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  • Once uploaded to the blockchain, smart contract are unstoppable. (iStock)
    Cryptocurrencies,  Ethereum,  Technology

    PwC Switzerland scoops up ChainSecurity

    Smart contracts are a key part of blockchain. Making sure they perform as intended is vital to the technology’s adoption.

    January 14, 2020 /

    ChainSecurity, a Switzerland-based smart contract auditing firm, has joined the Swiss arm of auditing and consulting giant PwC.

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    Amy Castor
  • The first batch of 23 product lines are live on the Walmart China Blockchain Traceability Platform (via Walmart China).
    The first batch of 23 product lines are live on the Walmart China Blockchain Traceability Platform (via Walmart China).
    Asia & Australia,  Technology

    Walmart China turns to blockchain to reassure consumers wary of food safety

    Working with PwC and blockchain firm VeChain to build trust in a frequently unsafe supply chain

    June 26, 2019 /

    Walmart China announced on June 25 that it has partnered with a local trade association, a beef producer, consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and blockchain firm VeChain to create the Walmart China Blockchain Traceability Platform.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • As cool as this may seem, trading power on the blockchain should hopefully not look like this (via Pixabay).
    As cool as this may seem, trading power on the blockchain should hopefully not look like this (via Pixabay).
    Technology

    Fujitsu’s blockchain project lets consumers trade electricity with each other

    B-to-B sales by power customers can take the strain off the grid and encourage green energy production

    January 31, 2019 /

    A new blockchain-based energy trading platform that encourages corporate energy consumers to trade power among themselves when the grid is strained by high demand led to a 40 percent improvement in efficiency in a simulation, Japanese multinational Fujitsu announced on Jan. 30.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • A pump jack in a canola field (via Shutterstock)
    A pump jack in a canola field (via Shutterstock)
    Technology

    With Vakt investment, five of the biggest energy companies bet on blockchain

    The oil and gas industry is embracing blockchain technology for everything from tracking products to financing sales

    January 16, 2019 /

    With the announcement on Jan. 16 that three major oil and gas firms including Chevron, Total, and Reliance Industries have joined Vakt, the energy-industry enterprise blockchain company now has five of the 10 largest oil firms by market capitalization on board.

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    Leo Jakobson
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