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Tagcash receives authorization from BSP to run E Money on Permission Blockchain

I have been living in the Philippines since 2012, when I purchased a small office and started an incubator to play with ideas that revolved around solving problems I saw in the Philippines.

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Blockchain App Development

Why Investors Should Pay Attention to Blockchain App Development in 2018 The world is watching to see how blockchain app development will advance this year. Last year seemed to surprise most people as

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Building Fiat on the Blockchain

It's been a month now since we started operating the Fiat Blockchain for Pesos, and we have been using it as the underlying transfer system in the Tagcash Wallet app. Anytime someone does

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TAG Group

KYC on the Blockchain

Know your Customer (KYC) process is not difficult to understand...each country has its own way to ensure verification of a person by regulated entities, so they can keep track of money laundering

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TAG Group

Tagcash White Paper

This has now moved to the Tagcash Website at this location: http://tagcash.com/whitepaper.html

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Investments

My Startup Investments

Tagcash Online and offline ewallet platform with extra services, offering apps, website and API for integration. Uses Permissioned Blockchains, also available to other Fintech partners. Tagwild A digital scavenger game connecting the real

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TAG Group

Using Multichain blockchain software to run parts of TAG

I have been researching for some time as to which blockchain technology I should choose to handle certain aspects of TAG, saving us time, money and allow us to expand. There are a

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Storing data on the TAG Blockchain (and why)

It's been possible to store tiny amounts of info on the Bitcoin blockchain for many years, but it will cost whatever the transaction is (these days anything from $2 to $5), so a

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TAG Group

Tagcoin to be integrated into Tagwild

I created Tagcoin cryptocurrency, as a variant on Bitcoin, in November 2013 as an experiment to learn more about the technology and to see where it would go. Four years on, and having

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KYC Identity on the blockchain

There's a problem that is crying out for a solution - the fact that you have to prove who you are multiple times with different establishments, both online and offline, means a lot

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TAG Group

Digital Notary on Tagcash Wallet mobile app, utilizing the Tagcoin Blockchain

Here in Philippines, and probably elsewhere, we use Notary Publics all the time, to sign off on documents to attest they are real and the signatures on them are by valid persons. They

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TAG Group

Voting on the TAG Blockchain

Voting fraud is a big issue, with voters not trusting centralized systems. TAG can help allay some of those trust issues with a simple system recording registrations and votes on the Tagcoin Blockchain.

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Case Study - How Tagbond & Tagwild could solve fake gas bottle problem

I was chatting with someone at a Fintech meetup and he was sharing his problem with me, something I never knew existed in the Philippines. Apparently 50% of all the LPG gas bottles

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Tagcoin - Cryptocurrency for Rewards

I've been involved with cryptocurrency since 2012, when I met a Korean guy who wanted to sell me some Bitcoin for Pesos. He was buying clothing and goods from Korea using Bitcoin to

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How Filipino OFWs can control their own disbursments using Tagcash

One of the issues facing Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) today, especially the unbanked, is how to control the use of the money sent home to the Philippines. There are a lot of remittance

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TAG Group

Tagcash Modules - what to show or hide...

The Tagcash Wallet app has a multitude of uses to remit, spend or transfer both money and rewards points. However, not all services are useful in all countries. There is no point in

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Earthbag Building

Window Design for Earthbag House

When i was working on the earthbag house in Puerto Galera, I looked around for ready made windows we could install. I didn't want to use wood, due to termite problems, and the

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Tagcash & Tagwild playing together

The Tagcash Wallet app has been in use for a couple of years now, and we are adding more services to make it useful, like buying load and airtime, paying bills, booking home

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Tagbond - Rewarding Data

For the first year of TAG operation, I was playing with technology for RFID, NFC, QR codes and later Bluetooth beacons...connecting the real world with the virtual, using simple technology items. I

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Creating Tagwild - Gamified Loyalty

For the last few years, I have been interested in creating a platform for customers to earn rewards in different ways. especially points currency that can be used across more than one merchant.

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hydroponics

How to create your first hydroponics setup

You are interested in hydroponics - the growing of plants with no soil, just water. What should you start on first? Probably the easiest setup would be using the Kratky method. Essentially that

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Earthbag Building

Lime Plaster in Philippines

I learned about the use of Hydrated Lime while researching building methods for [Earthbag Building](http://markvernon.org/earthbag-building-in-philippines " target="_blank). You can learn more about hydrated lime [here](https://en.

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How TAG Started in Philippines

I am retired...supposed to be anyway. After building a company in Silicon Valley I made enough to do what I had always wanted - buy a yacht and sail around the world.

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Earthbag Building

Earthbag Building in Philippines

I have been interested in building techniques for a few years, with dreams of one day building a small castle. A conversation with Louis, a Dutch friend, introduced me to earthbag building techniques.

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