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MIT, Stanford and others to build blockchain payments network to rival VisaNet

[ad_2][ad_1] Seven major universities are working together to develop a digital currency network that solves blockchain 's scalability and performance problems before public confidence in the technology erodes. Funded by a Swiss-based non-profit organization, the cryptocurrency application, called Unit-e, and its blockchain-based payment system is expected to be launched in …

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MIT, Stanford Academics Design Cryptocurrency to Better Bitcoin

[ad_2][ad_1] (Bloomberg) – Some of the brightest minds in America are pooling their brain power to create a cryptocurrency that is designed to do what Bitcoin has proved incapable of: processing thousands of transactions a second. Professors from seven U.S. colleges including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and …

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The 2019 Stanford Blockchain conference highlights the safety of the blockchain and the "risk"

[ad_2][ad_1] Security and "systemic risk" will form the focus of the third Stanford Blockchain Conference at Stanford University on January 30 – February 1, organizers revealed. Continuing the ever-increasing interest of the institution in blockchain technology, the three-day event will feature presentations and discussions on a variety of technical issues. …

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