In light of the charges brought against Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill for their alleged operation of Samourai Wallet, I believe it is important for Bitcoiners to assess the current state of things. Too much of the discourse in Bitcoin today is simply lip flapping from state-sponsored hypnotists pushing intelligence-captured infrastructure rails as scaling…
Of the 11 financial institutions that issued spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024, only two — Bitwise and VanEck — have pledged to donate a percentage of their profits to open-source Bitcoin development. Regardless of whether large holders are harassing ETF sponsors for funding core dev, the real question is – why are only @BitwiseInvest…
GiveCrypto, an initiative founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong “to make direct donations to people in need”, has made a significant donation of $3.6 million to Brink, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding Bitcoin developers. Brink is excited to announce a $3.6m donation to our #Bitcoin development funding efforts from GiveCrypto! Thank you to @brian_armstrong and…
Tentatively, the BNB Chain Fusion has been set for April 2024. Developers of Binance’s BNB Smart Chain are keen on fusing the BNB Beacon Chain (BEP-2) and BNB Smart Chain (BEP-20) into one single blockchain. The team revealed the reason behind its plans as one that is geared towards growth. In the Monday announcement, developers admitted…
I have a feeling that I am going to be writing a lot on this topic in general for the foreseeable future, but the philosophical and existential crisis currently confronting the Bitcoin space over what constitutes “spam” is starting to have massive second order effects and consequences in all of the different Bitcoin communities. I…
In a significant move showcasing dedication to the broader Bitcoin ecosystem, VanEck, a notable investment management firm, has pledged to allocate 5% of profits generated from their Spot Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), if approved by the SEC, towards supporting Bitcoin Core developers for a period exceeding a decade. VanEck has already started this initiative by making…
The 25 billion BONK tokens airdropped to Solana developers last year are now worth over $600,000 after the meme token has rallied in the last few months. During the holidays, it is common for companies to give their employees bonuses, usually in cash or kind. But last year, Solana developers got a potentially life-changing bonus…
The AWS Blockchain Node Runners has so far integrated Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), thus making it a major step for the latter to become a Web 3.0 hub that supports scalable smart contracts. Solana (SOL), a leading smart contract blockchain with a smartphone in the market dubbed Saga mobile, has announced that infrastructure nodes…
As an emerging solution, Horizen has highlighted that EON is open to partnerships and integration but only with firms and protocols that resonate with its core values. Fast-growing Layer-0 public blockchain Horizen has hit a major milestone with the mainnet launch of Horizen Ethereum Open Network (EON). Notably, Horizen EON is a smart contracting sidechain…
Subsquid’s integration with Flare paves the way for greater innovation and collaboration in the blockchain ecosystem. Flare Network, an EVM smart contract platform, has announced its collaboration with Subsquid, a full-stack blockchain indexing solution to make historical data stored on the Flare blockchain readily available to developers utilizing the Subsquid network. Subsquid: A Game-Changer for…
Crypto scammers are trapping gullible investors by creating replica websites and social media accounts of real-life projects. Later they ask the users to connect their wallets, and siphon off the funds. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recently raised caution about cybercriminals pretending to be real NFT developers and later stealing cryptocurrencies and…
While Polygon Zero is claiming the code was used without the original copyrights or clear attribution to the original authors, Matter Labs stated that the code was “prominently attributed” in a line atop one of the files in question. Polygon and Matter Labs continue their competition on building zero-knowledge rollups. Polygon’s unit Polygon Zero, which is standing behind a layer…