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Everipedia, the decentralized encyclopedia application, has abandoned the Ethereum blockchain to launch on EOS instead. Everipedia’s developers believe that building the platform on Ethereum is “infeasibly difficult” due to its existing scalability issues. Everipedia: A Censorship-Resistant Encyclopedia According to The Next Web, Everipedia wants to usher a new database of information that is genuinely open and free of censorship. Although…

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Opolis, a new blockchain-based innovation promising to give users full control over their employment and employment benefits through the use of a new ‘Decentralized Employment Organization’ concept has announced its launch. The platform describes itself as the future of the world of work where people have full control over their employment. What Opolis Wants to Solve The problems that Opolis…

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In 2002, Rice University’s Sitaram Iyer and Peter Druschel, along with Microsoft Research’s Antony Rowstron presented a paper called Squirrel; a decentralized, peer-to-peer web cache alternative. A P2P Internet With Squirrel, instead of the existing web cache system used today, web browsers on desktop machines could share their local caches to form a more efficient and scalable web cache. The…

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With an aim to take cryptocurrencies mainstream, Unifox is developing an autonomous decentralized ecosystem. The company believes that its products will help digital currencies be used for everyday transactions. With a growing number of cryptocurrency ATMs, exchange offices, and POS terminals, Unifox will enable buyers and sellers to complete transactions in cryptocurrency that can also be instantly converted to fiat….

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As our society continues to progress, the way we share valuable information is changing rapidly. At one time, one of the most effective ways information with the masses was through mediums such as newspapers, television, and radio. However, our options to target a specific demographic of people were relatively limited. Fast forward to today, and information sharing has become much…

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Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Bitsquare has added Mycelium tokens among many other altcoins and trading pairs in its v0.4.9.3 update, which featured significant improvement in trade limits and user-focused functionalities. Fifteen new altcoins and trading pairs were added as a core part of the update, including Steem Dollars, STEEM-USD, BTC-CNY, BTC-EUR, BTC-CHF, BTC-GBP, and BTC-AUD. The bitcoin-to-fiat trading pairs were long…

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