Tagged: open source

December 28, 2023 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After the launch of World ID 2.0 and the open sourcing of the Worldcoin iris recognition pipeline in mid December, World ID verifications are now “available in Singapore via the Orb, the project’s custom hardware device.” A full list of verification locations is available on… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The dYdX Foundation is pleased to announce the open-sourcing of software for a Bridge User Interface that, if deployed, could “facilitate the conversion by users of ethDYDX to DYDX, the layer 1 (L1) token of the dYdX Chain.” Three significant developments have happened in the… Read More

October 29, 2023 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neo, the open-source, community-driven blockchain platform, revealed that development is underway on a new EVM-compatible sidechain that will enable developers “to deploy smart contracts, and open the Neo ecosystem up to a wide range of trading-specific use cases such as DeFi.” As a separate blockchain… Read More

October 28, 2023 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), the foundation of open innovation in financial services and part of The Linux Foundation, announced that FINOS Common Cloud Controls (FINOS CCC), “a set of open standards that describes consistent controls for compliant cloud deployments in the financial services… Read More

September 30, 2023 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Research has been launched with a charter “to accelerate and amplify technical innovation within crypto, blockchain, and Web3 through open-source research.” Circle Research’s inaugural open-source contribution, Perimeter Protocol, “offers a new standard for building on-chain credit markets.” Open Source R&D At Circle, they claim… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, one of the industry’s leading digital asset custodians, is pleased to announce an enhancement to its existing integration with Stellar, a decentralized, open-source blockchain network designed to connect the financial systems and democratize economic participation. This enhancement allows institutional clients to trade an even… Read More

August 26, 2023 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Poof Payments is pleased to announce the launch of an open-source implementation of Multiparty Computation (MPC) wallets, ingeniously integrated with Shamir Secret Sharing (SSS) for the XRP Ledger. This milestone development, “backed by the XRP Ledger Grants program, seeks to accelerate the momentum of secure… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Delphinus Lab, an infrastructure provider that has implemented the first known open-source zkWASM virtual machine that supports trustless computation and application SDKs. zkWASM technology enables developers “to craft zero-knowledge (ZK) applications using… Read More

August 14, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldcoin is described as “an open-source digital identification platform that aims to provide a solution for everyone to verify their human identity and differentiate themselves from AI in the digital space.” As noted in a blog post by Matrixport, the Worldcoin ecosystem reportedly “comprises three… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 30th, 2015, the Genesis block of Ethereum was created. Eight years later, today Ethereum is the dominant blockchain network “with growing developer interest, lower transaction fees, and faster settlement times.” Yet, fewer than 0.5% of the 100 million developers worldwide “are actively building… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEAR Foundation, the non-profit that supports and funds ecosystem development on NEAR Protocol, an open-source and climate-neutral blockchain, has announced it signed up to the Ethereum Climate Platform. The move demonstrates the foundation’s commitment “to sustainability in Web3 – and to working collaboratively with globally… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cronos Labs, a blockchain startup accelerator focusing on the development of the Cronos ecosystem, announced a partnership with Protocol Labs, the open-source research and development laboratory that builds protocols, tools, and services to radically improve the internet. As part of the collaboration, Protocol Labs will… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Energy Web, the world’s “largest” ecosystem of companies using open source, decentralized technologies to accelerate the energy transition, is coming to Polkadot, the next-generation blockchain network powering the movement for a better web. The move will allow Energy Web “to create the framework for a… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), the financial services arm of The Linux Foundation, will announce at the FINOS Open House at J.P. Morgan its efforts “to spearhead the growth of emerging technologies with the launch of the Zenith Special Interest Group (SIG).” The SIG… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Boson Protocol, an open-source, foundational infrastructure for facilitating decentralized commerce on Web3, has made the strategic appointment of Holly Wood as Director of Business Development. Holly will be “driving adoption of the protocol after Boson moved from closed beta to open access earlier this month.”… Read More

May 20, 2023 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hedera Governing Council, which stewards the Hedera open source, leaderless proof-of-stake public network, announced that COFRA Holding has joined the Governing Council. COFRA is “a 182-year-old family enterprise with more than 60,000 employees and business activities in sectors including real estate investment, sustainable food,… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Etherisc, the open-source, “decentralized” insurance protocol and ecosystem, has launched the first-of-its-kind USDC depeg protection cover to the public. As a peer-to-peer parametric product, customers “receive automatic payouts should the price of the USDC stablecoin fall below its $1 USD pegged value by 0.5% for… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Together with its partners, AntChain recently unveiled a series of new Web3 initiatives, including an open-source project featuring its cross-chain technology and AntChain OpenLab, to support Web3 developer community at the 2023 Ant Group Digital Technologies Developer Conference. Web3 is commonly “known as a more… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperlane and Caldera are pleased to announce their collaboration “to bring permissionless interoperability between any Caldera rollup and to any EVM chain.” Permissionless interoperability “enables any Caldera rollup to self-deploy the Hyperlane interoperability stack and easily access all of its features, ranging from interchain apps… Read More

February 24, 2023 @ 7:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Linux Foundation Europe, an independent trusted supporter and vendor-neutral home for open source projects in Europe, announced the official formation of the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF). This new, collaborative effort will “develop open source software to support interoperability for a wide range of wallet use cases,… Read More