The NEM foundation has setup an innovation centre in Kuala Lumpur in 2017.
The foundation, which was incorporated in Singapore, is largely based on the financial activities of the XEM coin which at present time has a market cap of approximately USD 3 billion.
The foundation has cashed out approximately USD 40 million to invest into the blockchain and smart assets community where many other innovation centres will be setup around the world to serve the roles of accelerator, incubator and coworking space for the NEM blockchain platform.
NEM is another blockchain like the Bitcoin; essentially, both are different in terms of protocol which defines the way blockchain nodes communicate with each other’s.
Blockchain is a method of storing data where each record is stored in a unit known as block and chained up together in sequence hosted by a node (computer).
The blockchain is a new method of storing data compare to the conventional relational database which stores data in tables of rows and columns.
In retrospect, all blockchain protocols inherit common core attributes which enforce the ‘database’ to be decentralized, trustless, encrypted and non-tampered data.
The Bitcoin was created to serve the purpose of a decentralized currency whilst the NEM protocol was created for smart assets.
Smart assets are essentially data assets stored in the blockchain other than currency data.
In many ways, smart assets are similar to Ethereum smart contracts, except in the following ways:
Find out more about development on NEM platform.
This event was organized by Internet Alliance (IA), this is the first workshop (101) on Blockchain to be organized by IA.
The NEM innovation centre is a member of the Internet Alliance (IA) which is a non-profit organization formed to represent the major pool of Internet service providers – members include web hosting, data centre, payment gateway, cloud, web platform and e-commerce providers etc.
The Internet Alliance has three classes of membership:
There will be two more blockchain workshops upcoming to be organized by IA and conducted by NEM blockchain innovation centre:
For more info, stay tune to Internet Alliance or the Facebook page.
NEM foundation is also currently hosting a USD 5 million start-up fund.
To find out more about the fund, please contact:
NEM Blockchain Innovation Lab,
Unit 1.02 (Level 1),
Glo Damansara Shopping Center,
699, Jalan Damansara, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur.
The foundation, which was incorporated in Singapore, is largely based on the financial activities of the XEM coin which at present time has a market cap of approximately USD 3 billion.
The foundation has cashed out approximately USD 40 million to invest into the blockchain and smart assets community where many other innovation centres will be setup around the world to serve the roles of accelerator, incubator and coworking space for the NEM blockchain platform.
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| Lance Cheang, Project Director, conducting a briefing on NEM blockchain to members at NEM Blockchain Innovation Centre, KL, Malaysia |
NEM is another blockchain like the Bitcoin; essentially, both are different in terms of protocol which defines the way blockchain nodes communicate with each other’s.
Blockchain is a method of storing data where each record is stored in a unit known as block and chained up together in sequence hosted by a node (computer).
The blockchain is a new method of storing data compare to the conventional relational database which stores data in tables of rows and columns.
In retrospect, all blockchain protocols inherit common core attributes which enforce the ‘database’ to be decentralized, trustless, encrypted and non-tampered data.
The Bitcoin was created to serve the purpose of a decentralized currency whilst the NEM protocol was created for smart assets.
Smart assets are essentially data assets stored in the blockchain other than currency data.
In many ways, smart assets are similar to Ethereum smart contracts, except in the following ways:
- NEM protocol and platform are supported by a team of professional developers hired by the NEM foundation whilst Ethereum is open source
- Programming of smart assets can be done via common programming languages such as Python, Java, C#, Javascript, NodeJS, Ruby, PHP, Go
- Cool features such as namespace (for identification of application domain), mosaics (smart assets), 2-tiered Architecture (full-fledged client server model) and reputation (for block processing).
Find out more about development on NEM platform.
This event was organized by Internet Alliance (IA), this is the first workshop (101) on Blockchain to be organized by IA.
The NEM innovation centre is a member of the Internet Alliance (IA) which is a non-profit organization formed to represent the major pool of Internet service providers – members include web hosting, data centre, payment gateway, cloud, web platform and e-commerce providers etc.
The Internet Alliance has three classes of membership:
- Corporate member – RM 3,000
- Associate Corporate Member – RM 2,000
- Association Individual Member – RM 1,000
- Invitations to business meeting, exhibitions and trade fair for business matching and networking opportunities
- Annual trade missions to overseas
- Receive updated information on the industry
- Special rates for all events organized by IA.
There will be two more blockchain workshops upcoming to be organized by IA and conducted by NEM blockchain innovation centre:
- Blockchain Workshop 102 : Blockchain technology for industry (May 2018)
- Blockchain Workshop 103: Blockchain for tech leaders (with hands-on) (June 2018)
For more info, stay tune to Internet Alliance or the Facebook page.
NEM foundation is also currently hosting a USD 5 million start-up fund.
To find out more about the fund, please contact:
- Mr. Lance Cheang, Project Director, 012 278 0189, lance@nem.my
- Mr. Wong Shin Tatt, Technical trainer, 019-266 1936, shintatt@nem.my
- Mr. Anthony Law, Technical trainer, 018-9500 471, anthonylaw@nem.my
- Mr. Jake Lim, Business Development Executive, 011-2825 2525, jake@nem.my
NEM Blockchain Innovation Lab,
Unit 1.02 (Level 1),
Glo Damansara Shopping Center,
699, Jalan Damansara, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur.
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