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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Miners Hold Onto Rigs, Betting the Bull Run Will Continue

Supply has dried up despite a glut of available bitcoin mining rigs since China’s crackdown in May.

Tech  ·  25 August 2021
Privacy

Privacy Startup Nym Hires Whistleblower Chelsea Manning to Audit Mixnet

Manning has joined privacy startup Nym as a security consultant.

Tech  ·  25 August 2021
Bitcoin

Valid Points: Ethereum Emerges From Bitcoin’s Shadow

Ethereum is finally either catching up to or surpassing Bitcoin across a number of key metrics.

Tech  ·  25 August 2021
Ethereum

Ethereum’s Most Popular Software Client Issues Hotfix to High Severity Bug

The release was posted to GitHub at 07:08 UTC Tuesday. Details of the fixes weren't immediately disclosed.

Tech  ·  24 August 2021
Bitcoin

Substack Rolls Out Bitcoin Payments via OpenNode and Lightning Network

OpenNode and Substack will allow some crypto-focused subscribers to pay with both on-chain and Lightning bitcoin transactions.

Tech  ·  23 August 2021
Automated Market Makers

What Is an Automated Market Maker?

Automated market makers incentivize users to become liquidity providers in exchange for a share of transaction fees and free tokens.

Tech  ·  20 August 2021
DeFi

Alchemy Expands Free Tier in Bid to Attract More Blockchain Developers to Platform

The blockchain infrastructure startup says easy access to developer services helps projects "unfold at a higher velocity."

Tech  ·  20 August 2021
Crypto Hacking

Liquid Exchange Attack: Can a Crypto Wallet Ever Be 100% Safe From Hacks?

Custody experts say Thursday’s attack could be related to an earlier Liquid hack last November. Is MPC really to blame?

Tech  ·  20 August 2021
Atomic Swaps

A Beginner’s Guide to Atomic Swaps

Atomic swaps are often regarded as being one of the few truly peer-to-peer methods for trading crypto tokens.

Tech  ·  20 August 2021
Non-Fungible Tokens

¿Qué es un token cripto semifungible?

Tras el boom de los NFTs, ahora los SFTs representan un grupo relativamente nuevo de tokens que pueden ser tanto fungibles como no fungibles.

Tech  ·  18 August 2021
DeFi

DeFi-Powered Social Token Site Rally Submits Plan to Decentralize Itself

The proposed road map would see the "creator coin" platform split up into a venture studio, a DAO, a Swiss non-profit and more.

Tech  ·  18 August 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Lightning Network Growth Passes New Milestones

However, only about 58% of nodes are operating channels and earning yield.

Tech  ·  18 August 2021
Stablecoins

Facebook: Novi Digital Wallet Is ‘Ready to Come to Market’

Novi’s David Marcus said Facebook deserves “a fair shot” at payments.

Tech  ·  18 August 2021
NFTs

‘Like-to-Earn’ NFT Platform RARA Looks to Monetize the Future of Online Engagement

RARA offers a token-powered curation system for separating the wheat from the chaff in the NFT market.

Tech  ·  18 August 2021
Ethereum

Valid Points: Ethereum 2.0 Trends Toward Decentralization

Also: Tomorrow, the first backward-incompatible upgrade for the Beacon Chain will activate on the Pyrmont test network.

Tech  ·  18 August 2021