North Korea’s cyber operations hit new heights in 2024, with hackers linked to the regime stealing $1.6 billion in cryptocurrency, according to a report from Chainalysis. This marks a sharp increase from the $660.5 million stolen in 2023 and underscores the critical role cybercrime plays in funding Pyongyang’s government operations. There was $2.2 billion stolen
A huge thank you for excellent input and feedback from Sacha Saint-Leger, Joseph Schweitzer, Josh Stark, and protolambda. I spend a lot of my time explaining and answering questions about eth2, and I mean a lot. Some of this on a deep and technical level as I help communicate research and specifications to technical contributors,
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. As XRP and Solana battle for dominance, Rollblock emerges as the underdog with moonshot potential, raising $7.3m in its presale. XRP and Solana are embroiled in a dominance battle, with XRP currently holding the
I’ve been thinking recently about post-apocalyptic wastelands. Specifically, about this scene from Mad Max: Fury Road, when the main characters have just escaped the first wave of pursuit, and are staying ahead of their would-be captors. They need to keep moving, but still need to do maintenance on the centerpiece of the movie: a gigantic
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Traders shift focus from DOGE and SHIB to emerging tokens like PEPE and Lightchain AI, with LCAI offering unique features and 1,000x growth potential. Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) have faced a breakout
As always, a lot continues to happen on the eth2 front. Aside from written updates (check out the State of Eth2 post below) and other public summaries, client teams, contributors, and community members/prospective-validators have been busy! Today, we’ll cover some significant deposit contract news, and big steps toward implementation of spec version v0.12. tl;dr Solidity
The Open Network, a blockchain originally developed by Telegram, is now integrated with Dune Analytics, a platform for on-chain data exploration. This integration allows developers, analysts, and blockchain enthusiasts to access and study TON’s ecosystem activity through custom dashboards and visual tools. According to a press note shared with crypto.news, Dune’s integration provides insights into
*This is part #1 of a series where anyone can ask questions about Geth and I’ll attempt to answer the highest voted one each week with a mini writeup. This week’s highest voted question was: Could you share how the flat db structure is different from the legacy structure?* State in Ethereum Before diving into
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. FXGuys presents a new investment opportunity with unique features and a 100x profit potential as top altcoins like SUI and Avalanche consolidate. The top altcoins have entered consolidation zones across platforms, even Sui and
Testnets, testnets, testnets! tl;dr Medalla testnet Following the excellent stability of Altona and based on conversations with eth2 client teams, Medalla – the next multi-client testnet – will have a MIN_GENESIS_TIME of 1596546000 (or for those of you that don’t think in unix time — August 4th, 2020, 1pm UTC)! This is a major step
