HipChat, the workplace chat app that held the throne before Slack was Slack, is being discontinued. Also being discontinued is Atlassian’s own would-be HipChat replacement, Stride. News of the discontinuation comes first not from Atlassian, but instead from a somewhat surprising source: Slack…

Source: Slack is buying, and shutting down, HipChat and Stride

Basic overview of various components that make up Bitcoin.

Lots of references.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_network

 At the kind invitation of Rob May and the Botchain team, I had the opportunity recently to keynote Brains and Chains, an interesting conference in New York exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain. This is both an exciting and challenging topic, and the goal of my talk w

Source: AI & Blockchain: An Introduction

Key Blockchain Terms Smart contract: A programming technology that validates a transaction automatically. It can authorize or decline a transaction, based on whether it meets pre-existing condition…

Source: The Ins and Outs of Blockchain — What Alberta Organizations Need to Know

Civic, a blockchain company specializing in identity management, recently announced its acquisition of “Identity.com.” Civic’s founder and CEO Vinny Lingham commented he “never thought we’d get it”, with “it” being ownership rights to the Identity.com domain.

Source: CryptoGlobe

No matter your level of experience, early-stage investments are considered high-risk gambles. Why not treat them as such?

Source: Why Venture Capitalists Should Invest Like Poker Players

RNDR, a new distributed cloud resource will pay you in Ethereum.

Source: Make Money While You Sleep: OTOY Wants To Rent Your Idle Computer