NFT

Crypto, blockchain set to take sports industry beyond NFT collectibles

Bitcoin (BTC) has been accredited as the leading blockchain use case, portraying the prowess of the technology in successfully delivering a true and immutable decentralized ledger over the past 13years. Adding to the years of innovations since then – that saw the introduction of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), altcoins, decentralized finance (DeFi), and more, a research…

Stanford University researchers are working on creating Espresso, a privacy-based blockchain

Cryptography researchers from Stanford University are creating a new privacy-based layer-1 blockchain. As per a new press release, the Espresso System project aims to create a blockchain combining ‘proof-of-stake consensus and a [Zero-Knowledge]-Rollup process to achieve low fees and high throughput’. Espresso Systems has already generated $32 million in funding led by Greylock Partners and…

Blockchain

‘Blockchain Wedding or Metaverse Wedding Reception’: Have you heard about them?

Weddings are indeed special occasions. A Tamil couple made it even more special by holding a ‘blockchain wedding’. Belonging from Pune, Shruti Nair and Anil Narasipuram have just conducted their wedding via blockchain. The duo decided to conduct their wedding reception digitally in the metaverse. In a Twitter thread, the couple said they had a…