Overview – Bitland. Bitland is an experimental platform using decentralized, trustless models such as Bitcoin’s blockchain to bridge the gap between the government and the undocumented areas.
Its key principle is that all participation is voluntary. How The Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Going To Change The Lives Of The Bottom Billion. Perhaps it's hard to imagine bitcoin making the world a better place.
For the general public, the cryptocurrency is mostly associated with felons like Ross William Ulbricht, of Silk Road darknet fame, and failures like the Mt. Gox exchange, which closed in 2014 having misplaced thousands of bitcoin units. Bitcoin is used to buy illegal drugs, traffic in arms and people, and to hide criminal gains. And it hasn't been stable: The price has shuffled around a lot, invoking something more like a casino, rather than something to build a prosperous, steady future on. How The Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Going To Change The Lives Of The Bottom Billion. Why Blockchain? What Exactly Are the Societal Implications? There’s a growing approach that the most interesting thing about the existing crop of distributed ledger platforms is not the cryptocurrencies, but instead the device that underpins them: the Blockchain.
Blockchain is the distributed ledger technology making Bitcoin, Ethereum et al possible by giving a record of all transactions and proving who possesses what at any moment. Its security is made certain by sophisticated cryptographic processes that happen to be performed by peer-to-peer users, through a process known as mining. Why Blockchain Technology? Blockchain technology functions as a public record of transactions between users. Although it was at first seen as part of the mechanism that makes cryptocurrencies work, it could be applied in a great many other ways: a few of which provide interesting possibilities. Why Blockchain? What Exactly Are the Societal Implications? How the blockchain will save the rainforests » Bitnation. By Erik Vollstädt Most of the world’s precious nature reserves and regions known for biodiversity are not privately owned, as the government deems their preservation too important to let private people take care of them.
What happened as a result of this noble undertaking is known as the “tragedy of the commons” – instead of having “everyone” (or rather their government delegates) control the public space, no one will be really interested in preserving its quality, since every individual expects someone else to do the job. The lack of incentivization prevents our government delegates from doing a good job, as their income does not depend on customer demand or market competition, but rather on how many favours one has accomplished for one’s supervisor and his cronies. World's First 'Carbon Off-Set' Blockchain Asset Launches. The Ethereum conference, “The Blockchain - Disrupting Global Commerce: Understanding the Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Ethereum,” is taking place on May 17 in Auckland and continuing on May 19 in Wellington, New Zealand.
It’s got an exciting lineup of speakers to talk about Ethereum, and It’s hosted by an offshoot of New Zealand-based web, mobile, and Internet of Things development company, 3months. The company offers a range of smart contract services including consulting, training, prototyping, and deployment. Next week’s conference will showcase five presentations, a panel discussion, and have plenty of networking. It was deliberately aimed at introducing professionals in the greater business world to blockchain technology, and so it won’t be too technical for your average executive to dive right into. Their goal is to be the perfect introduction to blockchains, smart contracts, and Ethereum. Many different business use cases for blockchains and smart contracts will be discussed. Demystifying Materiality - Hardwiring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Finance. World's First 'Carbon Off-Set' Blockchain Asset Launches. Conservation Central Network - Cryptocurrency - CCN.
Blockchain Bootstrapping Resource based Economy. The Bitcoin network is built on Proof of Work, which is based on an algorithmic assymetry: valid hashes are computationally easy to verify but difficult to create. Bitcoin Helps Anti-Poaching Teams in New Charity Campaign. Australian bitcoin payments startup BitPOS is teaming up with the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) to help save Africa's endangered wildlife from hunters.
It's the latest campaign aiming to demonstrate how bitcoin companies can raise money for a cause and give digital currency a friendlier public face in the process. A similar campaign by South African exchange iceCUBED, started last month, has already raised over 2.4 BTC for a Botswana children's charity, and is ongoing. Anti-Poaching Campaign So far, the partnership between BitPOS and the IAPF has been a success,, with bitcoin payments making up around 10% of the total amount raised so far in the IAPF's current campaign. Funds donated will help train Africa's anti-poaching teams. Blockchain Bootstrapping Resource based Economy. Lu wants to use the blockchain to empower local economies. Credit Sylverarts/iStock To free local economies from the rigid control of banks, look to the blockchain.
The open-source, distributed ledger that powers bitcoin will, according to Colu co-founder and CEO Amos Meiri, simplify transactions and help local economies blossom. “We are working towards a new way of thinking about money, one that increases accessibility and cooperation and meets the needs of people living in the digital,” says Meiri, 31. “The technology being open source is important, because it significantly increases trust and allows people to participate in the economy.” The Tel-Aviv based startup, which currently employs 21 people and hopes to double its staff by next year, announced a seed round of $2.5M in January 2015 from Israeli venture firm Aleph and Spark Capital, BoxGroup and Bitcoin Opportunity Corp. Meiri has previous with cryptocurrency.
How the blockchain will save the rainforests » BITNATION Blog. By Erik Vollstädt Most of the world’s precious nature reserves and regions known for biodiversity are not privately owned, as the government deems their preservation too important to let private people take care of them.
What happened as a result of this noble undertaking is known as the “tragedy of the commons” – instead of having “everyone” (or rather their government delegates) control the public space, no one will be really interested in preserving its quality, since every individual expects someone else to do the job. The lack of incentivization prevents our government delegates from doing a good job, as their income does not depend on customer demand or market competition, but rather on how many favours one has accomplished for one’s supervisor and his cronies.