Bitcoin devs in OP_RETURN war motivated by ‘harm reduction’
Bitcoin developers’ war over the data storage limits of OP_RETURN was about UTXO bloat and harm reduction, according to one side.
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El Salvador prepares to arrest El Faro journalists, report
El Faro's editor-in-chief and director have claimed that the Salvadoran Attorney General has prepared arrest warrants for journalists.
The corporate interests taking over Bitcoin development
Disagreement over a seemingly minor change to OP_RETURN unearthed hidden corporate interests influencing Bitcoin development.
Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base are fighting over $52 billion DeFi pie
Ethereum layer 2s are battling for dominance of a market they believe could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
Craig Wright website still shows Satoshi notice despite court order expiring
Craig Wright seems to have forgotten to take down the Satoshi notice, which only needed to be displayed until January this year.
Over half of World ID holders haven’t scanned their eyeballs
Almost 14 million World ID holders have not scanned their eyeballs yet as World announces Tinder and Visa integrations.
Cash is 0.04% of Tether’s assets
Tether's most recent attestation claims approximately $120 billion in exposure to US Treasuries, but a paltry $64 million in cash.
Moderators censor Bitcoin devs as OP_RETURN war rages on
Bitcoin Core moderators are using GitHub repository controls to mute and ban contributors to a viral debate about OP_RETURN data storage.
Max Keiser thinks bitcoin will stop Israel displacing Palestinians
Bitcoin maximalist Max Keiser claims BTC can "orange pill" Israeli settlers and deter them from chasing Palestinians out of the West Bank.
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MicroStrategy wannabes and the return of mNAV mania
Crypto traders invented the term 'mNAV,' a simplistic ratio to explain how much they overpay for crypto holdings. It can exceed 8X.