Ecosystems

Chainlink Introduces VRF Tool to Help Smart Contracts Achieve On-Chain Randomness

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Time Stamp: May 13, 2020 5:49 AM - Modified On: May 13, 2020 - Published By:
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Chainlink is best known for its pioneering work around decentralized oracles, but the project’s experts have also gone expansive with work on Mixicles, meta oracles, and beyond. The Link Marines are buzzing anew, then, as Chainlink has rolled out yet another major contribution to the smart contracts ecosystem this week, the Chainlink VRF. The “VRF” in that stands for verifiable random function, a cryptographic primitive that can generate random numbers in verifiable and unbiasable fashion. Why’s this important? There are no shortage of use cases in which blockchain projects could

Borderlands Science’s in-game puzzles could benefit real scientists

Source Node: https://www.shacknews.com/article/117418/borderlands-sciences-in-game-puzzles-could-benefit-real-scientists
Time Stamp: April 7, 2020 9:46 PM - Modified On: April 7, 2020 - Published By:
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Playing games could end up helping you help real-world scientists in Borderlands 3, so get in on the efforts to make change. Looking to make a difference in the real world while playing your favorite games? You can do just that with Borderlands Science, a whole new way to interact with real-world researchers studying the inner workings of humans – real ones! Gearbox is working alongside McGill University, Massively Multiplayer Online Science, and The Microsetta Initiative to put together research about the human body in the "gut" with Borderlands Science. 

HTC reveals three new flavours of VIVE Cosmos VR headset for novice and experienced users

Source Node: https://virtualreality-news.net/news/2020/feb/21/htc-reveals-three-new-flavours-vive-cosmos-vr-headset-novice-and-experienced-users/
Time Stamp: February 21, 2020 10:19 AM - Modified On: February 21, 2020 - Published By:
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