Protocol News

Singapore's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has unveiled a proposed common protocol aimed at establishing clear conditions for the utilization of digital currencies.

EOS, the second most used blockchain for smart contracts recently announced the release of a new protocol built on top of its blockchain that improves support for developers on, as per a post on November 19, 2018.  EOS, the second…

Parity Technologies has announced a partnership with the Zcash Foundation to build the first-ever alternative full node software for Zcash. Announcing the development in an article posted on its official blog on October 30, 2018, Parity revealed that the new…

Widely considered to be Ethereum’s answer to Bitcoin’s Lightning Network – the Raiden Network is an off-chain ERC20-compliant scaling solution for the transfer of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. The solution offers benefits akin to the Lightning Network, including scalable,…

The past few years has seen the rise of several blockchain-based decentralized social networks. While the Steemit platform was one of the earliest introductions back in 2016, more recent launches have proved that traditional social media can also be revolutionized.…

Ripple’s cryptocurrency product for cross-border payments, xRapid, is now commercially available, the company announced on October 1, 2018.  xRapid Now Commercially Available In a release published on the company’s official website, Ripple announced that xRapid, its real-time settlement platform, is…

Maps and addressing systems have been the foundation of our lives that have had a significant contribution to shaping the way one commutes. Maps have been an integral part in setting up global business and commerce from pre-colonial days and…

Origin, an Ethereum smart contracts blockchain and IPFS-based protocol for creating sharing economy marketplaces, has launched its decentralized, secure and auditable messaging system, to allow users communicate seamlessly, according to a news release on August 29, 2019. Real-time DLT-based Communication…

The Lightning Network has long been touted as a potential solution to the bitcoin scalability debate. It was widely believed that once the network went live, the number of transactions in the mempool would decrease by a significant amount. As…

The giant Netherlands banking concern ING is making a name for itself as a serious blockchain enthusiast and innovator. Already involved with shipping industry players on blockchain apps that could foreseeably save that sector billions every year, the bank has…