Thaddeus Dryja

Cutting-Edge Technology Dampens Bitcoin Energy Demands

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Friday, August 19, 2022

NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The cryptocurrency market is ever-evolving and growing more complex. Now, government agencies are pushing for more regulations because of how popular digital currencies have become. According to the New York Times, cryptocurrency grew from a digital curiosity into a volatile but widely embraced innovation. Now, federal regulators are racing to address the potential risks for consumers and financial markets. Yet, digital currencies are more widely used than ever before. Just recently, Mercado Libre (MELI), Latin America's largest e-commerce company by market cap, started rolling out its own cryptocurrency in Brazil. Mercado Libre expects the cryptocurrency to be available to its 80 million users in Brazil by the end of August, and said it plans to introduce it in other countries "soon," without providing further details. SAI.TECH Global Corporation (NASDAQ: SAI), Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN), Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL)

Key Points: 
  • One of the major reasons for this is that a Bitcoin payments are faster, cheaper, safer and less volatile than the local currencies in many countries.
  • For example, by the latest estimates, the Bitcoin network uses as much energy in one year as the country of Argentina.
  • SAI.TECH Global Corporation(NASDAQ: SAI) announced yesterday breaking news that, "it has recently launched SAIHUB APP 1.1, which supports Bitcoin Lightning Network.
  • The Bitcoin network is designed to be decentralized and secure by recording ledgers on every Bitcoin node.

Cutting-Edge Technology Dampens Bitcoin Energy Demands

Retrieved on: 
Friday, August 19, 2022

NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The cryptocurrency market is ever-evolving and growing more complex. Now, government agencies are pushing for more regulations because of how popular digital currencies have become. According to the New York Times, cryptocurrency grew from a digital curiosity into a volatile but widely embraced innovation. Now, federal regulators are racing to address the potential risks for consumers and financial markets. Yet, digital currencies are more widely used than ever before. Just recently, Mercado Libre (MELI), Latin America's largest e-commerce company by market cap, started rolling out its own cryptocurrency in Brazil. Mercado Libre expects the cryptocurrency to be available to its 80 million users in Brazil by the end of August, and said it plans to introduce it in other countries "soon," without providing further details. SAI.TECH Global Corporation (NASDAQ: SAI), Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN), Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL)

Key Points: 
  • One of the major reasons for this is that a Bitcoin payments are faster, cheaper, safer and less volatile than the local currencies in many countries.
  • For example, by the latest estimates, the Bitcoin network uses as much energy in one year as the country of Argentina.
  • SAI.TECH Global Corporation(NASDAQ: SAI) announced yesterday breaking news that, "it has recently launched SAIHUB APP 1.1, which supports Bitcoin Lightning Network.
  • The Bitcoin network is designed to be decentralized and secure by recording ledgers on every Bitcoin node.

SAIHUB App Announces Support for Bitcoin Lightning Network

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

SAIHUB APP 1.1 has been officially released this month with the new function of Lightning Network support.

Key Points: 
  • SAIHUB APP 1.1 has been officially released this month with the new function of Lightning Network support.
  • In February 2015, Bitcoin developers Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja published an article titled "Bitcoin Lightning Network: Scalable Off-chain Instant Payment", brought the Lightning Network with the concept of "scalable off-chain payment" to the public.
  • The Lightning Network is a second layer agreement based on Bitcoin network that features a peer-to-peer system for micropayment channels which enable instant transactions among participating nodes thus resolving the Bitcoin network scalability problem.
  • According to today's real-time Lightning Network statistics from 1ml ( https://1ml.com/statistics ), there are 17,783 Lightning Network nodes running 86,854 channels, 4,567.33 BTC network capacity in total.

Leading Alzheimer's and Vision Disease Scientists and Advocates Recognized by BrightFocus

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

"Tonight's honorees best embody the mission of BrightFocus, boldly advancing the science and awareness to defeat Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma," said President and CEO Stacy Pagos Haller.

Key Points: 
  • "Tonight's honorees best embody the mission of BrightFocus, boldly advancing the science and awareness to defeat Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma," said President and CEO Stacy Pagos Haller.
  • Featured guests and performers included Master of Ceremonies Richard Lui, journalist and news anchor for MSNBC and NBC News.
  • James Keach, Director, Producer, and Actor/PCH Films, received the BrightFocus Public Leadership Award, for his films exploring Alzheimer's disease and the search for a cure.
  • They are:
    Thaddeus Dryja, MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary;
    Rachel Bennett, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, was recognized as an Emerging Researcher.