# Kyrgyzstan’s acting president claims blockchain can ensure fair elections

# Kyrgyzstan’s acting president claims blockchain can ensure fair elections

“# Kyrgyzstan’s acting president claims blockchain can ensure fair elections ” Kyrgyzstan’s acting President and Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov has proposed introducing a blockchain-based system to ensure fair elections in the near future and restore public faith in the democratic process. On Oct. 20, Japarov reportedly told Al-Jazeera television channel reporters that:  “We have had…

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# Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform

# Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform

“# Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform ” LINE, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of the South Korean internet search engine company Naver, is building a platform for developing central bank digital currencies, South Korean news agency The Chosun Ilbo reported on Oct. 19. Sources familiar with the matter reportedly told The Chosun that LINE aims…

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#The left’s favorite way to rebut foes: Silence them

#The left’s favorite way to rebut foes: Silence them

“#The left’s favorite way to rebut foes: Silence them” The left is showing its favorite way of rebutting foes: by trying to silence them. And it’s not just The Post stories about Hunter Biden’s revealing e-mails. Twitter locked The Post’s account on Oct. 14, soon after the stories began appearing, and, as of Monday, had…

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# An encryption study revealed a surprising fact about blockchain adoption in Mexico

# An encryption study revealed a surprising fact about blockchain adoption in Mexico

“# An encryption study revealed a surprising fact about blockchain adoption in Mexico ” A report called “Encryption Trends in Mexico 2020/2021” surveyed a total of 353 representatives from companies throughout Mexico. The study, published by privacy research center the Ponemon Institute, indicated that 40% of the Mexican companies surveyed were looking to adopt blockchain…

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#Senate GOP must act to stop Big Tech abuses

#Senate GOP must act to stop Big Tech abuses

“#Senate GOP must act to stop Big Tech abuses” Now they’ve done it. The Big Tech monopolists have finally gone too far. They’ve brazenly censored this newspaper’s reporting days before a presidential election, and now, after years of quiescence, the Republican establishment is up in arms. Furious. Their sternly worded letters are piling up. Their…

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# This blockchain only needs 22Kb of data to be verified

# This blockchain only needs 22Kb of data to be verified

“# This blockchain only needs 22Kb of data to be verified ” Mina aspires to be the world’s tiniest blockchain, with claims that its protocol maintains a constant size of around 22 KBs. This is ostensibly achieved by using recursive zk-SNARKs — the same technology that is used by the privacy-centric cryptocurrency, Zcash (ZEC). However, whereas the latter…

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