Scottish university launches blockchain lab with Chinese tech firm


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A Scottish university has unveiled a new blockchain research lab as part of a £1.3 million research partnership with a Chinese tech company. The Moshan Blockchain Lab at the University of Glasgow – officially launched today – is a collaboration between researchers from the university’s James Watt School of Engineering and Hangzhou-based Victory Bench (VB) Hyperledger. The overseas tie-up is aiming to find ways to make blockchain technology better-suited for high-volume applications and more environmentally-friendly. Over the course of the next three years, university researchers will work with their counterparts at VB Hyperledger to develop new algorithms for use on...