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Bitcoin's Dormant Wallets Could Be the Weakest Link in a Quantum Era
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (1041+ words) The common narrative surrounding the impact of quantum computing on Bitcoin focuses on a doomsday scenario in which the entire network collapses at once. However, this perspective overlooks a critical distinction in how the risk is actually distributed. Bitcoin's quantum…...
Drift Says Nonce Attack Drove Exploit as Circle Faces USDC Scrutiny
1+ week, 4+ day ago (459+ words) Drift said a durable nonce attack helped drive its Solana exploit, as critics questioned why stolen USDC moved for hours without a freeze. Drift Protocol, a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX), confirmed Thursday it was targeted in a roughly $280 million exploit,…...
Bitcoin Mining Centralizes as AI Decentralizes: Galaxy Research
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (402+ words) Bitcoin mining is becoming more centralized while AI may move the opposite way, driven by edge computing and open-source models. Bitcoin mining runs the risk of becoming more centralized as time goes on, while artificial intelligence may be moving in…...
Bitcoin Has 35 Years to Prepare for Quantum Risk: Bernstein
5+ day, 7+ min ago (381+ words) Bitcoin faces a future quantum threat, but Bernstein analysts say risks are concentrated in older wallets and exposed keys, and unlikely to cause existential disruption. Advances in quantum computing could eventually pose a threat to Bitcoin's cryptographic security, but the…...
Solana Foundation Launches STRIDE Security Program
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (399+ words) The Solana Foundation and Web3 security firm Asymmetric Research unveiled a new security initiative called STRIDE, along with a real-time incident-response network. The Solana Foundation on Monday announced a new security auditing framework for Solana-based protocols in addition to an incident-response…...
Tron DAO Scales AI Fund to $1 B for Agentic Economy
3+ week, 1+ day ago (434+ words) The $1 billion AI fund targets investments in stablecoin rails, agent identity, tokenized RWAs and developer tooling for autonomous AI systems. Update (March 25, 3: 05 am UTC): This article has been updated to add comments from Justin Sun. Tron DAO has scaled its…...
NYT Report Suggests Adam Back Could Be Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (414+ words) A New York Times investigation points to Adam Back as Satoshi Nakamoto, but the Blockstream CEO denies it, and critics say proof is still missing. The New York Times published an investigation on Wednesday arguing that Adam Back, the British…...
AI Routers Can Steal Credentials and Crypto - Research
16+ hour, 48+ min ago (437+ words) 26 LLM routers are "secretly injecting malicious tool calls and stealing creds," warns researcher Chaofan Shou. University of California researchers have discovered that some third-party AI large language model (LLM) routers can pose security vulnerabilities that can lead to crypto theft." A…...
Naoris Launches Post-Quantum Blockchain as Quantum Risks Grow
1+ week, 5+ day ago (476+ words) Naoris Protocol said it has launched its mainnet, introducing a layer-1 blockchain that uses post-quantum cryptography for transaction validation and network security. Naoris Protocol has launched its mainnet, introducing a layer-1 blockchain designed to use post-quantum cryptography for transaction validation…...
Ethereum Devs Launch Post-Quantum Resource Hub
2+ week, 5+ day ago (373+ words) The Ethereum Foundation-linked Post-Quantum team says while the quantum threat isn't imminent, deploying a full solution without disrupting the network will take years. A group of Ethereum developers has launched a resource hub focused on protecting the blockchain from future…...