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Why developers are warning against Paul Sztorc’s eCash fork

Paul Sztorc’s proposed eCash fork has been framed as a battle over Bitcoin’s principles. But among developers and infrastructure builders, a different interpretation is...

Are Satoshi’s 600,000 BTC At Risk? Unveiling The Hard Fork That Targets Bitcoin

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On-chain sleuth Tyler has drawn attention to a Bitcoin hard fork proposal...

New wallet offers way to tackle Bitcoin’s quantum risk without a fork

Developers behind a new wallet product say they have found a way to tackle quantum computing risks using a smart contract layer that runs...

What is Paul Sztorc’s Bitcoin hard fork ‘eCash’ and how it affects BTC?

Long-time Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc has been trying to overhaul Bitcoin's architecture since 2015, but the broader community hasn’t budged. So now he has...

There’s a Way to Make Bitcoin Safe From Quantum Without a Fork, Researchers Say

In brief A new proposal outlines a way to create quantum-resistant Bitcoin transactions without changing the network protocol. The design replaces elliptic-curve assumptions with hash-based puzzles...

Quantum-safe bitcoin now possible without a soft fork, but costs $200 a pop

A StarkWare researcher has published what he says is the first method for making bitcoin transactions quantum-safe on the live network today, without any...

Fed’s Miran speaks, Bitgo earnings, Casper hard fork: Crypto Week Ahead

As the war with Iran enters its fourth week, crypto markets will be dominated by macro events.Off the global stage, however, traders will be...

Ethereum Smart Accounts Coming in Hegota Fork

Ethereum account abstraction, or smart accounts, will be shipped with the Hegota upgrade “within a year,” said Vitalik Buterin on Saturday.“We have been talking...

Mark Karpelès Proposes Bitcoin Hard Fork to Recover 79,956 BTC Stolen From Mt Gox

Mark Karpelès has proposed a Bitcoin hard fork to recover nearly 80,000 BTC tied to the 2011 Mt Gox hack — and the idea...

Bitcoin’s hard fork proposal to get back $5 billion in stolen Mt. Gox funds sees no takers

Mark Karpelès thought he had a reasonable ask. The former CEO of defunct exchange MtGox, operating under his GitHub handle MagicalTux, submitted a pull...

Mt. Gox’s Karpeles Floats Hard Fork Recover $5.2B Bitcoin

Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of Mt. Gox, is calling on community support for a proposal to recover more than $5.2 billion stolen from...