4thpillar technologies updates

• February 2020, SI-Chain partnership
  4thpillar technologies joined the Slovenian national blockchain testing infrastructure called SI-Chain. The Si-Chain implementation of 4thpillar technologies electronic data and documents exchange protocol and identity mechanism is underway. Supported by Slovenian Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, powered by HashNET and Telemach, Si-Chain was established in November 2019 with the intent to enable testing of existing and new blockchain applications for the public and private sector. More information
• April 2020, 4thtech and HashNET consortium
  Supported and approved by Slovenian Ministry of Public Administration, the consortium was formed between 4thpillar technologies and HashNET, to enter the INEA 2020 CEF Telecom Call with the blockchain eDelivery solution and SI-Chain implementation. More information
• July 2020, SI-Chain deployment
  Si-Chain deployment of 4thtech electronic data and documents exchange protocol.

• July 2020, 4thtech at Virtual Workshop Towards Global Interoperability Blockchain Infrastructure in Geneva
  UN/CEFACT Chain - Guidance for cross border interoperable blockchain infrastructure 4.0 was presented along with selected use cases on the 9th of July in Geneva. 4thtech eDelivery use-case presentation was presented at 12:00 (Geneva time). Watch the event video recording.

• September 2020, Document Notarisation Service deployment
  The 4thtech Document Notarization service is operational and able to leverage the power of blockchain to confirm content authenticity and timestamp. To illustrate the Document Notarisation process, the use case video Notarisation tutorial was prepared, please follow the link.
• October 2020, EIC/SME instrument 2020 Accelerator Funding Application
  With the main objective to deploy Document, eDelivery and Notarisation Blockchain Enterprise Suite (i.e. DEN-BES, a suite of applications essential in every organisation), 4thtech submitted to EIC-SMEInst-2b 2020 grant. With the EIC commission in session in Q4 2020, we keep our fingers crossed. Read more
• November 2020, Digital Identity Mechanism moves to production
  After several concept cycles, the Digital Identity Mechanism moves to production. With the first deployment on Ethereum, the mechanism adds the last component and usefulness to existing blockchain electronic data and document exchange and document Notarisation service. Read more
• December 2020, the announcement of 4thtech 2.0
  For the past 4 months, we have been working on a major 4thtech update that has finally reached its finalisation. The 4thtech 2.0 adds a number of functionalities and upgrades; (1) the 4thtech wallet extension overgone a complete rework and is now supporting Google Chrome and Mozilla browsers; (2) the end-user platform is now completely redesigned, capturing minimalistic modern design and packed with new features; (3) the platform now enables three public-blockchains, for the users to choose from when using 4thtech services, and; (4) new tokenization model is introduced, that allows users to receive discounts when using FOUR, furthermore service payments will be now possible also in native chain tokens. Further update news will follow when updates will be rolling out gradually in Q1 2021.
• January 2021, system maintenance updates
  In January 2021, we are performing various maintenance system updates. The platform and wallet operations will be limited. Please check the system status located in the Get-Started section.