Microsoft New Partner: Algorythmix, Expanse, Influx, Monero, Radium and Tendermint.

 The DevTest Labs Artifact library has a new home.  The old location will remain, but will not be updated. If you manually  added the old library to your DevTest Lab, please redirect the URL for  the artifact library the new URL. To make it REALLY easy to get  started with your own "consortium" lab, we have created a Blockchain as a  Service Marketplace Template. The template will automatically setup  your lab with the most popular lab settings and include the library of  existing Blockchain as a Service partner offerings. The library of  blockchain artifacts is kept up to date, so you will know when new  distributed ledger platforms, tools and services become available. 

 

MONERO

Monero  is a crypto currency that is not based on the Bitcoin codebase, and  that aims to remain as private, secure, and scalable as possible. All  Monero transactions are cryptographically untraceable and unlinkable,  and there is no separate "clear" token. This enables end users to use  Monero as a private store of value and as a medium of exchange that is  impervious to blockchain analysis or miner censorship. Developers  that are building privacy-aware or privacy-centric applications will  benefit from Monero's private-by-default approach, and will appreciate  the small and simple metadata storage area (tx_extra) available in every  transaction. Additionally, they will benefit from the standard and  uncomplicated cryptography based on Daniel J. Bernstein's Curve25519 EC  curve as well as EdDSA signatures. Those building pegged  off-chain or sidechain systems needn't worry about on-chain limitations,  as Monero's dynamic block size algorithm grows and shrinks the block  size limit based on the on-chain demand. Peg as much back to the Monero  blockchain as you need! 

Full story: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-blockchain-update-7/