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Intesa Sanpaolo Trials Data Recordkeeping on the Bitcoin Blockchain Italian banking conglomerate Banca Intesa Sanpaolo has tested a blockchain-based tool as part of a bid to validate trading data. The bank, along with Deloitte and startup Eternity Wall, began testing the new proof-of-concept late last year. At the heart of the project is the open-source  OpenTimeStamps  protocol, developed by Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd, which Eternity Wall later  moved to implement . It uses the bitcoin blockchain as means to notarize transactions, creating a publicly available record trail for later referral. Carlo Brezigia, information security officer for the bank, explained: "Relevant data has been hashed to produce a short unique identifier – a digest – equivalent to its digital fingerprint. This fingerprint has been associated to a blockchain transaction and hence registered on the blockchain: the blockchain immutability provid...
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Bitcoin Donations In Japan

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Lawmakers Want to See Bitcoin Become an Official Currency in Australia

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Lawmakers Want to See Bitcoin Become an Official Currency in Australia Lawmakers in Australia are reportedly pushing for the recognition of bitcoin as an official currency. According the  Sydney Morning Herald , representatives from the country's centre and left-leaning political parties are behind the ambitious initiative, one that comes amid a broader call for the government to better accommodate  blockchain technology  and its evangelists. Leading the effort are Liberal Senator Jane Hume and Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, who are arguing that Australia should be more proactive about both cryptocurrencies and blockchain. As part of those efforts, Hume and Dastyari have formed a group, dubbed Parliamentary Friends of Blockchain, to advance the issue. Also among the proposals is a call for Australia's central bank to consider the launch of its own cryptocurrency. "This will be a revolutionary leap for ...
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