Blockchain ID project Humanity Protocol hits unicorn status with $30M raise

StarkNet has prioritized scalability over composability and transparency. But it’s now working on making its tech open source. 726 Total views 7 Total shares Zero-knowledge (ZK)-Rollup tech company StarkWare has officially open sourced its new programming language compiler, Cairo 1.0, which will soon be supported on Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution StarkNet in Q1 2023. The news…

According to Christopher Eniayemo, the decision to print new naira notes could have occurred via DeFi, involving Nigerians and aiding readiness for the change. 119 Total views 2 Total shares Blockchain technology can help solve economic problems in Nigeria and throughout the African continent, according to a group of local blockchain experts who cited Nigeria’s

The blockchain peer-to-peer renewable energy platform has now closed its $4 million Series-A funding round. 1339 Total views 42 Total shares South African blockchain peer-to-peer renewable energy platform Sun Exchange obtained a $3 million investment from ARCH Emerging Markets Partners, thereby closing its $4 million Series-A funding round, according to a statement issued today.Sun Exchange…

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, voiced a low opinion of the idea of cryptocurrency mining via mobile phones.Tweeting on April 13, Buterin said mining on mobile phones “is a fool’s game,” referring to the announcement by mobile phone manufacturer giant HTC to allow users to mine Monero (XMR) through its blockchain phone, Exodus.Ethereum’s co-founder…

The United States National Pork Board has partnered with blockchain startup ripe.io to test out a blockchain platform for pork supply chains, according to a press release published on March 18.The collaboration will ostensibly enable the Board to use a blockchain-based ecosystem to monitor and evaluate sustainability practices, food safety standards, livestock health, and environmental…

Zero-knowledge rollups hold great promise for scaling blockchains, but the technology requires certain provisions to ensure its success. 332 Total views 2 Total shares Zero-knowledge proofs have been hailed as a major advancement for blockchain technology, but the efficacy of these protocols will require streamlined data availability solutions to unlock their full potential.Anurag Arjun, co-founder…

This in turn could reduce the headaches involved when achieving consensus. Bison Trails, a Blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service provider, has created double-signing protection software, or DSP, which aims to address the slashing penalties associated with double signing messages.According to the company, many digital asset holders consider slashing penalties to be one of the “main risks” of Blockchain…