It’s been 14 years since Satoshi Nakamoto first announced the Bitcoin paper to the Cypherpunk mailing list (October 31 2008). Today, 14 years later, we are happy to announce that the Fintech journal has published the paper of our consensus protocol, describing a new blockchain architecture designed for the future. Originally published at https://www.calctopia.com on October 31, 2022.

The latest country to update its passports to the biometric version is Saint Lucia. Since the announcement of our Testnet, a number of additional countries have announced that they are issuing new identity documents (i.e., biometric identity cards and/or biometric passports) that could be used on our blockchain. And now, with the global population on the verge of crossing the mark of 8 billion, we summarise the additional maximum addressable population that have been enabled with the recent updates (an additional 30.28%):

The list of countries with biometric IDs keeps getting larger: Jamaica: new biometric ID card Suriname: new biometric passports have been approved National Identity Cards: Iraq, Lebanon, and Peru Originally published at https://www.calctopia.com on July 3, 2022.

Today, we are launching Pre-MainNet. Improvements over the previous release include: open-sourced code global coverage has increased with dozens of new countries, including the standardization of biometric identity cards in the European Union (Regulation 2019/1157) which is one our main use cases our mobile app has been translated to multiple languages new blockchain explorer with improved functionality

More countries supporting biometric IDs supported on our blockchain: Biometric passports: Rwanda Biometric identity cards: Albania, Ghana, Maldives, Monaco, San Marino, and Turkey Originally published at https://www.calctopia.com on April 1, 2022.

The European Parliament has just passed a bill to tackle money laundering with crypto-currencies. For our part, we would like to remind that our mobile app is the first and one the few that features an unhosted crypto-wallet compliant with AML/KYC regulations while maintaining the privacy of our users. We keep you at the forefront of security and compliance! Originally published at https://www.calctopia.com on March 31, 2022.

The new year brings more countries with biometric IDs: Ghana will start the issuance of biometric passports Seychelles will issue biometric passports by the end of this year Additionally, the Austrian Financial Market Authority will only allow to use NFC and biometrics for identity verification from 2023 onwards. Originally published at https://www.calctopia.com on February 1, 2022.