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Dfinity Finally Launches ‘Internet Computer’ after 5 Years of Development

The Dfinity Foundation designed the Internet Computer to be self-amending so that changes in the protocol can be ensured automatically without altering the functioning of the system and the protocols that reside on it. The much-awaited Internet Computer from the Dfinity Foundation, a not-for-profit blockchain organization based in

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Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Goes Live as ‘World Computer’ Begins Long-Awaited Overhaul

The first stage of the next-generation proof-of-stake (PoS) Ethereum 2.0 is now live as of 12:00 UTC Tuesday, according to Beaconcha.in.A generalized blockchain for decentralizing computer-based applications – from iPhone games to government bonds – Eth 2.0 has been under construction since the genesis of the current proof-of-work (PoW) network

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Breaking Bitcoin: Crypto Proponents Discuss Honeywell’s 6 Qubit Quantum Computer

On June 19, 2020, the massive industrial firm Honeywell told the public the company is now running a quantum computer that effectively leverages six effective quantum bits, or qubits. Honeywell’s machine is two times more powerful than the quantum computers designed by IBM and Google. With Honeywell revealing the

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Bitcoin Sign Guy Is Back, Bringing Sound Money to Urbit’s ‘Sound Computer’

If bitcoin is digital cash and ethereum is digital law, Urbit is digital land. The highly ambitious cloud computing project imagines nothing less than a rewiring of the internet, allowing users, not corporations, to own their online identities and data. While most blockchain projects rely on Amazon Web Services and other

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Zilliqa and Oxford Women in Computer Science Society Join to Bring Diversity to Blockchain Sector

Zilliqa, the high-throughput public blockchain platform is running a series of blockchain education workshops, with the University of Oxford, in the UK in order to champion greater diversity and inclusion across the sector. The workshops are being launched with the Oxford Women in Computer Science Society (OxWoCS) and will be

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