Sign in Subscribe

News

U.S. Treasury Seeks Massive Expansion of Warrantless Surveillance & Powers to Sanction Open-Source Software

U.S. Treasury Seeks Massive Expansion of Warrantless Surveillance & Powers to Sanction Open-Source Software

"This week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sent a letter to the heads of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees. Included with the letter was a memo titled “Potential Options to Strengthen Counter-Terrorist Financing Authorities.”

BitcoinTalk.org to Ban Link Sharing and Promotion of Custodial No-KYC Mixers

BitcoinTalk.org to Ban Link Sharing and Promotion of Custodial No-KYC Mixers

"Examples of things that are not banned mixers include exchangers (unless they have a mixing function), CoinJoin-supporting non-custodial wallets, and Monero," said Theymos.

Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023 - Day 3 Livestream

Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023 - Day 3 Livestream

Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023 brings together Bitcoin stakeholders from across Africa and beyond for a three-days in Accra, Ghana.

Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023 Livestream - Day 1

Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023 Livestream - Day 1

Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023 brings together Bitcoin stakeholders from across Africa and beyond for a three-days in Accra, Ghana.

AntPool to Return 83 BTC Fee to Person Who Signs Message From the Compromised Wallet

AntPool to Return 83 BTC Fee to Person Who Signs Message From the Compromised Wallet

AntPool said that it will return the 83 BTC fee if the owner of the compromised wallet comes forward before December 10, though its verification method appears to be far from ideal in the current situation.

MicroStrategy Added 16130 BTC to Its Stash in November

MicroStrategy Added 16130 BTC to Its Stash in November

MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 16,130 BTC for ~$593.3 million at an average price of $36,785 per bitcoin. The company now holds 174,530 BTC acquired for ~$5.28 billion at an average price of $30,252 per bitcoin.

Spiral Renews Grant to the Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) Project

Spiral Renews Grant to the Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) Project

VLS separates your Lightning private keys and security rule validation from your Lightning node, into a discrete signing device. This improves LN security for users by reducing the attack surface.

83 BTC Fee Transaction Was a Cold Wallet Hack

83 BTC Fee Transaction Was a Cold Wallet Hack

Pseudonymous Bitcoin user lost 139 BTC in what appears to be an automated cold wallet hack with an odd fee calculation mechanism.

Eligius Pool Relaunched As OCEAN Pool, Raises $6.2M in Seed Funding

Eligius Pool Relaunched As OCEAN Pool, Raises $6.2M in Seed Funding

The seed funding will support the launch of OCEAN Pool - a non-custodial Bitcoin mining pool where miners are paid directly by the Bitcoin network. The pool also offers complete transparency into its operations, particularly in the areas of block template creation and reward distribution.

Livestream: The Future of Bitcoin Mining Conference

Livestream: The Future of Bitcoin Mining Conference

Ocean, a stealth Bitcoin startup, is hosting a one-day event in South Carolina today.

Nodeless.io Shuts Down Due to Investigation for Running 'Illegal Money Transmission' Business in Canada

Nodeless.io Shuts Down Due to Investigation for Running 'Illegal Money Transmission' Business in Canada

Nodeless is an open-source and no-KYC payment router that makes it easy to accept bitcoin payments to self-custody through its API.

Wallet of Satoshi to Stop Serving Customers in the United States

Wallet of Satoshi to Stop Serving Customers in the United States

"We've made the difficult decision to remove our app from the U.S. Apple and Google app stores, and will not serve U.S. customers going forward," announced Wallet of Satoshi.