Trending Blockchain Social Media News #15 : November 8th, 2018
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Ripple Hires Former Google Exec as VP of Products
"...Blockchain payments startup Ripple Labs has hired former Google executive Amir Sarhangi as its vice president of products... According to his LinkedIn profile, Sarhangi joined Ripple this month after departing his role leading Google's director of messaging product management and partnerships – a post held since September 2015... With previous experience at notable firms including Vodafone and Deloitte, Sarhangi joined Google when it acquired a startup he'd founded in 2015 called Jibe Mobile. Jibe Mobile was a provider of rich communications services (RCS), an alternative to traditional SMS messaging that provides enhanced features..."
Read more : https://www.coindesk.com/ripple-hires-former-google-exec-as-vp-of-products/
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The New Effort to Get Bitcoin's Lightning Network In Every Browser
"...Touted as a way to make the world's most valuable cryptocurrency a more effective payment method, bitcoin's lightning network has a rather large obstacle ahead – it's still challenging, even risky, to set up and use... It could become easier, though, should developers at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the prestigious international group that creates standards for the web, have anything to do with it... The work, which has been ongoing for several years (since standards take a long time to release), looks to make online payments easier, while giving users more choice by making a variety of payment methods available in web browsers using an API – and that includes the lightning network... We're talking browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge – big names everyone knows...."
Read more : https://www.coindesk.com/the-new-effort-to-get-bitcoins-lightning-network-in-every-browser/
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Social Scalability Is Ethereum’s Real Promise
"...Today at Devcon4, Ethereum core developer Lane Rettig gave a talk titled "Towards a Socially Scalable Etherean Future." In it, Rettig announced the launch of an online forum for the social scalability of Ethereum, Etherean.org.
The site's first, pinned discussion thread begins with a statement of the forum's purpose, which is "for high-level discussion, pondering, and scheming," particularly on the topic of how Ethereans can contribute to the positive evolution of social, political and economic systems..."
Read more : https://www.ethnews.com/social-scalability-is-ethereums-real-promise
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Coinbase Is Officially Adding Support for [Brave Browser's] Basic Attention Token (BAT)
"...On November 2, 2018, Coinbase announced that it would be integrating support for Basic Attention Token (BAT), an ERC-20 token that is designed to work out-of-the-box with the privacy-centric Brave Browser, on CoinbasePro..."
Read more : https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/coinbase-officially-adding-support-basic-attention-token-bat/
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Ethereum browser Metamask releases its new version with ‘Privacy Mode’
"...Metamask recently made an announcement regarding the launch of the updated version of the Ethereum browser, Metamask 5.0. The main feature of this version includes a privacy mode, through which the dApps will be prompted to seek permission to view a user’s account address..."
Read more : https://ambcrypto.com/ethereum-browser-metamask-releases-new-version-with-privacy-mode/
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