Lianchacha General Administration: Xiong'an New District uses blockchain for urban management, and the price of Bitcoin has been cut in half

In 2017, Ali ranked first in the number of global blockchain enterprise patent applications

A report titled "2017 Global Blockchain Enterprise Patent Ranking" brought the blockchain potential of domestic BAT to the surface. Among the top 100, Chinese companies entered the list accounting for 49%, followed by the United States, accounting for 33%; among them, Alibaba ranked first with a total of 49, and Tencent Technology ranked first with 11. There is no doubt that Ali’s position on the blockchain is unrivaled. In fact, as early as 2015, Ant Financial had already formed a blockchain interest group internally and tried it in public welfare projects. Ali's blockchain revolves around its advantages in e-commerce and new retail business, and its layout has already involved fields such as public welfare, commodity traceability, and rental scenarios.

Intel Files Patent for Bitcoin Mining Chip 'Accelerator'

Tech giant Intel is seeking a patent for a hardware "accelerator" for a bitcoin mining chip, according to a newly released document. Intel says the "accelerator" can reduce power consumption by as much as 35% compared to general-purpose processors.

Mailchimp Bans ICOs and Cryptocurrency Advertising Business

After Google, Twitter and Facebook effectively banned ICO advertising, and now Mailchimp, one of the largest email marketing platforms in the world, is following suit. Yesterday, a Mailchimp spokesperson announced that the agency is changing its policies, claiming that ICOs and cryptocurrency businesses are now classified as “gambling services” and blacklisted.

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Xiao Wei, Head of Baidu Financial Blockchain Laboratory: Blockchain "decentralization" is a false proposition

In a blockchain salon, Xiao Wei, head of Baidu Financial Blockchain Lab, introduced Baidu Financial Blockchain Lab. At present, Baidu Financial Blockchain Lab has launched a BaaS platform, which can support a variety of intelligent solutions and help enterprises deploy their blockchain technology. Xiao Wei said, "We will now have some integration with unmanned vehicles and business systems, including the integration of financial systems, etc. All businesses will be integrated with blockchain. This is an iterative process." Xiao Wei has a different view on the "decentralization" of the blockchain. He pointed out that the "decentralization" of the blockchain is a false proposition. In the development of the entire blockchain, there is no concept of decentralization at all. Xiao Wei explained the above point of view with the application of blockchain technology of Bitcoin and Ethereum. "This is a mining pool. You will find that the computing power of its 73% is controlled by the bosses of five mining pools. These five bosses can change the data at will." Xiao Wei believes that this is a multi-center structure , true decentralization cannot exist, no matter how developed the blockchain is, there is no true concept of decentralization.

Dachen Venture Capital Gao Hongqing: Blockchain may be just another application of the mobile Internet

Dachen Venture Capital Gao Hongqing said in an interview with the media that the blockchain we see today is so popular, it is hard to say whether the blockchain is an iterative technology like the Internet or the mobile Internet, maybe he is It's just another application of the mobile Internet. Everyone knows that when a company changed its name to P2P, the company's stock price would also rise. As long as any stocks related to Internet + will rise a lot, but at this time, after the introduction of some real super unicorns like BATJ or the return of blue whales, I think it will definitely change the ecology of the entire A-share market , They may have some bleeding effects on some stock stocks in the short term, but in the long run I think it is beneficial to the healthy development of the entire capital market.

Vertcoin Mining Pool Calls for Boycott of ASIC Mining

Vertcoin official blog posted yesterday, calling on the community to boycott the use of Bitmain ASIC mining machines for mining. They believe that Bitmain’s ASIC mining machines and the large-scale mines they have established around the world have raised the entry threshold for ordinary miners, to the point where they cannot mine without ASICs. In addition, while it sells mining machines to earn huge profits, it also reduces the decentralized nature of digital currency and destroys the healthy development of the community and ecology. Previously, Bitmain said it had released the Antminer X3, an ant mining machine suitable for mining Monero, and said it would launch an ASIC mining machine for mining Ethereum. However, the release of Antminer X3 was resisted by the Monero team, and its CEO stated that the Monero mining algorithm had been modified.

Kuaidi Dache Founder Chen Weixing: Reaching consensus is more important than technology

At the 2018 Blockchain Technology and Application Summit, Chen Weixing, chairman of Fancheng Capital and founder of Kuaidi Taxi, believed that blockchain is not all a technical issue, it is related to belief, and reaching a consensus is more important than technology. Believers are here to create value, and speculators are here to define prices. We need to incentivize believers in Bitcoin to join in, and that requires a bubble. There will be a higher bubble to achieve the entire blockchain system, so that other assets can be attracted to the chain, and only enough entrepreneurs and high-quality CEOs can be attracted to create more digital value.

Yao Qian, Director of the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China: Blockchain is an important cornerstone of the transformation from the Internet of Information to the Internet of Value

Yao Qian, director of the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China, said that blockchain is an important cornerstone of the transformation from the information Internet to the value Internet, and is one of the optional technologies for the modern digital currency system. It is based on cryptography technology, and through the distributed multi-node "consensus" mechanism, it can record the whole process of value transfer (transaction) in a "complete and non-tamperable" way. The specific technologies adopted by the blockchain include cryptography, consensus protocols, game theory, data storage, P2P communication, etc., which are the integration and innovation of various existing technologies.

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Bitcoin ATMs to be installed along Toronto subway lines

LocalCoin announced on March 29 that it has partnered with Gateway Newstands to place Bitcoin ATMs along Toronto's subway lines. Gateway Newstands is a convenience store chain that currently has more than 500 convenience stores, most of which are located on subway lines operated by the Toronto Metro Corporation (TTC). LocalCoin is the only Bitcoin ATM company located along the Toronto subway line.

Gazprombank Tries Crypto Trading

One of Russia's largest financial institutions, Russia's Gazprombank, is planning to complete some cryptocurrency transactions by the end of this year. A senior manager at the bank said the bank was responding to demand from a "volume of clients". The pilot transaction will be conducted through its subsidiary in Switzerland.

Georgia Installs Bitcoin ATM, Supports Bitcoin and Litecoin Services

According to media reports, Bitcoin has become more and more popular in Georgia in recent years. Recently, in a burger restaurant in the center of Tbilisi, the capital of the country, they installed a Bitcoin ATM machine to provide legal currency exchange for local residents. Bitcoin and Litecoin services, the ATM machine provider promises to continue to provide services for Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum in the future. It is reported that this is the second Bitcoin ATM machine installed locally, operated by the local cryptocurrency company TPS. TPS programmer Giorgi Cheishvili said that the application rate of cryptocurrency is growing every day, and the Georgian market reflects the global trend. In addition, Georgia's neighboring country, Armenia, has been working hard to develop cryptocurrency businesses in recent months. In February, they introduced a bill to regulate cryptocurrency mining, proposing tax breaks for miners and the operation of cryptocurrency mining equipment. It is also possible not to apply for a permit.

Indian regional government plans to store residents' DNA data on blockchain

A local government in India plans to store residents' DNA data on the blockchain. Previously, the Indian government has tightened its supervision on blockchain and digital currency.

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Bit-Z Exchange launched INC/ETH trading today

At 15:00 on March 31, 2018, Hong Kong time, INCBit-Z officially opened INC/ETH transactions. Influence Chain is an influential economic ecosystem based on blockchain technology, which will provide global transactions for the cultural and entertainment industry. Based on the characteristics and advantages of blockchain, Influence Chain has created a Token-based ecosystem and a value trading platform that serves the ecology, transforming influence (personalized intellectual property rights) into digital assets and docking application scenarios and sustainable trade.

India DICCI and Mahabfic jointly carry out bitcoin mining training in 30 cities in India

According to reports, India's DICCI and Mahabfic have jointly carried out bitcoin mining training in 30 cities in India. The courses include blockchain technology, mining, entrepreneurship, start-ups and other courses. It aims to help young people in these areas find employment independently and create new economic growth points for these areas.

OKEX has completed rollback and contract delivery, has restarted contract trading and opened withdrawals

At 17:30 yesterday afternoon, the OKEX official announcement showed that its database had been successfully rolled back, and the last transaction data rolled back was at 04:47:54 on March 30 (Hong Kong time), so the delivery price of each contract ( USD) will be calculated according to the current price; at 21:10 p.m., OKEX issued another announcement stating that the contracts of all currencies have been delivered. At 1:12 am on March 31, the okex contract transaction was restarted, and the withdrawal function was opened.

Worst quarter in Bitcoin history! The price has been cut in half, and the market value has evaporated by more than 120 billion U.S. dollars

The Coinmarketcap website, which tracks the prices and market capitalization of several digital currency exchanges, shows that the trading price of Bitcoin has fallen from above US$14,000 on January 1 to less than US$6,900 as of the time of publication, a drop of more than 50%, and the market value has fallen from nearly US$239 billion. to around $115.5 billion. The market value of Bitcoin evaporated in the first quarter was almost the same as the market value of Netflix as of the last trading day of the first quarter, almost three times the market value of Tesla, and about 5.5 times that of Twitter. The first quarter of this year was also the worst quarter for digital currencies as a whole.

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Over 25 Billion Articles Have Been Written About "Bitcoin Is Dead"

From the beginning of the cryptocurrency's inception, the global media has been spreading the word that Bitcoin is dead. There have been more than 25 billion articles written about "Bitcoin is dead" and counting. Yet the doomsayers are wrong time and time again.

China's application for blockchain patents ranks first in the world

According to the latest data from the World Intellectual Property Organization, in 2017, China ranked first in the world in applying for blockchain patents, reaching 225, followed by the United States with 91 and Australia with 13. Patent filings in the area of blockchain, which is used for everything from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to tracking free-range broilers in China, tripled last year.

Arizona Bitcoin Trader Arrested for Money Laundering

An Arizona bitcoin trader has been found guilty of using cryptocurrencies to launder money. Thomas Mario Costanzo, who was indicted on March 28 by a federal jury in Phoenix on five counts of money laundering, accepted on Twitter, according to a Justice Department statement. Interview with Morpheus Titania, who runs a p2p bitcoin trading site. The case arose from a raid by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in April 2017, when Costanzo was arrested for illegal possession of ammunition derived from a previous conviction. DHS further seized Costanzo’s cryptocurrency holdings, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dash.