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BC100+ is an initiative that brings together multiple stakeholders to join forces for a common goal: a more sustainable future for us all. How? A collaborative approach is vital to achieving sustainability due to the multifaceted and global nature of environmental challenges. Sustainability issues, like climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource scarcity, do not respect political or geographical boundaries and can't be effectively tackled by a single entity or nation. They require coordinated efforts from various stakeholders, including governments, businesses, non-profit organizations

Influential figures such as heads of global funds, government officials, investors, business owners and promising startups come together in Dubai to shape the future of cryptocurrencies at the 11th International Blockchain Life Forum on October 24-25 in Dubai, Festival Arena. Buy your ticket now at the presale price! The event stays as a meeting point for Crypto Whales, attracting over 7,000 visitors from 120 countries. Attendees can look forward to informative sessions led by leaders in the crypto industry, revealing insider information on upcoming bullrun trends and other topics. Over 80

Programme is available here

The EUIPO is getting closer to ensuring product authenticity by creating a new ecosystem in which all parties have a common stake and an immutable bond in the blockchain. Together with IP rights holders, customs authorities and transport and logistic operators we have successfully demonstrated the anti-counterfeiting blockathon infrastructure viability using multiple products journeys. This exercise involved all parties in tracking and validating product authenticity and provenance, from foreign manufacturing sites down to EU-based local distribution centres. It is now time to unveil these

Malta Blockchain Summer school (MBS) 2.0: An Introduction to Blockchain, DLT, Cryptocurrencies, Web3, NFTs and beyond. During the summer of 2022 the Centre for Distributed Ledger Technologies organised its first ever Blockchain Summer School! Encouraged by the success of this first summer school, a second edition will be taking place this summer, between July 17 and July 27! Blockchain emerged at the peak of the 2009 financial crisis, amidst the complete collapse of trust on established financial institutions. It has since revolutionised aspects of the financial sector, and has the potential

The EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum has just published a new Trend Report focused on the Ethereum Merge. The report provides the fundamentals for understanding the Ethereum platform and its consensus mechanism. It explains the merge through facts and figures, and analyses the energy consumption before and after the merge, explaining the reasons and detailing on potential drawbacks. In its third chapter, the report explores the impacts beyond energy consumption - looking into aspects of performance, scalability and security. The report is available to read and download here!