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Delft café premieres with EEMCS blockchain euro Pub Doerak welcomed the digital euro test. (Photo: Jos Wassink) A queue of people waiting outside. Beer café Doerak had not seen that for a while. Thursday 4 March, EEMCS-researchers went there to test their blockchain euro. The demonstration was a first for the employees of the Delft Blockchain Lab. According to leader Dr Johan Pouwelse TU Delft is the first to launch an experiment with a digital euro that is linked to the IBAN financial system and is completely open source, non-profit and t...

> The Tribler lab at the Delft University of Technology has released a new Android app showcasing how the music industry can be revolutionized. With BitTorrent, a blockchain, and cryptocurrency, music streaming no longer needs any middlemen. "We fixed the 'predatory intermediary problem' by showing that music industry overhead can be 0%," project leader Johan Pouwelse says. There is no denying that file-sharing has in large part helped reshape the music industry into what it is today. The iTunes music store was embraced by the music industry as a weapon in the war against piracy, and the s...