Blockchain has earned its place in sports as core infrastructure

Admin7 months ago01 mins

Blockchain has transitioned from arena sponsorships to mission-critical stadium infrastructure. Sport has enabled blockchain’s mainstream moment. Opinion by: Dima Saksonov, founder and CEO of Atleta Network The sports industry has become the distribution channel for blockchain’s mainstream moment. Leagues, teams and venues are running verifiable ticketing, identity and rights-management systems as mission-critical infrastructure that operates…

Bhutan migrates its national ID system to Ethereum

Admin8 months ago02 mins

The Kingdom of Bhutan has tapped Ethereum to store the national identities of its roughly 800,000 citizens, leveraging the network’s immutability and decentralization. The South Asian nation of Bhutan is migrating its self-sovereign ID system to Ethereum from Polygon, allowing its nearly 800,000 residents to verify their identities and access government services. The integration with…

AI-powered wearables will force our privacy norms to change

Admin8 months ago02 mins

AI wearables will harvest our most intimate data while we pretend privacy still exists. Cryptography could enable us to keep our privacy. Opinion by: Evin McMullen, co-founder and CEO of Billions Network and co-founder of Privado ID Population monitoring has evolved over the years. First, it was from other people; later, it was data harvesting….

Blockchain networks will stop crypto deepfake scams

Admin9 months ago01 mins

Centralized deepfake detectors are failing against crypto scams. Blockchain-based detection networks offer the only scalable defense against AI fraud. Opinion by: Ken Miyachi, founder of BitMind Centralized deepfake detectors are structurally misaligned, brittle and falling behind. The crypto industry needs a crypto-native defense — decentralized detection networks that reward many independent model providers for catching…

World Chain launches tool to prioritize real humans over bots

Admin11 months ago02 mins

Created jointly with Flashblocks, World’s Priority Blockspace for Humans aims to ensure the best transaction speed for real humans. World Chain, a layer-2 (L2) blockchain linked to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has launched a new tool to prioritize real humans over bots to ensure transaction speed. Priority Blockspace for Humans (PBH), a new open source…

New Billions app offers secure ID checks without invasive biometrics

Admin11 months ago02 mins

Billions Network has launched its mobile identity app for Android and iOS, offering AI-resistant, privacy-preserving verification using NFC-based document checks and zero-knowledge proofs. Blockchain-based identity layer Billions Network has announced the launch of its identity mobile application for both Android and iOS devices. According to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Billions Network’s identity system…

AI-generated content needs blockchain before trust in digital media collapses

Admin1 year ago02 mins

As AI-generated content proliferates, blockchain technology can provide a vital framework for restoring trust in an era of synthetic media and deepfakes. Opinion by: Roman Cyganov, founder and CEO of Antix In the fall of 2023, Hollywood writers took a stand against AI’s encroachment on their craft. The fear: AI would churn out scripts and…

Lawyer sues US homeland dept to probe supposed Satoshi Nakamoto meeting

Admin1 year ago02 mins

Crypto lawyer James Murphy has sued the US Department of Homeland Security to force the agency into disclosing whom it believes is Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Update: April 8 at 1:01am UTC: This article has been updated to include James Murphy’s responses to two questions from Cointelegraph. A crypto lawyer has sued the US Department…

Security concerns slow crypto payment adoption worldwide — Survey

Admin1 year ago01 mins

Bitget Wallet’s latest report found that 37% see security concerns as the biggest obstacle to crypto payment adoption. Security concerns remain the biggest obstacle to the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency payments, as hacks and phishing scams continue to damage the industry’s legitimacy. More than 37% of investors identified security risks as the main barrier to…

#How Automated Identity Verification Improves Customer Onboarding

Admin1 year ago012 mins

The investor landscape has transformed into a fast-moving digital economy where businesses, specifically in fintech, must focus on customer onboarding success. When a customer initially interacts with a company through their first experience, this creates a foundation for their entire business relationship. Traditional record-based onboarding and manual ID comparisons result in tedious document processing that…