Month: October 2021

As more and more decentralized applications (DApps), such as GameFi, DeFi, NFTs, and more, are being developed, heated discussions about the environmental impact of blockchain and cryptocurrency have reignited once more. Especially after China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency mining activities, public debates about blockchain and crypto-related energy consumption rates have reached a climax. Proof of Work’s environmental impact Since the birth of Bitcoin, the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism has always been fundamental to the security of blockchain networks. This consensus is reached through computing power, commonly referred to as hash rate. Over time as blockchain technology is being adopted by the world, the energy consumption rate of the entire blockchain network has s...

2021 has been dubbed the first year of the Metavers, which some have called the “Internet in 3D”, following the initial public offering of Roblox earlier this year.Recently, the concept of the meta-universe once again attracted the attention of the capital market, related concept stocks rose sharply, “metaiverse” has quietly become an investment tuyere, international capital giants have jumped into the track, are eager to become the leader. Facebook has shown a strong commitment to focus on building the Metaverse. However, Metaverse on a massive scale will not be built overnight by one company, and Facebook will work with policy makers, experts and partners across the spectrum to make this vision a reality.To implement the Metaverse vision, Facebook has created a new product team, led b...

PlatON, a next-generation Internet infrastructure protocol based on the fundamental properties of blockchain, recently combined blockchain, artificial intelligence and privacy computing technology to establish a decentralized collaborative privacy artificial intelligence network, which would take utilization of data to a new level. This network will serve as the infrastructure of autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents, who can facilitate advanced artificial intelligence and explore the road to Artificial General Intelligence. Based on blockchain network, PlatON developers designed a decentralized privacy computing network to connect data, algorithms and hashrate through privacy computing protocols. Autonomous AI agents can obtain the required resources at low cost, train artific...

The Iris hard fork will increase cross-chain compatibility to the ThunderCore blockchain, marking a new dawn for ecosystem expansion. What will it mean for developers? Introducing ThunderCore Iris, the next iteration of the ThunderCore blockchain! The Iris hard fork will go live on Mainnet at block height 82312803. The goal of this major network upgrade is to bring the latest EVM Istanbul features to ThunderCore and further lower the barrier of porting Solidity projects into the ThunderCore ecosystem. Iris complements the performance and security upgrade introduced in the Soter hard fork in December 2020. With the introduction of the Iris hard fork, ThunderCore will become one of the fastest, most secure, EVM-compatible, cross-chain ready,  and developer-friendly public blockchai...

On the evening of 26th September, the opening ceremony of the 2021 International Mountain Tourism and Outdoor Sports Conference and the 16th Guizhou Tourism Industry Development Conference themed on “Enhance Industry Integration and Upgradation of Tourism Sector” was grandly held in Tongren, Guizhou, China. The International Mountain Tourism and Outdoor Sports Conference has been successfully held for five years in Guizhou, which is the only national and international summit in China themed on mountain tourism. The Guizhou Tourism Industry Development Conference aims to promote the development of tourism in Guizhou. This is the first time that the two conferences have been held together, and they are also known as the two conferences of tourism. At the opening ceremony, Dominique De ...