Quote from: Freckleg on November 18, 2016, 05:47:23 PM

Quote from: crazyivan on November 18, 2016, 04:59:08 PM

These is really nice news. Guess what, probably news of the week, if not this month, will not be published anywhere besides a few side and irrelevant news portals. Isnt this something which should be in NYT or Wired or even Coindesk.

Nah. Irrelevant. CMO Factom? Anyone?

EDIT:

Let me correct myself, it s visible here and there

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/factom-gets-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-grant-secure-medical-records-blockchain-1592227

Even CNN.... Gates Goes Blockchain and chooses...Factom!

Guys, it's been a couple hours since the news official broke. Patience. I'd imagine Tiana sent a press release to some of the major news organizations. I strongly suspect the Gate Foundation sends releases to news outlets with every new grant. It's a major foundation that benefits from publicity, and sending such a release would be free and in that sector, basically pro forma.

Major news outlets aren't going to be the ones to "break" this kind of news. Likely they'd wait to see how the local community responds. IF the price goes up a lot, and IF it generates much dialog, then the grant may "graduate" to more mainstream outlets. Major news outlets rarely lead the way with this kind of thing, though. They report on what is already big news in niche markets. Remember that Ethereum only gained mainstream awareness when the market neared 1b market capnot when all the exciting stuff was happening earlier on.