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Appealing to Normies: Advancing Bitcoin Starts With Better UX

At London's Advancing Bitcoin conference, developers discussed user-experience fixes for the world's leading crypto.

Blockstream's UX director, Selene Jin, speaks at 2020's  Advancing Bitcoin conference in London. (Photo by Alyssa Hertig for CoinDesk)

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Gartner Research: Smart Contract Adoption to Increase Data Quality by 50% Over 3 Years

Research conducted by Gartner is predicting a 50% increase in overall data quality by 2023 for all businesses and organizations using blockchain smart contracts.

Research conducted by Gartner is predicting a 50 percent increase in overall data quality by 2023

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Algorand 2.0's New Non-Turing-Complete Smart Contracts Are a Feature, Not a Bug

Thursday's Algorand 2.0 upgrade adds decentralized finance (DeFi) features and smart contracts to the $108 million blockchain.

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Tiny $217 Options Trade on Bitcoin Blockchain Could Be Wall Street's Death Knell

Skew., a startup led by an ex-JPMorgan trader, is trying to prove that bitcoin’s blockchain works better than Wall Street.

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IKEA in 'World First' Transaction Using Smart Contracts and Licensed E-Money

IKEA Iceland has taken part in a commercial transaction using ethereum smart contracts and EU-licensed blockchain e-cash to settle an order.

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WATCH: How Blockchain Oracles Could Take Chainlink to New Highs

Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov says there's one big thing holding back corporate adoption of blockchain technology.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov

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Coinbase-Backed ConsenSys Alum Aims to Build GitHub for Web3

Harrison Hines, a former ConsenSys token guru, is building a developer hub for the decentralized web via his startup Terminal.

Harrison Hines, Terminal via Consensys_edited

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Cosmos Will Have 3 Coding Languages – Here's Why That Matters

Ethereum rival Cosmos will offer users the choice of coding in at least three different programming languages for smart-contract development.

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BitFlyer, Sumitomo Aim to Wrap up the Property Rentals Business With a Blockchain App

BitFlyer Blockchain and Japanese business giant Sumitomo Corporation will develop a blockchain app allowing users to sign rental contracts and more.

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