Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Nodes in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network verify transactions through cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight. Consensus between nodes is achieved using a computationally intensive system based on proof-of-work called mining.
Bitcoin Core IBD becomes extremely slow after ~68%; peers connect but stop delivering blocks
I'm currently doing the Initial Block Download (IBD) of a Bitcoin Core node. For most of the synchronization, everything behaved...
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ECB’s Schnabel Says Central Bank Money ‘Must Go Onchain’ – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysIsabel Schnabel believes that the ECB must bring its reserves onchain.Project Pontes is due to launch in September 2026,...
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Swedish Tax Scrutiny Shadows Crypto Miners’ Pivot to AI
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The...
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Stablecoins Still Aren’t Credible Money at Scale
Key TakeawaysPablo Hernández de Cos flagged four failures in stablecoins during his Jackson Hole address.Global stablecoin supply has climbed to...
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A Texas Player Just Let $1 Million Expire. It Was Sitting at a Gas Station the Whole Time
Key TakeawaysPowerball’s $1 million Austin ticket expired after its Aug. 1 claim deadline.Circle K sold the ticket matching 5 white...
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Ethereum’s Top Sandwich Bot Made $295M, Then Lost $7.5M
Key TakeawaysJaredfromSubway.eth’s bot has extracted over 117,000 ETH (~$295M) from trades since March 2023.An attacker drained the sandwich bot of...
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Poisoned AI Links Expose a Nightmare for Crypto Workers
Key TakeawaysRefi Hub’s Numa Lunah said 1 Claude-supplied link led to malware.Microsoft warned in 2026 that LLM poisoning can steer...
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Bullish Makes $100M AI Credit Bet With GPUs Serving as Collateral
Key TakeawaysBullish extended USD.AI a $100 million facility for GPU-backed AI loans.The firm’s shares gained 44% in 1 month as...
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Bitcoin Bull Cycle Peak Could Be Driven by Global ETF Demand
Key TakeawaysGlobal institutional demand could drive bitcoin’s bull cycle peak.Wider ETF access may extend adoption beyond the United States.Stablecoin liquidity...
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Solana Leads Altcoin Gains as XRP and DOGE Slide
Key TakeawaysCrypto markets ended Aug. 29 flat at $2.73 trillion as volatility offset prior gains.Altcoins diverged sharply as SOL rallied...
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