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ForkLog 10 27.01.2021

Estonia and Colombia post the Bitcoin white paper on government websites

The Estonian e-Residency program site published a copy of the Bitcoin white paper after the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright attempted to assert rights to the document.

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ForkLog 7 21.12.2020

190 computers stolen from a NATO base for cryptocurrency mining

For five years, an IT specialist at the Estonian Ministry of Defence, who had access to state secrets, mined cryptocurrency at the Emari military airbase and bought mining equipment with funds from the state budget. According to Eesti Ekspress.

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ForkLog 7 14.12.2020

Estonia revokes licenses of more than 1,000 crypto companies

In 2020, Estonian authorities revoked the licenses of more than 1,000 companies active in the digital-asset sector, according to Postimees.

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ForkLog 7 04.10.2020

Estonian central bank to conduct research into digital currencies

Estonian central bank Eesti Pank announced a study into digital currencies, aiming to explore the possibilities for creating an infrastructure that could support payment solutions using new technologies.

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ForkLog 16 28.09.2020

Estonian authorities uncover crypto scammers among e-Residency participants

Estonian police suspect participants in the e-residency programme of involvement in cryptocurrency fraud, Bloomberg reports citing a report from the Financial Intelligence Unit.

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Krzysztof Shpak 440 29.02.2020

Why Estonia’s E-Government Matters? Tech Advisor’s Perspective

Recently, we were looking into Estonia’s digitization case and the borderless ecosystem they’ve managed to build. Now there’s more to follow up.

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Krzysztof Shpak 499 29.02.2020

E as in Estonia: EU’s Digitalization Spearhead With Debatable Blockchain Capabilities

For an outsider, the stories about the digital age Estonians live in are fascinating. The country is widely considered to harbor the world’s most digitized society, most technology-enabled government, and first-ever blockchain system serving a state government.

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ForkLog 81 23.08.2017

Estonia May Launch the World’s First Government ICO

Over the last two-and-a-half years, Estonia has offered so-called e-Residency to foreign entrepreneurs who want to virtually site their businesses in the country. The program gives people an Estonian government-backed digital ID, the ability to simply register an EU company, access to business banking and payments services, and tools with which to digitally sign documents.

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ForkLog 171 07.02.2017

Blockchain and Bitcoin in Estonia: How the Industry Is Shaping the Country’s Future

At the start of the 21st century, Estonia, a country with 1.3 million population, and with its labor pool having one foot out of the door, has launched a major project for general digitalization. Fifteen years later, the country’s infrastructure was ready to take the world’s first govtech blockchain-based projects out for a spin, and […]

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ForkLog 114 30.04.2016

Bitcoin and Blockchain in Estonia: Between Two Banks

ForkLog continues exploring cryptocurrency worlds of different countries. Earlier we took a close look at bitcoin’s stance in Bulgaria and Finland. Today we decided to explore one of the Baltic states, Estonia. There are not too many news concerning blockchain and cryptocurrencies coming from Estonia; however, the country has its own bitcoin community as well […]

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ForkLog 99 12.02.2016

Estonian Nasdaq to Adopt Shareholders Voting on Blockchain

As reported by Baltic Course, Nasdaq will cooperate with the Estonian e-residency platform to maintain e-voting service for companies listed on Nasdaq’s Tallin stock exchange. The service will allow the shareholders to vote on various issues without being actually present. Estonian e-residency program allows foreign residents to obtain virtual residency of Estonia to run their […]

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ForkLog 67 12.02.2016

Estonian Bitcoin Trial Reviewed by the State Court

The cryptocurrency trial in Estonia, or so-called “bitcoin case” was reviewed in open court hearing. A Netherlands enrepreneur, Otto de Voogd, faces trial for running a cryptocurrency exchange. Possible punishment for his activities may place him in jail or cause him to pay enormous penalty fee. Open hearing is an uncommon practice for a superior […]

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