#Blockchain

Speaking to Russian TV channel Russia 24, head of Sberbank German Gref stated that the country’s largest state-owned bank intends to complete the development of its blockchain-based IT platform by the end of 2018. According to Gref, currently some elements of the platform are undergoing testing, with industry-wide operation to commence the next year. “We […]

This week, Russian Post has announced it intends to use blockchain technology for shipment tracking.

Despite the fact that Kazakhstan is among ten largest countries in the world, it was not seen on the bitcoin world map until recently. However, cryptotechnologies have fought their way to an officially recognized level. On May 25 and 26, over the course of Astana Economic Forum 2016, a workshop on blockchain technology’s prospects in […]

According to Russian news outlet Izvestia, local payments processor QIWI intends to become the driving force behind creation of a consortium of Russian banks interested in development of blockchain applicability standards.

Blockchain application and sidechain platform Lisk has been officially launched. Version 0.3.0 is publicly available for downloading. The launch anticipated by many, however, experienced some technical difficulties.

Emercoin has announced a blockchain-based out-of-box solution dubbed EmcSSH, which is an extension for standard administration protocol for SSH networks.

Ukraine may soon present a blockchain-based system for financial entities, which might resemble that developed by R3, a consortium of upwards of 40 major banks. Developers from Distributed Lab intend to implement this system, unofficially known as ‘financial internet’ in one of Ukraine’s banks in three months’ time. The ‘financial internet’ will be based on Infra, […]

Bitcoin exchange rate’s unexpected retreat against the background of skyrocketing Ether, big news from cryptocurrency exchanges, and Vitalik Buterin’s long-awaited visit to Russia — all in ForkLog’s weekly overview.