Media Mentions
What is Pure Proof of Stake?
Techworm: The Proof of Stake concept was originally pioneered by Sunny King and Scott Nadal in the white paper for Peercoin. While the credit for the overall idea absolutely belongs to them, Peercoin was a hybrid consensus, using a combination of Proof of Work and Proof of Stake. The first implementation of a pure Proof of Stake consensus was with Nxt, which launched its mainnet in 2013, closely followed by Blackcoin, which launched in early 2014.
July 27, 2020
Nxt Blockchain Developer Jelurida and Apollo to Meet in Court as the Battle for Copyrights Continues
ZyCrypto: Crypto is headed to the courts next month when lawyers for Nxt developer Jelurida will present their case against the Apollo blockchain. A lengthy writ of summons outlining the case against Apollo claims alleged repeated violations of the open-source licensing agreement, primarily involving alleged failure to credit Jelurida as the code’s creator. In a final attempt to obtain the attribution it believes it is owed, Jelurida has on July 10 taken the matter to the Dutch courts to arbitrate.
July 17, 2020
BBB Wise Giving Alliance launches blockchain donation platform
Ledger Insights: Charity monitoring organization BBB Wise Giving Alliance (WGA) recently launched the blockchain-based GiveSafely.io donation platform. The solution aims to provide a safe way to donate and ensure the money reaches the charity while preserving data privacy. Participating charities include Save the Children and Cure Alzheimer’s Fund. GiveSafely.io is built on the Ardor blockchain, the platform from Jelurida. One of the benefits of using blockchain is that GiveSafely does not have access to any donor data, and it ensures donations go directly to the charity.
July 16, 2020
Jelurida Files Lawsuit Against Apollo Blockchain For License Violations Over Nxt Code
Yahoo finance: Apollo, a blockchain whose code was cloned from Nxt, has been summoned to court to face allegations of continuous license violations. In documents served July 10, lawyers representing Jelurida, the software company that developed Nxt, have detailed how Apollo copied and used Nxt code without fully complying with the Jelurida Public License (JPL). A writ of summons has been filed in the Netherlands and the case will be heard on August 25 in Amsterdam. The court case has implications for the widespread illicit practice of cloning blockchain code, and open source software in general, without authorization and acknowledgement.
July 16, 2020
Blockchain Platform GiveSafely Aims to Protect Donations and Donor Data
Ihodl: Only one in five people highly trust charities according to the 2019 Donor Trust Report, and with 80.5% of BBB-accredited charities anticipating a fall in revenue in 2020, GiveSafely’s launch is timely. The platform uses a child-chain based on the Ardor multi-blockchain platform, and enables fast donations, in either crypto or fiat, directly to organizations such as Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, Save the Children, World Emergency Relief, RedRover and the Wild Animal Sanctuary. The only information saved on GiveSafely’s servers is usernames and the donor’s profile image – should they elect to use one.
July 16, 2020
Charity Giant Behind Give.org Launches a Blockchain Donation Platform
Cointelegraph: The platform uses blockchain to facilitate donations to Better Business Bureau-accredited charities while ensuring donor data is only shared when permitted. Better Business Bureau, or BBB — the charity giant behind Give.org — launched a privacy-focused donation platform built on the Ardor (ARDR) blockchain. According to a July 4 announcement, BBB’s charity monitoring organization Wise Giving Alliance launched blockchain-powered donation platform, GiveSafely.io. The platform uses distributed ledger technology to facilitate donations to BBB-accredited charities while ensuring donor data is only shared when permitted.
July 16, 2020