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Other signature schemes could replace the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm. The replacement would seek to prevent the derivation of private keys from public bitcoin addresses. The community of users and developers have expressed their concern about the future of Bitcoin in the face of the advent of quantum computing. To date, concerns have mainly…
A district judge in Austin, capital of the state of Texas in the United States, this week ordered Frank Richard Ahlgren to hand over the private keys to his bitcoin (BTC) wallet. The order seeks to recover at least $120 million in BTC, about 1,200 coins. Judge Robert Pitman ruled that Ahlgren reveal your access…
«The most sensible thing would be to turn off the Chivo Wallet due to the controversy it has generated since its inception. Numerous users have experienced account lockouts, while others have taken advantage of the Bitcoin wallet to carry out fraud. It is for this reason that I believe that the International Monetary Fund has…
Salvadoran users criticize Chivo Wallet for more failures. The Government promises a transition without interruptions, but uncertainty persists. For more than three years, complaints about the Chivo Wallet, the bitcoin wallet launched by the government in 2021, were abundant. Now, faced with the announcement of its possible sale or definitive closure, Salvadoran users express their…
El Salvador decided to discontinue the government-created Bitcoin wallet, Chivo Wallet, as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This measure is announced as a requirement to access a loan of USD 1.4 billion from the multilateral organization. Stacy Herbert, the director of the National Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, confirmed on…
Companies related to digital assets that come to Wall Street are moving the market forcefully, as demonstrated by the sudden increase in the stock of Exodus, a bitcoin (BTC) self-custody wallet, on its first day of trading. Under the ticker EXOD, the company’s Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange…
This wallet must have integrated private transaction and identity functions. Among other capabilities, it should function as an encrypted privacy bank for the user. Vitalik Buterin, founder and developer of Ethereum, described in an article of his own pen the qualities and properties that an ideal cryptocurrency wallet should have. The article, which was published…
The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) is exploring new regulation that could significantly change the landscape of cryptocurrency transactions in the country. On November 29, the BCB launched a public consultation proposing to veto transfers of stablecoins, such as Tether’s USDT, to self-custody wallets such as MetaMask. “The virtual asset service provider is prohibited from…
“What is not good for the hive is not good for the bee.” Marcus Aurelius ¿Someone that is recognized as a bitcoiner, that makes successful bitcoiner products aimed at providing sovereignty and privacy to the user, but that, indirectly, through the call to the State, initiates force against another bitcoiner, is really a bitcoiner? Or,…
The BBC investigation team claims to have found traces that implicate the famous American YouTuber Logan Paul in promoting investments in cryptocurrencies, without having revealed his links to these projects. In 2021, an anonymous wallet purchased nearly $160,000 in Elongate memecoin tokens, approximately an hour before Logan Paul posted a video clip on the social…
