Microsoft's Coco will lower blockchain complexity

Tom Allen
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The framework can work with any ledger or operating system

Microsoft is working with partners including Intel, J.P Morgan and Ethereum, as it builds a new open blockchain framework that aims to raise speed and reduce complexity. The Coco (short for Conf...

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