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Kodak’s stock doubles after camera and film pioneer boards blockchain bandwagon
MarketWatch ^ | 01-09-2018 | Emily Bary

Posted on 01/10/2018 2:16:18 AM PST by Drago

(Kodak) CEO says blockchain is more than a ‘buzzword’ and will help photographers assert control over their work.

The latest trend among companies trying to drum up interest: announcing plans to introduce blockchain into the business.

Eastman Kodak Co. on Tuesday became the latest to do so, when the company said it would begin a “major blockchain initiative.” Kodak intends to use digital ledgers to help photographers license their work and get paid for usage.

(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; blockchain; btc; cryptocurrency
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The remnants of Eastman-Kodak is jumping on the blockchain bandwagon with "KodakCoin". More info.: https://www.coindesk.com/kodak-launching-cryptocurrency-photographers/ https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-42630136 https://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/Press_center/KODAK_and_WENN_Digital_Partner_to_Launch_Major_Blockchain_Initiative_and_Cryptocurrency/default.htm https://kodakcoin.com
1 posted on 01/10/2018 2:16:18 AM PST by Drago
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News links again:
https://www.coindesk.com/kodak-launching-cryptocurrency-photographers/
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-42630136
https://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/Press_center/KODAK_and_WENN_Digital_Partner_to_Launch_Major_Blockchain_Initiative_and_Cryptocurrency/default.htm
https://kodakcoin.com


2 posted on 01/10/2018 2:17:54 AM PST by Drago
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To: Drago

A week ago, Kodak was stumbling along at $3 a share. Back in early 2014, it was actually selling at $38 a share. A continual trend every single month....falling.

So in a matter of 24 hours...it doubled up from $3 a share to $6.80. Some analysts suggest that it might rise by the end of 2018 to $15.


3 posted on 01/10/2018 2:39:21 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Drago

From record low of $3.05 January 4 to $6.80


4 posted on 01/10/2018 2:39:42 AM PST by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SMGFan; pepsionice

Yep, becoming a trend...company down in the dumps...hitch your wagon up to the blockchain!!
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/iced-tea-company-stock-triples-after-adding-blockchain-to-name/

(I prefer “DAG” or “Lattice” decentralized ledger tech over blockchain tech myself...crypto “inside baseball”).


5 posted on 01/10/2018 2:55:04 AM PST by Drago
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To: Drago

Americans in Kodachrome 1945-1965

From the publisher (by Guy Stricherz): "Introduced in 1935 as the first modern color film, Koda-chrome was used extensively after World War II by amateur photographers equipped with the new high-quality and low cost 35mm cameras. Americans in Kodachrome 1945-1965 is an unprecedented portrayal of the daily life of the people during these formative years of modern American culture. It is comprised of ninety-five exceptional color photographs made by over ninety unknown American photographers. These photographs were chosen from many thousands of slides in hundreds of collections. Like folk art in other mediums, this work is characterized by its frankness, honesty, and vigor. Made as memoirs of family and friends, the photographs reveal a free-spirited, intuitive approach, and possess a clarity and unpretentiousness characteristic of this unheralded photographic folk art. Conceived as a book and nation-wide exhibition, Americans in Kodachrome 1945-1965 is an evocative and haunting portrait of an historic generation of Americans."


6 posted on 01/10/2018 2:59:02 AM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: Drago

This is huge for Ether tokens

The big companies are seeing small start ups about to eat their lunch with Blockchain


7 posted on 01/10/2018 3:08:26 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: Daffynition

I preferred “Ektachrome” myself...spent a lot of time in a darkroom in the 8th grade (1974) developing it. Was putting together a 3-screen multimedia show with classmates (2x slide projector and a Super-8 projector). I think the reason we liked Ektachrome better was an easier (less) complicated darkroom chemical set-up? Kodachrome more involved? Can’t remember.


8 posted on 01/10/2018 3:14:34 AM PST by Drago
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To: JudgemAll

KodakCoin is an ERC-20 token? Darn, not a big fan of ETH. Was hoping KodakCoin would use some newer tech like DAG or lattice.


9 posted on 01/10/2018 3:17:30 AM PST by Drago
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I think I used Ektachrome for slides * Kodachrome for prints. I can't remember either. :)


10 posted on 01/10/2018 3:26:42 AM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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♫  They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day. ♫
11 posted on 01/10/2018 3:44:02 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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:)

I love the *reds*

But they *took it away*. :)

12 posted on 01/10/2018 3:52:16 AM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: Drago

Kodak? Just wow!

I’m anxious to see what develops.

...film at 11.


13 posted on 01/10/2018 3:55:59 AM PST by ne1410s (2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.)
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To: ne1410s

:-) Wonder if film will make a “niche” comeback like vinyl records??


14 posted on 01/10/2018 4:01:46 AM PST by Drago
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To: ne1410s

lol.....+1.

Kodak will screw it up IMHO. I looks like they lost the ability to execute.


15 posted on 01/10/2018 4:03:42 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Drago

Film will continue to have a small niche.

I kind of miss working with it.


16 posted on 01/10/2018 4:23:24 AM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Drago

Perhaps the initiative will allow the weeds to be removed from the office parking lot expansion joints


17 posted on 01/10/2018 4:29:33 AM PST by Thibodeaux (2018 is looking good)
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There is an underground market for sealed expired film by enthusiasts that I’ve made a nice profit off of.

Film as old as 36 years.

I assume it’s not good for photos anymore, but apparently there is a niche for the old stuff.


18 posted on 01/10/2018 4:34:43 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Drago

the instant film cameras are making a bit of a comeback.


19 posted on 01/10/2018 4:36:36 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The Left doesnÂ’t have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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To: jurroppi1

I still have my dad’s old Polaroid camera and leather carry case.
There must be 20,000 parts in it.


20 posted on 01/10/2018 5:06:16 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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