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Proof of partnering for big proof of stake #token
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This is a Paid Story.Recent insight into Kik Messenger and the Kin Foundation have brought some upcoming developments to light. The Kin ERC20 token was known to be looking for a new home on-chain due to the latency of transactions and associated costs.In December 2017, CEO Ted Livingston issued a statement summarizing the start-up’s position of moving to a proof of stake chain. Months later, the switch to Stellar as the forerunner in transaction speed seemed like a logical choice at the time. The company later reversed the decision by launching a “hybrid” protocol, operating on Stellar for speed and Ethereum for liquidity. It would seem neither protocol served the needs of the the messaging platform completely, leading to a see-saw of decision making.The Kin foundation has stymied release (...)

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#blockchain and VR are Coming After the Real Estate Industry
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This Paid Story is brought to you by Deedcoin.Disruptive tech is changing industries ranging from taxicabs to healthcare. Can it improve the homebuying experience too?The U.S. real estate landscape has long been dominated by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), an influential industry group that’s gotten in hot water before for their attempts to squelch disruptive technology (see their 2008 consent decree from the U.S. Department of Justice, which forbid them from discriminating against online brokerages). But better tech and a better experience for home buyers are coming to the real estate world, whether NAR is prepared for it or not.Blockchain and Virtual Reality (VR) are two of the most talked-about technologies in Silicon Valley — and with good reason. Blockchain’s immutable (...)

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How Baanx Can Fix Digital #banking With #blockchain Technology
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This Paid Story is brought to you by Baanx.The banking industry is becoming increasingly centralized, a trend that the 2008 financial crisis accelerated. One in four independent U.S. banks disappeared between 2008 and 2015. Even larger banks are cutting down on their brick-and-mortar presence: 1,700 U.S. bank branches shut down between June 2016 and June 2017.As banks consolidate and locations close, many communities wind up becoming “banking deserts.” Residents of banking deserts have few options for essential financial services such as fair access to credit or safe storage of their savings, which forces them to fall back on predatory service providers (such as payday lenders) while communities who enjoy banking access can use bank services to build their wealth further. Banking access (...)

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Why Shopping Ads Beat Traditional Text Advertisements
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This Paid Story is brought to you by 180FusionShopping advertisements have outpaced their textual counterparts. What is it about them that makes them more successful? According to a report #marketing agency Merkle released for the first quarter of 2018:“Looking at overall performance, cost-per-click (CPC) growth remained relatively steady from Q4 2017, increasing 13 percent year over year. That CPC growth is much higher than what Merkle clients, who skew large retailer, experienced in the earlier quarters of 2017. The rising CPCs have coincided with improved ad quality and higher conversion rates. Click volume growth has slowed significantly over the past two quarters, up 7 percent year over year in Q1 2018.”Despite a decrease in number of clicks, cost-per-click has been increasing. The (...)

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Ever Wondered Which Industry #blockchain Will Transform Next? The Answer May Be Modeling
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This Paid Story is brought to you by CrystalsWhen faced with a powerful new technology, industry is forced to adapt. Radio forever changed marketing and the internet forever changed retail. Now, blockchain is forcing companies to reexamine why and how they do things. Everybody from big banks to social media companies are re-examining their tech and business models in an attempt to see how the revolutionary technology of blockchain can better help them get done whatever it is they need to get done.In CRYSTALS’ case, the answer is challenging the traditional top agencies for primacy in the modeling industry. And their answer may not be the first thing you would think of when you think of blockchain innovation: a social network.But not just any social network — a social network where models (...)

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Akash, A Blockchain-Based Cloud Platform, Is Disrupting Data Centers All Over The World
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This Paid Story is brought to you by AkashFor as massive as the Internet has become, it might surprise you to know that 85% of the world’s computing capacity remains unused — in data centers, large-scale tech companies, and more.This is because supply and demand when it comes to data in the cloud is constantly changing. Data centers need to have hardware on-hand to ensure that requests for deployments and workloads can be immediately satisfied, which means there is a fluctuating in what is currently being processed and what the company is anticipating to process in the near future. As a result, a lot of hardware sits around, idle.When you start to add up the idle computing power of one, two, twenty, all of the data centers and large-scale technology companies, you find both a massive pain (...)

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A #blockchain Company That Will Usher in A New Era of Blockchain Investment
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This Paid Story is brought to you by AlchemyThe past few months have been a head-spinning roller coaster for any blockchain or crypto enthusiast. From smart investment, to media-dominating buzzword, and finally to cautionary tale, the (first) crypto investment boom has come and gone since the beginning of 2017. The technology, while still revolutionary, was hampered as an investment opportunity by rushed projects, opportunists, and even a few scam artists.However, blockchain is truly a revolutionary technology that can alter the world of finance, AI, and human services for the better. The recent media infatuation was premature, and possible exposed the technology to investment hype that disappointed the get-rich quick crowd and jaded a few of those most committed to seeing the (...)

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How Blockchain Is Solving the #energy Crisis in Developing Nations
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This paid story is brought to you by ImpactPPABasic electricity access is taken for granted in the tech and cryptocurrency worlds, but many people across the globe lack this basic commodity. 1.1 billion people globally lack energy access; many more communities have inconsistent or prohibitively expensive electricity.Electricity poverty has serious ramifications for quality of life in communities experiencing it. Without electricity, many modern medical procedures are impossible to do safely. Well water can’t be drawn with electric-powered pumps, lighting and climate control can’t provide basic comforts to students studying for exams or government workers carrying out important administrative tasks. Many communication tools, such as internet access or even computers themselves, are (...)

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