All Things Alt: Block Chain Notaries, Bottle-Backed Coins and a Darkcoin Update

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After a low-volume summer in the community, we just might be seeing some activity that – fingers crossed – could kickstart the alternative digital currency marketplace.

Though the risk of project collapse is still out there, as recent failures like ghostcoin have shown, recent developments in the space indicate that the altcoin story is far from over.

Viacoin team implements block chain notary service

One of the next-generation use cases proposed for the block chain is that of a notary. Instead of relying on a central authority to certify the authenticity of a document, the block chain can be used to assert the proof of its veracity via distributed cryptographic confirmation.

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