Media Mentions
Both NXT and Algorand Claim to Have Developed First Proof-of-Stake Chain
Cointelegraph: Cryptocurrency Algorand (ALGO) claims in its promotional materials to be the first proof-of-stake, or PoS, blockchain, but NXT lead developer Lior Yaffe claimed that his project was first. In a June 3 tweet, Yaffe accused Algorand’s of misleading the cryptocurrency community for marketing purposes, by falsely claiming to be the first PoS blockchain. As Yaffe pointed out in a subsequent tweet, Algorand uses the claim on its official website and in much of its promotional material. He also told Cointelegraph that he believes the information is a lie with malicious intent.
June 4, 2020
Algorand’s Claim to Be 1st “Pure PoS Blockchain” Slammed by NXT Core Developer
Coincodex: It’s not uncommon for startups to embellish their achievements or for marketers to indulge in half truths. Sometimes such liberties go undetected, but other times they meet fierce pushback. Algorand’s claim that it is the world’s “first permissionless, pure proof of stake blockchain platform” has fallen into the latter category, provoking the ire of developer Lior Yaffe, who points out that NXT was the first platform to implement a pure PoS solution several years ago. Yaffe was an early adopter and core developer of Nxt, and has later co-founded Jelurida - the company powering the NXT and Ardor blockchains.
June 4, 2020
Ardor Blockchain Selected For Inclusion In Austrian Government-Funded Sustainable Energy Project
Cryptodaily.co.uk: A sustainable energy project funded by the Austrian government has launched its testnet on the Ardor public blockchain. The project, called HotCity, has announced that it will use the Ardor platform to power its gamification protocols, which help to crowdsource locations that are generating waste heat. Once the source is verified, participants are rewarded for their contribution in digital tokens or vouchers stored on Ardor’s main child chain, known as Ignis.
May 30, 2020
How blockchain is tackling a mountain of electronic waste
Decrypt: HotCity, an Austrian government-funded initiative, tracks waste heat in cities through gamification; players traipse around the city and record information about various forms of heat waste, such as chimneys. They’re rewarded with points, which are logged on—you guessed it—a blockchain. (Specifically, the Ardor public one). “We can run our full nodes on a Raspberry Pi 3 or even on your mobile phone, maybe draining a little bit more of the battery. But that's it,” said Alexander Pfeiffer, co-founder of the blockchain startup behind the project, Picapipe.
May 29, 2020
Austrian Government Backs a Project that will Identify Waste Heat Hotspots using Blockchain
Coincodex: The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) announced on May 12th that they are developing HotCity, a blockchain-based platform that will rely on gamification and token rewards to crowdsource heat waste hotspots and channel them to provide public heating. The platform will operate on the Ignis blockchain, which is part of the Ardor ecosystem developed by Swiss company Jelurida.
May 14, 2020
Lior Yaffe from Jelurida on How Covid-19 Uncovers the Flaws in Our Money System
Hackernoon: "What I see is how the pandemic is exposing the inefficiency and inequality of the existing fiat system. Governments are printing money to bailout those who recklessly spent it during the good years. Banks lending government-backed money to those who don't need it instead of helping businesses in distress." - Lior Yaffe, Co-Founder, Jelurida
May 13, 2020
