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Crypto goes postal: USPS files patent for blockchain voting

17 Aug 2020 1 minute read 8 comments Spitkitten

Right now, in the United States, the thing on everyone's mind -- after the current pandemic and the demonstrations for Black Lives Matter, of course -- is the upcoming election, as well as the current administration's fiscal support (or not) of the U...

U.S. and Alibaba are leaders in blockchain patents

5 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Kluma

The United States leads in the number of patents granted in the field of blockchain technology, but Alibaba from China has the largest number of companies among them. Such data were cited in a report by the China Patent Protection Association (CPPA)....

Microsoft Files Strange Cryptocurrency Patent

28 Mar 2020 1 minute read 2 comments midnightfalcon72

Hello my dear Crypto friends!  Microsoft have filed an odd Cryptocurrency patent which would use human body activity for mining. Here is an extract from the patent: "Some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may use human body activity ass...

Abandonment of U.S. Patent US20150262173A1

3 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Coastline17

Abandonment of U.S. Patent US20150262173A1 The Abandonment of Crypto Patents by Industry Leaders. An area that will undoubtedly need more bolstering in order for cryptocurrencies to become more widely accepted is in the world of patents and parallel...

U.S. Patent for Blockchain-Based Anti-Piracy System

16 Jan 2020 3 minute read 4 comments M87

On January 9, 2020, the Disk Network applied for a U.S. patent for a system to fight piracy online. The patent is known as the Content Anti-Piracy Management System. While this is an interesting idea, I do have concerns about privacy and the centrali...

Apple Gearing Up for Cryptocurrency Apps with Cryptokit

18 Aug 2019 4 minute read 0 comments MintDice.com

Crypto apps have multiplied so much in recent years that there are now thousands of apps available to solve different problems using blockchain technology. Theoretically, these apps should be better than the legacy systems because blockchain technolo...