Religious historiography relates that the ten commandments, principles of conduct common to several religions and written on stone tablets, were kept in the Ark of the Covenant, a sacred wooden chest covered with gold. The Israelites who built it felt that this chest was a symbol of God, and that, through it, His presence guided … Read more
The mere introduction of this opcode would allow covenants, ZK-rollups and native L2 to be added to Bitcoin. OP_CAT was removed after an event known as the value overflow incident, which occurred in 2010. Today, the main development problem of the Bitcoin protocol seems to be modular. By this I mean that the shape and … Read more
Roger Ver was one of the first investors and promoters of Bitcoin. He participated as an investor in projects such as Ripple and Blockchain.com. He renounced his American citizenship and became a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2017, Ver decided to switch his allegiance to Bitcoin Cash, the fork of Bitcoin. In 2024, … Read more
Satoshis (sats) are today called the smallest indivisible unit of bitcoin (BTC). The motivation is to simplify user understanding and reduce confusion when doing calculations. A new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) created by John Carvallo, a currency maximalist, is underway with the goal of redefining the primary unit of account of bitcoin (BTC). This initiative … Read more
Solana (SOL) ends 2024 as the network with the largest number of new developers working on it. It thus becomes the first network to surpass the main network of Ethereum (ETH) in this statistic since 2016. Despite the data, Ethereum continues to be the network that hosts the most developers in total, according to data … Read more
Spiralbtc, an organization that subsidizes Bitcoin projects, launched Saving Satoshi, an interactive book project that has been in development for years. Spitalbtc characterizes Saving Satoshi as “an interactive role-playing game that uses storytelling and game mechanics to bring developers into the Bitcoin FOSS ecosystem.” These acronyms mean “free, open-source software”, and identifies free open source … Read more
Bitcointalk is much more than a forum; The platform has been a fundamental space to build and strengthen the Bitcoin community. Read more Source link
Visitors to the old Bitcoin mailing list archive page now encounter a clear error message: “There is no bitcoin-dev list.” This marks the end of an era in digital currency development communication, as the Bitcoin Core mailing list has been completely removed from its former home at the Linux Foundation. The poste restanteknown as bitcoin-dev, … Read more
Ethereum researchers Justin Drake and Dankrad Feist announced that they are stepping down from their roles as advisors to the EigenLayer restaking platform. The decision comes after months of controversy and concerns about potential conflicts of interest. The revelation of the Drake link with EigenLayer, last May, generated an intense debate within the Ethereum community. … Read more
Google, in collaboration with Google Cloud, today launched a service called Blockchain RPC (Remote Procedure Call or Remote Procedure Call). This tool aims to allow users to web3 developers interact with data on-chainspecifically with the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, without having to manage your own node infrastructure. The RPC protocol is a technology that grants developers … Read more