W3C

Is Mozilla Trying to Sabotage Distributed Identity?

The browser developer’s straw-man objections to the W3C standard raise questions of motive.

The COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI) is working on a digital certificate to help stop the spread of the virus without compromising user privacy.

Di Ian Allison13 apr 2020

Devs are looking to make bitcoin's layer-two lightning network compatible with a payment standard used by all major browsers – and so far, so good.

Di Alyssa Hertig30 ott 2018

A team of open-source payments veterans is looking to launch a new identity blockchain, one that won't run afoul of government favor.

With the help of Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple, the W3C is deploying a browser API that could extend cryptocurrency's payments potential.

A recent W3C event saw the wider blockchain community coming together to discuss standards in an increasingly fragmented market.

Despite criticism of bitcoin's approach to payments innovation, its development process may have advantages over existing methods, observers argue.

Bailey Reutzel examines how the bitcoin community's reluctant to engage over standards could harm the digital currency in the long term.

One of the web's foundational groups is re-examining online payments, but bitcoin is only just entering the conversation.

Di Pete Rizzo31 ott 2014

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