#Blockchain

BlockNotary developers have announced forthcoming release of Blocknotary Dashboard, a blockchain-based construction kit for personal identification tools. According to the developers team, blockchain is rather young technology, and it’s far from being fulfilled completely, so the decided to create a SaaS (software as a service) solution for Blocknotary users. “Over the course of working on […]

Bitcoin price growing, new investments in the industry, ambitious statements on practical application of blockchain technology – all highlights of crypto-industry’s week presented in ForkLog’s weekly overview.

Speaking at the conference titled “Blockchain and Open Platforms” held by Bankir.ru, Olga Skorobogatova, deputy chairwoman of the Bank of Russia, told about possible development of digital national currencies and banking industry’s interest to distributed ledgers.

A group of developers has announced they will launch a new blockchain-based system CRYPTonFly, which would distribute cryptocurrency dubbed CRON$ for various real-life activities. The system’s creators believe it will be popular with commercial organizations, which may use it to incentivize their customers to use their services.

This week’s overview features growing bitcoin price, news and releases from cryptoplatforms, continuing attempts to use blockchain technology in fintech, and other events of the week. Bitcoin Price Bitcoin has been steadily consolidating this week. While the price has been fluctuating between $420 and $426 for the better part of the week, starting Friday, the cryptocurrency’s […]

Bitcoin enthusiast Alexei Bragin, earlier engaged in ReactOS and tutoring at Moscow State Technical University, decided to enter Russian parliament to defend “the interests of science and small businesses”.

Russian developers used blockchain technology to implement several pilot projects on biometric identification for bank customers. The projects were the subject of discussion at early April’s meeting of “Internet + Finance” group. Attending the meeting were Pavel Pugachyov, deputy head of Russian President’s directorate for Development of IT and E-Democracy, Andrei Romanenko, head of “Internet […]

April 12, in the course of Exchange Forum 2016 in Moscow, head of Bank of Russia’s department for financial market development Yelena Chaikovskaya told that the Central Bank was watching the blockchain technology closely, and the attention was rather positive. Moreover, she said, blockchain may be used in the Central Bank’s project for bondization in […]