Shenzhen, Evolution Of “Shanzhai” – Copycat Manufacturing: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Video Documentary)

Shenzhen, Evolution Of “Shanzhai” – Copycat Manufacturing: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Video Documentary)

Future Cities, a full-length documentary strand from WIRED Video, takes us inside the bustling Chinese city of Shenzhen.  We examine the unique manufacturing ecosystem that has emerged, gaining access to the world’s leading hardware-prototyping culture whilst challenging misconceptions from the west. The film looks at how the evolution of “Shanzhai” – or copycat manufacturing –…

Shenzhen, China Backs ¥500M ($79 M) Fund To Support City’s Blockchain Startups – After Hangzhou’s ¥10B ($1.6 B)

Shenzhen, China Backs ¥500M ($79 M) Fund To Support City’s Blockchain Startups – After Hangzhou’s ¥10B ($1.6 B)

The launch of a 500 mln yuan (about $79 ml) Blockchain venture capital fund for Chinese city Shenzhen was announced at a Blockchain Expo held in the city, local news outlet Sohu reported yesterday, April 22. Yesterday’s announcement at the China Electronic Commerce Association-hosted Expo stated that the Shenzhen Angel Investment Guidance Fund, an almost…

Lightning + NFC? The New Plan to Bring Bitcoin to Retail

Lightning + NFC? The New Plan to Bring Bitcoin to Retail

Imagine a way to expand bitcoin payments to millions per second. Now, imagine a clunky, command-line interface. That’s the extent of the divide between the vision enabled by bitcoin’s best-yet scaling solution, the lightning network, and the current state of its design. But while that’s daunting, developers are moving ahead on designs to make the…

Why Leading Crypto Devs Don’t Work In Silicon Valley

Why Leading Crypto Devs Don’t Work In Silicon Valley

A fundamental division – and an opportunity for others to fill the void ‘big corporate’ leaves, and do not have the creds for:   “If you or your engineer friend is bored at BigTechCo, get in touch.”   The tweet, sent out by Coinbase vice president and general manager Dan Romero, represented a rare request…

PayPal turning into ‘virtual bank’ as it offers debit card & check deposits – without a U.S. banking license …

PayPal turning into ‘virtual bank’ as it offers debit card & check deposits – without a U.S. banking license …

PayPal is quietly rolling out basic banking services to some of its U.S. customers, which include a debit card and the ability to deposit checks – alongside the loans which were already available. For customers who accept, their PayPal balances also become protected by Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) insurance. Surprisingly, PayPal has found a way…

Electronics Giant Foxconn to Build Sirin Labs’ Blockchain Phone

Electronics Giant Foxconn to Build Sirin Labs’ Blockchain Phone

The Blockchain oriented electronics developer and OS supplier Sirin Labs has found a manufacturer for its Blockchain-enabled smartphone, Bloomberg reports April 4. A subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, FIH Mobile, has agreed to help develop the Blockchain phone, called the Finney. Foxconn is a multinational electronics contract manufacturing company based in Taiwan. It is one…

22 Countries Sign Declaration For European Blockchain Partnership

22 Countries Sign Declaration For European Blockchain Partnership

The European Commission’s (EC) Digital Day 2018 has led to the signing of a Declaration to create a European Blockchain Partnership made of up 22 countries, according to an April 10 European Commission press release. During yesterday’s speech, the EC Vice President called on Europe to become a leader in digital technologies by working on…

Blockchain Based Solution to Firearms Registration

Blockchain Based Solution to Firearms Registration

Though this piece promotes (by iHLS) one specific company (Blocksource) and their product (i.e. shameless promotion of an accelerator and one of its participants), and is not actually Blockchain Technology, the idea behind it could very well be a good use of Blockchain technology.   This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew)   The…

Blockchain: “The demand for talent far, far exceeds supply” … The Authoritative Guide To Blockchain Development

Blockchain: “The demand for talent far, far exceeds supply” … The Authoritative Guide To Blockchain Development

“There just aren’t enough developers in this space, and they can’t get trained fast enough. Everyone is competing to hire blockchain talent, and projects are feeling the talent crunch. Many of the best companies can’t pay their people enough to stay because they have too many opportunities. If you get some skills under your belt,…