An in-depth review of 2009 blocks suggests it’s highly likely that Satoshi used hash power to reorganize Bitcoin’s blockchain. Source link...

Bitcoin price action has gone completely vertical this week. Bitcoin is trading around $77,700, up 8.3% over the past 24 hours and 23.8% over seven days, as its ETF news turns bullish. It has also pushed its market cap above...

A Hyperliquid testnet deployer using Kraken’s name has whitelisted 10 wallets and tested three compliance controls, raising the possibility that the centralized exchange has been experimenting with a permissioned HIP-3 market. Summary 10 wallets have been approved to use the...

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A judge has rejected the CFTC’s attempt to stop Kalshi from resuming its election prediction markets as the commission appeals. Source link...

Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir and Jae Kwon for many of the ideas described in this post Aside from the primary debate around weak subjectivity, one of the important secondary arguments raised against proof of stake is the issue that...

Bitcoin continued its rise on Friday, having its best week since 2023 as over $1 billion in shortsellers’ positions got ruined and exchange-traded funds received billions in new cash.  The leading cryptocurrency on Friday was recently trading 23% higher over...

Waymo is putting its own silicon in the driver’s seat. The autonomous driving unit of Alphabet Inc. revealed on Thursday that it has developed custom chips for its robotaxi fleet, marking the company’s first public look into the hardware platform...

Russian ransomware group Fin7 has created at least seven different AI-generated deepfake sites that create non-consensual nude images. Source link...

Warning: this post contains crazy ideas. Myself describing a crazy idea should NOT be construed as implying that (i) I am certain that the idea is correct/viable, (ii) I have an even >50% probability estimate that the idea is correct/viable,...