Bitcoin Core is being challenged by another client, what is happening?

Knots, led by Luke Dashjr, reaches almost 9% of the total nodes with 1,953 operators. Criticism of Knots: Unilateral Development and Without Review, according to Jack DORSEY. In the Bitcoin ecosystem (BTC), a recent debate has captured the attention of developers, operators of nodes and users: one the changes proposed in Bitcoin Core, the most…

Identify a possible Bitcoin failure related to duplicate transactions

Somsen suggests saving a list of 7 MB of initial transactions for data review. It proposes to adjust 2010 block rules so that Bitcoin Valid transactions in a simpler way. While the Bitcoin (BTC) collaborators community debates changes in the Bitcoin Core client and the elimination of the limit in OP_return transactions, developer Ruben Somsen…

Bitcoin commissions shoot after wave of runes and ordinals

Registration of ordinals and runes increased, in some cases, between 60% and 80% in 24 hours. Ordinals adds data on the network using Segwit’s witness, while Runes does use op_return. This May 12, commissions for transactions in the Bitcoin Network (BTC) have experienced an increase in recent hours, a phenomenon promoted again by the use…

Solana dodges a critical attack in silence and unleashes criticism for its centralization

The Solana (Sol) network faced a threat that could have compromised user funds, but resolved it without raising the voice. The vulnerabilities detected They were corrected in privatewhat generated discomfort between participants of this ecosystem due to the lack of transparency and its impact on decentralization, according to Solanafloora place specialized in the Solana ecosystem….

Pectra is activated in Ethereum, what does the future of the network hold?

Tests of the functionality of pein on the main network concluded “successfully.” According to Etherscan, the first operations linked to the EIP-7702 are already being carried out. This May 7, 2025, at 10:05 UTC, Ethereum (ETH) completed the activation of its last great update, pein, in the Epoch 364,032, as announced by Tim Beiko, one…

Bitcoin closer to everyday life thanks to Lightning Network

The Fintech, with “more than 50 million users,” could promote the use of the LN. The adoption of the LN grows: from exchanges, mining pools and financial institutions. On May 7, 2025, the British Fintech Revolution has announced the integration of the second layer (L2) network of Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN), which offers faster and…

While Ethereum stumbles, Bitcoin follows its route

Bitcoin is a network that has no companies, organizations or personalities that direct their future. The Ethereum ecosystem is strongly influenced by the Ethereum Foundation and developers. While the development of Bitcoin (BTC) develops collaboratively and anchoring in the participants of their community, Vitalik Buterin proves that, in his attempt to bring Ethereum (eth) to…

Bitcoin Core finished the debate that captivated the last days of Bitcoin

The next Bitcoin Core update will mark a new modification in the technical evolution of the Bitcoin Network (BTC), by eliminating the limit of 80 bytes in OP_return transactions and allow multiple outputs of this type per transaction. This change, announced by Greg Sanders, blockstream engineer, seeks to adapt the network to new dynamics and…