June’s Roundup of Irish Bitcoin & Blockchain News Coverage
There’s been a flurry of alerts over the past couple of weeks about Irish media coverage of new and existing bitcoin and blockchain projects, so this article summarises some of…
Circle to double Irish workforce
Circle may have abandoned bitcoin in their front end, shifting more towards a social payments app, but they have had a base in Dublin for some time, including sponsoring pizza,…
Ticketchain announced as part of Trinity’s Launchbox Incubator
As reported in SiliconRepublic, a new blockchain ticketing start-up called Ticketchain is coming through Trinity College’s Launchbox Incubator. Formed in last year’s Blockchain Hackaton they are taking on the challenge…
Bitcoin & Blockchain rank on Irish Central Bank’s Consumer Protection Bulletin
It seems that bitcoin is officially growing in popularity in Ireland, as the most recent Central Bank of Ireland Consumer Protection Bulletin has a small section in their recent report…
Deloitte, Ulster Bank, AIB & Permanent TSB explore blockchain for improving domestic payments
As reported in The Irish Times, Deloitte’s Dublin based Blockchain Research Lab has successfully completed some tests in Dogpatch Labs, based in Dublin’s CHQ Building in the IFSC exploring how…
UCD’s Paul Ennis publishes article on Coindesk about the bitcoin scaling debate
As published on CoinDesk, Dr. Paul Ennis and Rachel-Rose O’Reilly published an article titled “Bitcoin’s Scaling Debate: The View From China’s Miner” looking at some points of view from the…
