Interoperability

Paolo Ardoino. Credit: Ingrid Weel, courtesy of Bitfinex

Bitfinex and Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino says he hopes pToken – a project he has assisted – will make it easier for retail USDT holders to swap their tokens from one chain to ano...

By Paddy Baker

Apr 25, 2020 at 5:20 p.m. UTC

Apr 25, 2020

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Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

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Fatf

Shyft Network to Build FATF-Compliant 'Identity Layer' for Polkadot

Shyft Network is adding yet another blockchain to its decentralized digital identification network.

By William Foxley

Apr 6, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Apr 6, 2020

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Stellar

IoT App Nodle Moves From Stellar Blockchain to Polkadot

IoT platform Nodle announced it is switching from the Stellar blockchain to a custom build on Parity Technologies’ Substrate network.

By William Foxley

Mar 31, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 31, 2020

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Ibm

Old Rivals Oracle and IBM Want Their Blockchains to Talk to Each Other

IBM and Oracle are working on an interoperability project that could unite the business consortia on the companies' respective blockchain platforms.

By Ian Allison

Mar 9, 2020 at 6:20 p.m. UTC

Mar 9, 2020

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Interoperability

Web3 Foundation Funds Technical Bridge Connecting Polkadot to Bitcoin

Web3 has awarded grants to more than 100 projects building on Polkadot.

By Paddy Baker

Mar 5, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 5, 2020

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Ethereum

RSK Launches Interoperability Bridge Between Bitcoin and Ethereum

RSK's tokens can now operate within the ethereum ecosystem using the new token bridge.

By Paddy Baker

Feb 7, 2020 at 10:06 a.m. UTC

Feb 7, 2020

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Jae Kwon speaks at Construct 2017. (Photo via CoinDesk archives)

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Interoperability

What Is Going On With Jae Kwon and Cosmos?

Internal tensions at Tendermint, the company building the Cosmos blockchain, have begun to spill out into public view.

By Brady Dale

Feb 4, 2020 at 10:35 p.m. UTC

Feb 4, 2020

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'HERESY': Andreas Antonopoulos articulated why "winner takes all" is out and inter-blockchain communication is in, at the Blockstack Summit in San Francisco. (Credit: Gary Sexton/Blockstack Summit 2019)

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Ethereum

'One Network, Many Chains' – The Case for Blockchain Interoperability

Inter-blockchain communication (IBC) is poised to be a major theme of 2020. And, like most trends in crypto, it has its fair share of hope, hype and haters.

By Brady Dale

Jan 30, 2020 at 5:15 p.m. UTC

Jan 30, 2020