News – Vulcano

Vulcano Team Signs a Research Partnership with Thai University

The Vulcano Team is happy to announce that they have met with Dr. Pramuk Unahalekhaka,

21/11/2018
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Strategic Partnership with ZMINE

The Vulcano Team is proud to announce that we have formed a strategic partnership with

19/11/2018
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Vulcano Project Q&A with Director Jason Brink

Project Director Jason Brink has been posting video answers to requested questions from the Vulcano

15/11/2018
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VULC Mart is now live!

Greetings VULC pioneers, VULC Mart is the store where digital products can be bought exclusively

14/11/2018
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Micro-Cap Cryptocurrency Vulcano ($VULC) Making Macro Waves

As seen on Yahoo! Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/micro-cap-cryptocurrency-vulcano-vulc-115000785.html Vulcano ($VULC), a newly relaunched cryptocurrency is defying the

12/11/2018
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As seen on Yahoo! Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/micro-cap-cryptocurrency-vulcano-vulc-115000785.html

Vulcano ($VULC), a newly relaunched cryptocurrency is defying the odds and custom as they work to redefine the relationship between cryptocurrencies and academic research. Resurrected by Jason “BitBender” Brink and his team of cryptocurrency enthusiasts, Vulcano has begun to make an impact in the world of seismic research with their signing of an MOU with Rajamangala University, based in Nonthaburi, Thailand, a district on the outskirts of Bangkok. With this contribution amounting to over 1% of its total market cap in this single project, Vulcano is ensuring that the leave their mark on geothermal and seismic research around the world.

After finding the project abandoned and with a community badly in need of help, Mr. Brink enlisted the help of outside developers to fix the problems with the software controlling the Vulcano network. Once this problem was fixed, they turned their attention to giving the project a real use case. Operating without ever having conducted an Initial Coin Offering, Vulcano stands apart from most cryptocurrencies focused on the sustainable energy space. This focus on sustainability and transparency recently earned Vulcano an invitation to present at the 2018 Social Enterprise Conference, hosted at UNESCO Thailand.

At this conference, Mr. Brink explained how blockchain can be used by social enterprises to increase transparency, by NGOs work to solve problems faced by displaced persons, and in climate change and sustainability efforts to an audience of United Nations officials and business leaders from Thailand. Through helping give clarity to the sometimes confusing concepts surround blockchain technology, its benefits, and its limitations, Mr. Brink helped them understand the technologies underlying most cryptocurrencies, with a special focus on the funding implications made possible through the Vulcano ecosystem.

Mr. Brink has a long history in cryptocurrency. As the writer of the winning paper for the 2014 Global Development Network competition, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he established himself as a thinker in the blockchain space. While his knowledge and connection to the community has deepened over time, his commitment to using blockchain technology to enhance the future of mankind and fight for a more sustainable future.

While Vulcano is at the beginning of its journey and intends to reveal a tripartite business structure with branches based around the world, it could not have come this far without the strong support of its community. With several thousand passionate supporters, Vulcano is readying itself for the next phase of growth through securing additional university partnerships, establishing business relationships with other cryptocurrency projects, and continuing its tradition of transparency and community expansion.

The team at Vulcano believes that the world is what its inhabitants make of it. Over the next years, they plan on investing heavily into renewable energy, building an Intellectual Property portfolio, and using it to help developing nations move in a direction of energy independence and sustainability in a way which is not currently being attempted by any other blockchain project. While it may currently be a small project, it will have an impact many of orders of magnitude larger.

Vulcano Is Presenting at the Market Forces for Social Impact: Public-Private Sector Social Enterprise Conference!

Vulcano.io is proud to announce that it will be presenting at the “Market Forces for

07/11/2018
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Vulcano.io is proud to announce that it will be presenting at the “Market Forces for Social Impact: Public-Private Sector Social Enterprise Conference,” on November 10th in Bangkok at UNESCO Thailand. This conference will be a joint effort of UNESCO, the UNDP, the UN Migration Agency (IOM), Central Group (Thailand’s largest retailer), PTT Group (the state-owned oil company), and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Jason “BitBender” Brink will present on blockchain technology and the interface between social enterprise and distributed ledger technology.

One of the most poorly understood topics in the business world today is social entrepreneurship. It is common for people to conflate social entrepreneurship with the concept of charity. To determine whether something is social entrepreneurship or not, it is important to look at what the business inputs in any venture are. For example, while hiring disabled baristas may contribute social good, the class which is being aided is not itself an input that actually contributes to the business model — the job could likely be done just as well by anyone else. However, creating a “Dine in the Dark” experience and staffing it exclusively with blind waiting staff could be considered a socially entrepreneurial venture as their unique ability to operate without sight is actually required for the success of the business. Corporate Social Responsibility can make a massive difference for people around the world, but in tightening economic times, CSR is often one of the first programs to fall by the wayside. For companies operating as Social Entrepreneurship Projects, the success of the business is intimately intertwined with the social good it creates — the two cannot be disentangled.

This is what Vulcano has sought to create. Vulcano knows that through taking care of the community, driving technological innovation, and contributing to research, it can create a better world for tomorrow. For Vulcano, driving research in the areas of sustainability and geothermal is absolutely central to our technology. Creating a more broadly distributed network of nodes around the world to help maintain network security, educate the public about the power of blockchain technology, and eventually serve other key computational and data-collection purposes is central to Vulcano. These positive outcomes are, in fact, inputs which are required for Vulcano to serve its central purpose.

The presentation at UNESCO Thailand, which will later be released to the public, is the first step in a campaign to bring external agencies into the Vulcano ecosystem and help them understand that blockchain, distributed ledgers, and cryptocurrencies can ultimately play a powerful role in driving business and social good. Jason Brink will also be serving as an advisor to the participants in a social enterprise hackathon.

Vulcano Roadmap

We are excited to announce the first Vulcano Roadmap. This roadmap serves as a visual

23/10/2018
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Vulcano Expands

Vulcano Expands: Today, we have solidified a foot hold in the Asian market by adding

29/09/2018
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Vulcano Expands: Today, we have solidified a foot hold in the Asian market by adding several new team members, Haley Kim, Business Director of Asia; Arnold Wonkyu Cho, Marketing and Relations Director of Asia; Eddy Park, Technical Support Lead for Korea; and Minho Jeong who will be joining our Design team.

Haley Kim – Business Director of Asia: Haley studied abroad at the renowned Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne in Switzerland. She has lived all around the world, from the United States, to Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Switzerland, and back to her native home of Korea. Throughout her travels she gained experience in the hospitality and luxury brand industries; which prepared her to eventually take the helm running a medical device manufacturing company. Haley is most proud about leading this company into the International realm by being present in multiple countries throughout the world.

Arnold Wonkyu Cho – Marketing and Relations Director of Asia: Arnold has graduated from KAIST majored in Mechanical Engineering and he’s currently taking a break from his doctoral degree course. He has two years of experience in technical sales at Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and he also ran his own business in branding and marketing consulting for a year. Now he works at WEbrick where he runs business in blockchain program development and consulting.

Eddy Park – Technical Support Lead for Korea: Eddy Studied at UC Berkeley but dropped out of school to start his own business where he met many people of a diverse background. He is always thrilled to help people who are in need and to solve problems they may have. He is fascinated by blockchain technology and while studying more about the field, he’s currently working as a blockchain consultant at WEbrick.

Minho Jeong – Graphic Designer: Minho holds a bachelor’s degree in design and acquired lots of experience in various fields such as product design, graphical design, interior design and film arts. He used to work as a team leader in online business and marketing department when he managed the whole team to take the lead in business. Currently he works at WEbrick and is in charge of blockchain related design and marketing.