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Three new working groups started work within the framework of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). They will work on the development of methods for implementing the Ethereum in the areas of digital identification, platform compatibility, and energy. The EEA board member Jeremy Miller said: “These are that areas in which EEA members can see real opportunities for using Ethereum technologies in 2018. The work of the groups will consist in studying, developing and testing innovative ideas, as well as improving the competitiveness of these areas”. Now EEA has 17 committees and working groups, and the total number of Alliance participants is almost 300 companies.

The service for private investments in cryptocurrency is developed by the team of the GPB Digital, the IT department of Gazprombank. The bank has already invested $ 120,000 in the innovation development. The new platform will allow changing the fiat money for cryptocurrency, and safely keep the digital money on a special digital account. With the use of the platform it will be possible to conduct operations in the amount of $ 25 to $ 750 thousand per day. In the future, it is planned to issue a bank card linked to a cryptocurrency account. The platform begins to work in the first half of 2018.

Intel, the major computer manufacturer, has obtained the patent on the innovative platform for the processing of genetic data in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Due to the new solution the miners will be able to work in conjunction with each other on several tasks: to extract blocks and simultaneously help in deciphering the genetic information. After the genome determination, information about it will also be recorded in the chain of blocks.

The Aeron project has created a blockchain-platform that improves the air service, provides the transparent control of data storage and transmission, which reduces the risk of air crashes. The new development is the information base of the pilot qualification, instructors in aviation schools, the aircraft technical conditions, and the replacement age of spare parts. Access to a single database with special applications and an online platform is available for representatives of airlines and pilots, as well as for students of aviation schools and passengers. It is planned that due to the external audit of the platform participants it will be possible to avoid data forgeries and the occurrence of accidents.

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An international non-profit organization WikiLeaks began the accepting of charitable donations from wallets which support the SegWit protocol. WikiLeaks publishes classified information obtained from anonymous sources or data leakage. It is planned that the innovation will reduce the commission paid for the transfer of donations by indifferent users, and increase the number of charitable contributions. This will be possible due to more rational use of the limited space of the Bitcoin blockchain. Users can donate both to the main platform address and to create a one-time private address.

The revolution in the gaming industry due to the blockchain technology and smart contracts is inevitable, the cyberindustry representatives have every confidence. Key issues will be solved: building up a career, earning money and creating teams with the help of the blockchain technology. For example, the DreamTeam project declares the creation of a united universal platform where players, coaches, sponsors and tournament organizers will not only be able to find each other, but will also receive effective tools for managing profits and activities. Under the protection of smart contracts you can sell media rights, dispose of prize funds and salaries, "transfer" players from the team to the team. Currently, in e-sports are employed almost four hundred million people.

Russia: a blockchain referendum on election day. Voting among schoolchildren will be held in Moscow schools on the day of presidential elections in Russia. As the chairman of the election commission in the Moscow region, Irina Konovalova said on the air of Radio 1 this will show to future voters that elections by means of Internet voting are possible but the falsification of the election results is unlikely. A school referendum will be held in Moscow region with the help of the "People's Veche" complex for Internet voting. Its creators are sure that due to transparency in 50 years the blockchain technology can completely replace election commissions.

Bitcoins got to the UK real estate market. The British developer Go Homes announced the first sale of two elite houses for cryptocurrency. One of the houses in the city of Colchester was realized for 350 000 pounds sterling. The second house in Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire) cost the new owners already at 595,000 British pounds. The main advantages of this method of payment are transparency, simplicity and reliability, due to the volatility of bitcoin prices buyers immediately pay the full amount without advance payments.

The Thomson Reuters Corporation provider of analytical information added the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) cryptocurrency to the Eikon terminals. The BCH rate of currency along with the bitcoine and Ethereum rate of currency can now also be tracked in these terminals. At present, the payment for the terminals use is equal from $ 300 to $ 1800 per month. The Thomson Reuters Eikon system began its operating in 2010. Users of the service are about 300,000 people.