I was happy and awed by the @algorand price pump this week and certainly would be a good time to look at some of the good things happening around Algorand blockchain protocol. Let us dive into the news making the headlines. {1} Republic to launch on Algorand Republic, a crowdsourcing platform, will soon launch tokens …
Every day, we encounter the need to participate in a transaction with another party. However, trusting the other party often remains a problem since people are bound to fail. To solve this, the transaction parties often decide to involve a third-party to validate or process the transactions. Traditionally banks would play that role as intermediaries. …
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Week 5 is witnesses big announcements around growing the Algorand ecosystem. I was excited about the launch of the accelerator as well as the prospects of a new smart contract language. {1} Number one for the week was the launch of the Algorand Asia Accelerator. This a joint venture between the Algorand Foundation and Borderless …
The week period 18th to 24 yet again saw more news on dapps that are deciding to build on the Algorand blockchain. There was also positive news regarding the Algorand token. Here were the highlights from last week {1} According to Coinjournal, Coinbase Custody adds staking for Algorand among other tokens. Good news for token health …
Blockchain technology is gaining grounds as a disruptive technology and enterprises are exploring ways through which they can incorporate blockchain into their business processes. Incorporating blockchain into the business process can only become feasible through the development of blockchain-based product innovations that offer newer, better and valuable alternatives to current solutions. In effect, more uses …
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This week news was focused on partnerships and gains being made by dapps on the Algorand ecosystem. {#1} We still continue to see the potential of Algorand as the destination for apps. YouNow announces its project, called Props, will migrate to @algorand {#3} As if that is the end, @Rhovit announced that it will move …
The core of the Algorand network is a set of distributed nodes (database) that process, store and relay backed up information back to users. The network is configured to have two types of nodes, which perform different functions on the Algorand chain. These nodes are the Relay and Non-relay (participation) nodes. To achieve full decentralisation, …
The purpose of the Q&A was to discuss CBDC and how their adoption could shape the financial infrastructure globally. The Algorand blockchain is a leading pure proof-of-stake protocol that supports various blockchain uses cases such as borderless financial system and decentralised identities among others. Recently, the Marshall Islands announced plans to launch its CBDC on …
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