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Texas: Blockchain Identity Platform Receives Funding to Connect Homeless with Social and Health Services

August 4, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Blockchain

The city of Austin, Texas, received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in order to explore the benefits of a blockchain identity platform for homelessness. This according to a press release published August 2, 2019 on Govtech.com. Blockchain for Homeless The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is the United...

Russian Political Party Launches Blockchain-based Social Project ‘Upcoin’

April 18, 2017 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Tech

The Russian political party Partiya Rostiya has launched the world’s first blockchain-based social project by issuing its cryptocurrency called Upcoin in collaboration with the blockchain startup Waves to promote blockchain technology awareness and to incentivize its party members to engage in more community-based activities. Russia and the Blockchain Initially, when...