Blockchains may finally break their hidden reliance on a ticking randomness clock to keep networks secure
A paper accepted for Crypto 2026 in Santa Barbara says it resolves a theoretical gap in permissionless consensus…
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Bitcoin miner CleanSpark signed a $6.6B AI lease before securing the $2.1B required to build it
CleanSpark has signed a 20-year AI infrastructure lease, but still needs to finance an estimated $1.75 billion to…
Stop worrying about the Bitcoin quantum threat – Why Google can’t steal your BTC, and bad actors are decades behind
The state of quantum computing and what it would take to threaten Bitcoin Quantum computing has advanced materially…
‘What does Harvard see coming?’ asks macro analyst as university ups IBIT position by 257%
Harvard University increased its holdings of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by 257% compared to its June position,…
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin ensuring blockchain privacy is critical to building ‘open and verifiable’ societies
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that society’s growing reliance on digital infrastructure could erode public trust unless technologies…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin advocates copyleft to counter tech monopolies
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is rethinking his long-held preference for permissive software licenses, advocating for broader…
US academic institutions urge SEC to implement stringent crypto staking rules, oversight
Representatives from multiple universities met with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force on June…
Vitalik proposes ‘Lean Ethereum’ to achieve quantum security, simpler validator operations
Ethereum builders outlined a “Lean Ethereum” roadmap that aims to trim layer-1 complexity while hardening security, according to…
Google slashes quantum requirement to crack Bitcoin by 95% with technology a decade away
Bitcoin’s cryptographic resilience is facing renewed questions after a Google researcher suggested that quantum computers may be capable…
Vitalik Buterin praises real-time ZK proving milestone, but urges caution
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin acknowledged a major breakthrough in zero-knowledge (ZK) technology this week, calling recent developments in…