Stanford University to Host Blockchain Conference

Ahead of the Blockchain Protocol Analysis and Security Engineering 2017 conference slated for January 2017, the Cyber Initiative of Stanford University has announced its call for papers from interested presenters. The conference will explore the use of formal methods, empirical analysis, and risk modeling to better understand security and systemic risk in blockchain protocols. It […]

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Spain to Tax its Bitcoin Miners up to 47% of Profits

  A recent notice and update from the official taxation authority in Spain sees bitcoin mining fall under the purview of an economic activity, opening cryptocurrency mining to taxation. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency miners in Spain will see taxation of their profits, a recent notice issued by the country’s National Directorate of Tax revealed. First reported […]

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Walking Blues

Bitcoin price is setting up for advance but the consolidation process appears incomplete. A large wave of advance into the final months of 2016 is building pressure. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 12h00 UTC […]

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Six-Legged MANTIS Among Machines Swarming Out of Sci-Fi Into GTC Europe

With droopy electronic eyes, two gangly arms and four spindly legs, MANTIS looks like it could be a sidekick in a science-fiction blockbuster. This robot isn’t from a universe far, far away, but from northern Germany. And it was on display this week in Amsterdam among a half-dozen walking, flying and crawling machines powered by […]

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Submitting a Guest Post on CCN

At CCN, we frequently receive requests from crypto developers, Fintech industry executives and other representatives for the opportunity to turn in relevant, newsworthy blogs. If you are looking to contribute, we welcome it! Here are some guidelines: Begin with a great idea. This gets easier if you already have something in mind to write about. […]

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JP Morgan Joins Ethereum in Developing Private Blockchain ‘Quorum’

JP Morgan, America’s largest bank with total assets of $2.35 trillion, is building a private blockchain based on ethereum according to a recently published presentation. JP Morgan’s Quorum, built in partnership with EthLab, co-founded by Jeffrey Wilcke, an Ethereum core developer, is “a minimalistic fork of the Go Ethereum client” and a “derivative of Go Ethereum.” […]

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Blockchain Network Synereo Partners Silicon Valley’s NFX Guild to Accelerate dApp Dev Teams

The NFX Guild, a mentorship-driven startup accelerator, has partnered with Synereo, a blockchain-based, decentralized social network, to develop an ecosystem of decentralized applications (dApps) on top of Synereo’s Blockchain 2.0 platform. The organizations share the vision of a freer and fairer Internet. Synereo’s technology for the next class of the NFX Guild accelerator program. The […]

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Chinese Open-Source Blockchain Startup Antshares raises $4.5 Million

 Shanghai-based blockchain startup Antshares has raised over $4.5 million a crowdsale, enabling it to complete the first ever open-source blockchain project in China. Antshares Blockchain, an open-source blockchain project has raised over $4.5 million in a crowd sale. The funds will see the startup complete the development of its blockchain platform under what it deems as […]

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How AI Helped Me (Almost) Give up Brownies

It was my wobbly willpower vs. a double-chocolate brownie, and the brownie was winning. My newest defense: the Lose It diet app’s deep learning calorie counter. Using a photo of the brownie, it warned me of the harrowing diet damage the brownie would inflict. I ate half. I am not a dieter. The idea of […]

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Paris Fashion Week: Intel Enters European Market with Designer Hussein Chalayan

As technology and fashion continue to converge, Intel is at the forefront, experimenting with ways to help unleash creativity for designers and brands who want to incorporate technology into their collections and shows. Designer Hussein Chalayan today unveiled his collaboration with Intel at his Spring/Summer 2017 runway show at Paris Fashion Week. The never-before-seen glasses … Continued

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GPU-Accelerated Cloud Computing Gets a Boost with New Amazon AWS Instances

GPU-accelerated computing has fueled recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, scientific discovery and high performance computing. It now has a cloud computing pipeline to match. We’ve worked with Amazon Web Services to create their newest and most powerful GPU-accelerated cloud offering: the AWS EC2 P2 instance. Researchers and data scientists can use the instance, which is […]

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