• Lucas Geiger said OpenLibra is going to hijack Libra, but in a "non-adversarial" way (Lane Rettig, via Twitter).
    Lucas Geiger said OpenLibra is going to hijack Libra, but in a "non-adversarial" way (Lane Rettig, via Twitter).
    Libra

    OpenLibra plans fork to create Facebook-free version of Libra stablecoin

    A group of blockchain developers threatened to split the Libra cryptocurrency’s blockchain and create a competitor free from corporate control

    October 9, 2019 /

    Facebook’s Libra stablecoin may be years from becoming a reality, but that didn’t stop a group of blockchain companies calling itself OpenLibra from announcing plans to fork the stablecoin. News of the preemptive split came at the Ethereum developer conference Devcon 5 in Osaka, Japan on October 9. Lucas Geiger, co-founder of blockchain infrastructure firm Wireline, described the OpenLibra project, as aimed squarely at the corporate control of Libra. Essentially, OpenLibra would be pegged to the Libra coin, a cryptocurrency which will be backed by a basket of fiat currencies to keep its price level. Using the tagline “lock the door open,” the newly launched OpenLibra website called itself an…

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    UCLA's Royce Hall (Image by Katz Gohsend from Pixabay).
    Innovators

    Accelerator MouseBelt funds college blockchain education

    The $1 million program at UCLA and two other California University’s is intended to bolster educational opportunities and find companies to back

    September 6, 2019 /

    MouseBelt, a blockchain and cryptocurrency accelerator, has announced a partnership with UCLA and two other University of California campuses to directly fund courses and research projects in the field.

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