Bitcoin now has a quantum computing escape route, but 7 million BTC may still be exposed
Bitcoin has confirmed a quantum-resistant transaction on mainnet using its existing consensus rules, showing that some holders could migrate funds away from future quantum risk without waiting for a protocol upgrade. The Aug. 26 transaction used a…
Google’s Android 17 Turns On New Privacy Feature—But Your Browsing Isn’t Fully Hidden
Google’s new privacy standard scrambles the one field of a web request that still travels in the clear: the name of the site being opened.
Bitcoin Privacy Wallet Sparrow Issues Update After AI Flags Fixes
Developer Craig Raw said an AI-assisted review produced most of the fixes in version 2.5.4, though none appeared likely to put users’ funds at risk.
The next currency crisis may be harder to contain because of stablecoins, New York Fed report shows
A New York Federal Reserve study found that dollar stablecoins are more likely to flow into wallets tied to countries experiencing currency or banking crises. Wallets linked to countries experiencing some form of financial crisis were 1.8% more likely to…
Solana takes its first step toward sub-second speed by cutting block confirmation times across the network
Solana’s mainnet is producing blocks faster after its first staged slot-time reduction moved the network’s target from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds. Faster slots shorten block-level feedback and confirmation thresholds measured in slots, while…
Bill Gates Wants a Robot Tax and Jobs Humans Can’t Be Fired From
Gates is calling for AI tokens and robots to be taxed so firms think twice before swapping out workers, plus a bracket of “human reserved” roles that stay off-limits to automation.
A hidden Bitcoin node database just shrank by 40 GB, but only if runners rebuild it
Bitcoin Core has merged a redesign of its optional transaction index that cut about 40 GB from the database in one contributor’s mainnet test. Operators using -txindex retain their existing indexes through an upgrade; capturing the full saving…
Phantom’s plan to drop Sui exposes the hidden power wallet interfaces hold over user funds
Phantom will remove Sui from its wallet interface on Sept. 24, one month after announcing that it and Sui had decided to end the integration. After the transition, Phantom will no longer display Sui balances, support Sui sends or swaps, or connect to…
Bitcoin’s 7 million coin quantum problem just reached the US Treasury
The US Treasury has formally brought digital assets into the financial sector’s preparations for quantum computing threats. On Aug. 24, the US Treasury launched its Quantum-Readiness Task Force, with one of three workstreams dedicated to digital assets…
Bitcoin Core considers dropping encrypted routing support as poor node health exposes users to eclipse attacks
Bitcoin Core contributors are weighing whether a thinly used network transport offers valuable insurance or has become a liability too costly to retain. In the open CJDNS support discussion, Bitcoin Core member Andrew Chow said one seeder database held…