Brazil’s central bank will bar virtual assets, including stablecoins, from settling one specific type of international payment flow starting Oct. 1. Resolution …
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Solana speeds up blocks by 17%, but transaction capacity stays the same
by shayaanby shayaanThe network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while …
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Regulation
Michigan Blocks Predictions Markets Platform Kalshi From Offering Sports Bets in the State
by shayaanby shayaanA Michigan court is barring a prediction market platform from offering sports wagers to state residents or risk massive daily fines for …
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Kalshi has blocked customers in Washington while asking a King County judge to reconsider an injunction restricting its prediction markets. The Aug. …
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Mining
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is 300 blocks behind BTC and six years from fixing itself
by shayaanby shayaanBitcoin’s ledger is a chain of blocks, each one a batch of transactions added by miners, firms running warehouses of specialised computers …
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Scams
Bitcoin ‘Anti-Spam’ Fork Sputters to a Halt After Mining Just Two Blocks
by shayaanby shayaanIn brief Supporters of BIP-110 split off into a minority Bitcoin chain on Saturday at block 961,632, but it mined only two …
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Mining
Supporters of the BIP-110 Fork on Bitcoin Have Mined Their Own Blocks: But There’s a Problem
by shayaanby shayaanThe minority chain created by BIP-110 supporters on the Bitcoin network has lagged significantly behind the main $BTC chain. In the divergence …
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The breakaway chain inherited bitcoin’s mining difficulty with only a tiny share of hashpower, leaving blocks hours apart while both chains still …
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Key Takeaways Unknown miners hold 230,770 bitcoin blocks, 24.03% of all blocks, per Cloverpool data. Antpool ranks second with 109,004 blocks; Foundry …
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Mining
Core Scientific Pays $42M to Exit Block’s Bitcoin Mining Deal as AI Revenue Surges
by shayaanby shayaanThis article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) …