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On May 11th Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA), which theloop is participating as a technical partner to develop CHAIN ID, has signed an MOU with Samsung Electronics to incorporate CHAIN ID in Samsung’s ‘Samsung Pass’ service.

Samsung Pass is an “identity management as-a-service” that enables secure access through biometric authentication. For Apple users, Samsung Pass is essentially Samsung’s version of Touch ID & Face ID. Samsung phones account for over 50% market share in the South Korea mobile phone market, so this partnership with Samsung is quite significant.

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Earlier tonight, Substratum released their highly anticipated open beta of SubstratumNode. The release is designated v0.3.0, and doesn’t actually do anything except route traffic through an extra localhost layer.

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According to South Korea’s Money Today, Korean banks and insurance companies will begin implementing blockchain identification services in Q3 2018. The article also mentions similar services being used by the country’s securities industry last October

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The Boss FS-5L and FS-5U are two popular foot switches for guitarists, keyboardists, and more. The FS-5L is a latching foot switch, while the FS-5U is an unlatching one. In this comparison post, you’ll learn about the differences between these two foot switches and which one to get for your setup.

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If you’re using MainStage in a live performance setting, chances are you’re interested in assigning hardware MIDI foot controllers to control various functions inside MainStage. There are many foot controller models on the market, so we’ve done the work and compiled the best ones for you. Below are our recommendations for the best MIDI foot controllers for MainStage.

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I’ve been eating way too much ramen and tempura lately. Even though I walk around for 3-4 hours a day, it was time to do some more strenuous exercise. The weather was nice today, so we decided to go to Mt. Takao for an afternoon hike.

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If you’re wondering how you’ll be able to upload all your amazing photos to Instagram during your next visit to Japan, you’ve come to the right place! In this post, you’ll learn how to use your mobile phone in Japan. We’ll talk about the pros and cons of prepaid SIM cards, international plans, portable WiFi hotspots, and more. By the end of this post, you’ll be able to make an informed decision about your data needs in Japan.

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Time is weird. Colin and I used to hang out everyday when we were at Northeastern University. After graduation, we somehow lost touch for four years until this past week. He was in town with his girlfriend Abbie, so we made sure to schedule a very much overdue reunion. Four years. That’s like 1/5 of my life.

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I recently started traveling full time, so I purchased an iPad Pro to accompany my MacBook Pro. I’m going to be spending a lot of time writing in coffee shops around the world over the next few months, so I don’t want to carry my MacBook Pro around unless I absolutely have to.

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Mike and I are both musicians, so we decided to make a stop in Leipzig before heading up to Berlin. Leipzig has a rich musical history. In addition to being home to the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra — one of the oldest orchestras in the world, the city was also home to Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn — two of the most famous composers to walk this Earth. Our plan for the afternoon was to visit the St. Thomas Church and the Bach Museum.

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