The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, will officiate the 2019 Africa Blockchain Conference, consistent with a record via Kabuubi Media Africa on June 24
According to the record, The 2019 Africa Blockchain Conference — no longer to be burdened with The Blockchain Africa Conference 2019, which happened in April — might be held from July three to July 4, and the theme is’ Africa 4.0: Preparing Africa for the 4th Industrial Revolution.’ The convention topics will reportedly consist of fintech, payment systems, and the destiny of schooling.
President Museveni reportedly supported the usage of blockchain technology in Uganda at some point in his inaugural speech. Museveni is cited for having cited four economic regions that he believes must be supported through blockchain generation: agriculture, production and processing, offerings, and the ICT zone.
Blockchain tech firm CryptoSavannah will reportedly be one of the organizers of the 2019 conference. The organization’s director, Noah Baalesanvu, commented on the maturation of cryptocurrencies in Africa, announcing:
The new $35 Raspberry Pi is the Most Powerful Yet for Running a Full Bitcoin Node
The Raspberry Pi Foundation launched a new, extra-effective model of its miniscule unmarried-board computer on June 24. It costs $35 a pop and can run complete nodes cheaply in the Bitcoin (BTC) community.
Earlier variations of the Raspberry Pi have been famous with bitcoin lovers and decentralization advocates as it gives low-price and low-barrier ent,ry to those interested by jogging their complete nodes at the community.
Doing so allows customers to verify their very own transactions over the Bitcoin network independently while not having to agree with third-birthday celebration wallet services.
Unlike miners, who’re rewarded with BTC for validating transactions, complete nodes no longer get reimbursement for their contribution to the network — which they make in the shape of hosting and transmitting up-to-date copies of the blockchain (or disbursed transaction ledger).
The new Pi is, as a result, seemingly poised to make the system and charges of walking a complete node more green for all community participants — whether they be miners, companies, or privateness-conscious individuals.
As of press time, nearly 23% of Bitcoin nodes globally are run from America, observed by Germany at circa 19%.
One of the enterprise’s popular pre-synced node merchandise, Casa Node, has depended on a built-in Raspberry Pi — although earlier iterations of the model have frustrated some users due to its slowness.
The new model — the computer’s 4th version — purportedly represents a vast upgrade of advanced versions. At its most pricey — with 4GB RAM — it costs $55 (except tax).
The Raspberry Pi Foundation says the state-of-the-art version supports a further 500mA of present-day — enabled by the switch from USB micro-B to USB-C — thereby ensuring the pc has a full 1.2A for downstream USB devices.
It also comes with a new operating device, which the Foundation claims include a host of again-end technical improvements, Gigabit Ethernet velocity, a modernized interface, and assistance for updated programs inclusive of Chromium seventy-four net browser.
Notably, after Pi’s first launch in 2012, other options for low-barrier entry hardware have emerged — such as HTC’s Exodus 1S smartphone, which has bitcoin full node capability and turned into released this May.
Also in May, Cointelegraph pronounced on information released by using bitcoin center developer Luke Dashjr, seemingly indicating that over 1/2 of the entire nodes within the bitcoin community had been nevertheless strolling consumer software program at risk of an inflation trojan horse determined back in September 2018.