What are Dapps you might ask? Imagine having your car working away, transporting passengers while you’re at work. Imagine having your computer utilizing its spare capacity to serve businesses and people across the globe. Imagine being paid for browsing the web and taking ownership of your, arguably invaluable, attention. Imagine a world like that. That world is not far away. A paradigm shift in the way we view software models is approaching. When Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, made us reassess our definition of Store of Value (SoV) , it also revealed a sneak peek of the future: a world running on decentralized applications (Dapps) . These distributed, resilient, transparent and incentivized applications will prove themselves to the world by remapping the technological landscape. Understanding Blockchain Before we can even fathom what Dapps do, we need to be familiar with its underlying technology—the blockchain. Put simply, a blockchain is a ledger of records organize...

Customers can use their Sylo Smart Wallet at any one of our 2000+ vending machines Leading brands are now trooping into the world of cryptos Just recently Amatil X a corporate venturing platform of Coca-Cola Amatil invested an undisclosed amount of money into Centrepay a crypto payment provider, as part of the startup’s funding round. This funding will facilitate Centrepay capacity in providing users the option to pay for soda via cryptos on any of Coca-Cola’s 2,000+ vending machines across Australia and New Zealand. Centrapay CEO, Jerome Faury, says the two companies have strong strategic alignment. “Both Centrapay and Coca-Cola Amatil are committed to preserving consumers’ privacy and data ownership rights, whilst increasing business value. “The fact that Coca-Cola Amatil has invested in Centrapay through Amatil X shows that there is a real appetite to provide customers with new ways to engage or to exchange value,” Faury said. What you must know: Centrapay’s primary func...