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WEF Trials Blockchain in Bid to Boost Air Travel Security
The World Economic Forum is working with the Canadian and Dutch governments to pilot a digital identity project that focuses in part on blockchain.
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Microsoft, Hyperledger, UN Join Blockchain Identity Initiative
Tech giant Microsoft and blockchain alliance Hyperledger and others have joined blockchain-based digital identity initiative, the ID2020 Alliance.
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Blockchain in the Boardroom: Toward Enterprise Deployment
Enterprises may have gone quiet toward the end of 2017, but that doesn't mean they won't be players in the year ahead, Accenture's Valiente argues.
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Editable Blockchains? Mining Futures? 2017 Saw Crypto Patents Pile Up
A run-down of some of the more notable crypto and blockchain patents seen in 2017.
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Accenture Announces New Head of Blockchain Innovation
Accenture has hired Iliana Oris Valiente as managing director and global blockchain innovation lead for its emerging technology group.
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Accenture Develops DLT Prototypes for Singapore's Central Bank
Professional services firm Accenture is working on several prototypes being developed as part of Singapore's "Project Ubin" blockchain initiative.
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Accenture Awarded Patent for 'Editable Blockchain' Tech
Professional services firm Accenture has been awarded a patent tied to its work on an "editable blockchain."
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Identity without the Blockchain? Skepticism Grows for Once-Hot Use Case
Launched at the UN, the ID2020 Alliance is seeking to revolutionize identity, but will blockchain be the technology of choice?
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Power to the User: Accenture & Microsoft Are Changing Identity with Ethereum
Centralized ways to prove identity may now have an expiration date, thanks to a new blockchain prototype jointly built by Microsoft and Accenture.
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UN Leaders Urge Blockchain Startups to Collaborate on Identity
Representatives of the UN are calling for blockchain firms and others to collaborate on better identity solutions.
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