{"id":7,"date":"2016-06-13T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/us-government-awards-blockchain-projects\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T02:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T00:03:02","slug":"us-government-awards-blockchain-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/us-government-awards-blockchain-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"US Government awards Blockchain projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-xDQD9N4shvs\/V17GAk4-GWI\/AAAAAAAAAho\/7oAGYX5v2KMczjkA84YbBn7jgU3D0lKJACLcB\/s1600\/Immagine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4771\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/usgovernmentawardsblockchain.png\" alt=\"us awards blockchain\" width=\"400\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blockchain Award<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <b>US government<\/b> awards <b>Blockchain projects<\/b>: $600,000 in grants to six companies that work on blockchain applications.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <b>Department of Homeland Security<\/b> (DHS) decided to destinate $3.1m to 29 businesses based in the American area and focused on data analytics, connected devices and blockchain.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each awarded business will receive $100,000, according to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/science-and-technology\/news\/2016\/06\/07\/dhs-st-announces-3m-sbir-awards\">press release.<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This money came from the so-called program <b>Small Business Innovation Research<\/b> (SBIR) that started back in December 2015.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These US Government Blockchain Awards were assigned to <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalbazaar.com\/\">Digital Bazaar, Inc.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.respectnetwork.com\/\">Respect Network Corporation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/narfindustries.com\/\">Narf Industries LLC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celerity.com\/\">Celerity Government Solutions LLC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/?s=BlockCypher\">BlockCypher<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ramlabs.com\/\">RAM Laboratories LLC<\/a>.<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governments Interested in Bitcoin<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In April the European Parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/blockchain-is-perfect-technology-for.html\">defined the blockchain as the\u201cperfect technology\u201d<\/a> and aimed at realizing new rules related to the distributed ledger.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, several European countries started to accept <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/switzerland-to-accept-bitcoin-for.html\">Bitcoin for public services. Among these there is Switzerland.<\/a> In fact, Zug was probably chosen because it is the Swiss financial centre that has a good reputation for its low taxes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meantime, the <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/us-postal-service-to-create-its-digital.html\">US Postal Service will start studying for the creation of a new digital currencies to be used for their own applications.<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another important news came in May, when <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/bitcoin-officially-recognized-in-japan.html\">Japan decided to officially recognize Bitcoin.<\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Multicurrency Wallet\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HTBannerOrange-6.png\" alt=\"holytransaction wallet\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have to store different digital currencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Litecoin etc.) you have to have different wallets, which are difficult to manage.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">HolyTransaction is here to solve your problem, with the possibility to create a single account.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, do you want to store Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/\">Open here your wallet for free.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchain Award The US government awards Blockchain projects: $600,000 in grants to six companies that work on blockchain applications. 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