MIT to Tap Into Ripple Validator to Advance Consensus and Blockchain Research

By April 12, 2016Bitcoin Business

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Connection Science , a research initiative that applies data and analytics to build better societies, today announced that it is the first academic institution in North America to participate in a global Byzantine consensus database. To advance the frontier of Blockchain research, MIT is running a validator for the Ripple Consensus Ledger, a distributed ledger that settles global transactions in real-time and is the foundational ledger for the digital asset XRP. Ripple validators are servers that confirm transactions on the network. “In this new experiment with Ripple, we are taking MIT’s experiential research approach to the blockchain, and we anticipate this collaboration will provide us new opportunities to test and deploy data applications and research,” said MIT Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland. “We’re pleased that the Ripple team has fostered a substantive dialog with us about the future of finance through the decentralization of digital currencies and value.” Led by Prof. Pentland and Managing Director David Shrier, MIT Connection Science is developing novel blockchain, financial services, and enterprise data projects and initiatives, including open-source code projects under the Internet Trust Consortium . In order to equip executives and entrepreneurs to navigate financial technology disruption, MIT Connection Science is also launching the “ Future Commerce: fintech innovation ” course online, in collaboration with online learning platform GetSmarter. “We’re extremely excited for MIT to run a Ripple validator. Having a globally renowned institution like MIT contribute to the consensus process on Ripple fortifies the resiliency and security of the network. Beyond that, it’s incredible to have a partner we respect so much share the mission of enabling money to move like information does on the web today,” said Stefan Thomas, Chief Technology Officer at Ripple. Ripple validators are lightweight systems equivalent to running an email server. […]

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