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Using Blockchain To Securely Transfer And Verify Files

Lilian Kasem (she/her) July 30, 2019 Jul 30, 2019 07/30/19

As 3D printing becomes an integral part of the manufacturing industries, there are new challenges that must be solved to promote mass adoption. Primarily, how do you securely transfer accredited schematics and verify data integrity once it's been delivered? In other words, how can you ensure the schematics were not tampered with in the midst ...

Using uPort For Authentication On Blockchain To Improve Standards On The Food Logistics Chain

Zach Miller March 29, 2019 Mar 29, 2019 03/29/19

Background Supply chains – made up of individual suppliers, shippers, warehouses, and customers – are extremely complicated conglomerates. When something goes wrong along a supply chain, knowing where and how a shipment went bad can be a huge use of time and energy. This is especially true in the food logistics industry. While ...

Building a Private Ethereum Consortium

Jason Poon June 1, 2018 Jun 1, 2018 06/1/18

Background The travel industry estimates 3-5% of bookings are disputed due to discrepancies in the data held by each party and can take months to resolve. Over the past two years, Microsoft and Webjet have collaborated to build a blockchain-based solution, Rezchain, that helps travel companies resolve data and avoid invoice reconciliation ...

App-to-app communication with React Native on Android

Eric Rozell April 4, 2018 Apr 4, 2018 04/4/18

The ixo Foundation was created to build a decentralized impact evaluation protocol using blockchain and the W3C decentralized identifier specification. Impact, in this case, refers to impact investments, which are funding for projects that can make a measurable change in society. Impact projects are based on the UN's 17 Sustainable ...

Using a Private Ethereum Consortium Network to Store and Validate Documents

Ami Turgman February 26, 2018 Feb 26, 2018 02/26/18

Food retailers in Germany are required to prove that their food is below thresholds for regulated substances, such as pesticides. Currently, producers must send their probes for these substances to laboratories and only receive their results days later. In the meantime, they must wait to find out whether they s

Using Helm to Deploy Blockchain to Kubernetes

Jason Poon February 9, 2018 Feb 9, 2018 02/9/18

Background Webjet is an online travel agency responsible for managing thousands of travel bookings daily in Australia and New Zealand. Over the last year, Microsoft and Webjet have collaborated to help Webjet solve inefficiencies in the processing and management of hotel bookings by leveraging blockchain technology. You can learn more about...

Using a Layer 7 Proxy for Ethereum Blockchain Client’s JSON-RPC Endpoint

Shawn Cicoria April 18, 2017 Apr 18, 2017 04/18/17

Webjet is a leading online international travel provider based in Melbourne, Australia. Over the past year, Webjet embarked on exploring and proving how to make their wholesale hotel booking processes more efficient using Blockchain with Ethereum and Smart Contracts. You can read more about the Webjet story here: Webjet and Microsoft build ...

Stampery Blockchain Add-in for Microsoft Office

Ville Rantala April 10, 2017 Apr 10, 2017 04/10/17

This is just one of many blockchain related projects at Microsoft. For others, see https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/topics/blockchain/ Partner Scenario Stampery provides the ability to certify and verify documents against both Ethereum Classic and Bitcoin blockchains via a web page and also through a programmatic API. They ...

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