics, finance, surveillance
Yanis Varoufakis also discussed “pay-to-earn” and the blockchain’s long-term consequences.
Former Greek Finance Minister and one-time in-house economist at Valve, Yanis Varoufakis, gave a long and freewheeling interview to the website, the Crypto Syllabus, focusing on the blockchain, its potential and disappointments, and where it sits in the larger context of politics, surveillance, and economics.
Of particular note to PC Gamer readers is his description of his time with Valve. Varoufakis had access to Valve’s data on Steam’s nascent player-to-player marketplace in the early 2010s, which he used to advise the company and his own economics research. Describing Valve’s initial pitch to him, Varoufakis said:
