On 15 February, Brendan Blumer, Founder & CEO of Block.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain software protocol, will be speaking at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2019 on the power of blockchain to disrupt finance and security policy. He will be sharing a panel with Mike Novogratz, Founder & CEO…

Passwords alone can no longer meet our security needs. According to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 81% of hacking-related breaches were due to poor password management. With an unprecedented number of data breaches in the last 12 months, corporates and individuals are asking themselves whether it is worthwhile…

The recent Grand Finale of Block.one’s marathon EOS Global Hackathon series involved finalists undergoing an Incubation Week in Cape Town, South Africa. In addition to one-on-one mentoring and workshops, the schedule included a lively program of speaker sessions covering everything from business and financial modelling to product development, growth trajectories…

Since its inception, Block.one has focused on giving the world what it needs from blockchain technology: in particular, transaction speeds that can accommodate large volumes of throughput; and scalability, or the means to support large-scale operations that grow and evolve over time. …

Team of experienced entrepreneurs is building an incentivized platform that facilitates DNA data-sharing to fight disease The way they tell it, the story of how the four founders of GeneOS — Benjamin Tse, Jens Elstner, Albert Chen and Jay Bowles — came together is the kind of thing you might…

Cape Town, 7 December, 2018 — Block.one, publisher of the ground-breaking EOSIO blockchain protocol, concluded its EOS Global Hackathon series with a Grand Finale event today in Cape Town, with its EOS VC venture capital business unit awarding US$500,000 to the final winner, GeneOS. GeneOS is a blockchain-enabled data ownership…

What connects a peer-to-peer platform that will allow African SMEs to merge into larger companies, a project to protect consumers from malware using a blacklisting process, another to create transparency and accountability in public tender systems in India, and a solution that gives scientists the tools to map and monitor…

As many of you know I enjoy bouncing around new thoughts and ideas with the community. …

Top prize of US$500,000 to be awarded to winner 19 finalists from across the globe to compete Three African teams among finalist Cape Town, 3 December, 2018 — Block.one, publisher of the ground-breaking EOSIO blockchain protocol, kicked off the Grand Finale of its EOS Global Hackathon series in Cape Town…