DHS News

US Department of Homeland Security is keenly interested in Blockchain-based systems, awards grant to two startups.

Blockchain technology development firms and infrastructure providers along with Bitcoin mining firms are starting to be funded by federal agencies in the US such the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Evernym has secured a grant worth $794,000 from the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) for the development of Blockchain key management solutions.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to utilize blockchain technology in securing the transmission and storage of data collected by security cameras, sensors and internal databases.

The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate awards $100,000 funding to four small firms to use Blockchain technology to support identity management.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reached out to Silicon Valley as part of its efforts to maintain ease of access to encrypted data.

The number two spot for the most hated man in Bitcoin has changed a lot. Currently, it might just be Josh Garza as many PayCoin investors are not happy with the results of that investment. For a while it was Butterfly Labs CEO Sonny Vleisides, and for a while it was that NewsWeek reporter. But the number one spot has never been up for debate. It has been and may always be, former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles. Losing or stealing 300 million dollars worth of Bitcoin will do that to you.

First of all the FBI have closed Liberty Reserve, a Costa Rica-based centralized digital currency service. After this, the feds closed the Silk Road, an underground website of illegal drugs that accepted only BTC, and arrested the owner of Silk Road.