As an effort in building better communities with rewarding opportunities, a collaboration has been made between Morpheus Labs (a BPaaS) and Steemit (a socialized blockchain). The Head of Communications in Steemit, Andrew Levine explained, “At Steemit our top priority is making Steem the easiest, lowest cost, and most powerful blockchain protocol in the world for powering applications because we believe this is the key to onboarding the masses to the blockchain.”

A blockchain task force has been developed by passing a bill in New Jersey named the “New Jersey Blockchain Initiative Task Force” consist of 14 members. The bill states: “…open source cryptographic algorithms, and protected from data loss by distributed records sharing, colloquially called Blockchain, has reached a point where the opportunities for efficiency, cost savings, and cybersecurity deserve study.”

An announcement has been shared by Apollo Foundation that they’re currently working on developing a DAG consensus technology and ARKNet, a blockchain infrastructure and decentralized internet for a post-blockchain future. The director of business development, Steve McCullah explained, “We’re architecting a post-blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) based on the advanced principles of DAG (directed acyclic graph) consensus.”

One of the largest airlines company in the world, Etihad Airways has stepped-up its blockchain strategy by collaborating with a blockchain-powered platform for the travel industry, Winding Tree. The COO of Winding Tree, Pedro Anderson explained, “We have been doing experiments and new solutions on the platform. Ultimately, that benefits the consumer.”