Computer science students at ASU prepare for a blockchain future
With a crypto-friendly legislature & governor and a growing ecosystem of local blockchain companies, Arizona is quickly becoming a “living lab” for blockchain innovation. Arizona State University is home to a Blockchain Research Laboratory and an international,...
BRL wins Best Collaborative Partner!
ASU’s Blockchain Research Lab was recently awarded Best Collaborative US Partner by Next Generation Internet (NGI), an EU-US research and innovation collaboration! The award is part of the “NGI Explorers Program,” a 3-year project aiming to establish a continuous...
Zero Knowledge Proofs: A Feasibility Study for DASH
Overview of Zero Knowledge Proofs Zero knowledge proofs have been proposed as a way to limit information leakage on public ledger systems (blockchain). This includes efforts by financial institutions like ING (www.ingwb.com) and cryptocurrencies like Zcoin (zcoin.io)...
ASU Blockchain Research Lab Takes Home More Medals!
With a prototype that rethinks how energy storage works, Raj Sadaye and Arsh Padda took home a 1st and 2nd place trophy for ASU at The University of Wyoming. The team got 1st place in the Dash/Chainrider Blockchain Challenge and 2nd place in the WyoHackathon...
ASU Blockchain Research Lab Wins Award at Spring Hackathon
Attention all Blockchain enthusiasts! It was just announced that the ASU Blockchain Research Lab has won the Community Choice Award at the NuCypher + CoinList Spring Hackathon. The lab was recognized for MedFabric4Me, a proposed blockchain solution to the outdated...
ASU BRL Team Advances in Engineering Competitions this Spring
Spring is in full swing, and so are the academic engineering competitions. Two of the ASU Blockchain Research Lab’s own, Hunter Colleran and Francis Mendoza are working with a team building an IoT based blockchain solution for supply chains. Already the team has been...
Microsoft Funds Four ASU Blockchain Scholarships
The Arizona State University Blockchain Research Lab has been granted $21,000 in scholarship funding for four deserving ASU students. This amount was awarded by Microsoft as a scholarship opportunity to advance the education of students studying and interested in...
Global Legal Hackathon
Registration is open for the 2019 Global Legal Hackathon: https://globallegalhackathon.com/. The first round of the hackathon is kicking off February 22nd so be sure to sign-up soon! Global Legal Hackathon...
Avery Carter: At the Cornerstone of Technology and Innovation
Avery Carter, a soon to be graduate of Arizona State University spent his time in academia at the cornerstone of innovation and the bleeding-edge of technology research. This article explores Avery’s involvement as an undergraduate student, his plans for the future,...
A Blockchain Story: Nakul Chawla
Twenty-seven-year-old Nakul Chawla, got his undergraduate degree in Information Sciences in Bangalore, India before coming to Arizona State University for graduate school. Nakul, having just defended his thesis, will be graduating this winter with a Masters in...
