KYC Mining Pools Have More Than 50% of Bitcoin Hashrate
Mining pools that require miner identity verification now control more than 50% hashrate of the Bitcoin network.
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Current App's Team Says Apple Allowed Them To Keep Zaps on Posts
Current App for iOS and Android is an open source react-native client on top of the Nostr protocol that comes with a built-in Lightning wallet.
$37M CoinsPaid Hack Was Triggered By A Fake Job Interview
"The fake interview and subsequent hack were the culmination of an elaborate six-month operation in which hackers launched numerous denial-of-service and brute-force attacks, which probe networks for technical vulnerabilities that can then be exploited."
BitForge: Fireblocks Uncovered Vulnerabilities in Over 15 Major MPC Wallets
"The Fireblocks cryptography research team has uncovered BitForge – a series of zero-day vulnerabilities in some of the most widely adopted implementations of multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, including GG-18, GG-20, and Lindell17. "
Banks Hit with $549 Million in Fines For Use of Signal, WhatsApp, iMessage
"U.S. regulators on Tuesday announced a combined $549 million in penalties against Wells Fargo and a raft of smaller or non-U.S. firms that failed to maintain electronic records of employee communications," CNBC reported.
Core Scientific Restructuring Plan Includes Equity Stake For Bitmain and Anchorage
The world's largest mining machine maker is set to take a $54 million stake in Core Scientific in exchange for 27,000 S19j XP Miners and $23 million in cash as the miner emerges out of Chapter 11 proceedings.
Bitrefill Partners with eSIM Go to Offer eSIMs in Over 160 Countries
"Bitrefill, a popular platform that sells gift cards for bitcoin, has announced its partnership with eSIM Go, enabling travelers in over 160 countries to pre-purchase an e-sim and have local data available as soon as they arrive, per a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine."
Binance Becomes 'The First Fully Licensed Exchange' in El Salvador
The exchange acquired both a Bitcoin Services Provider license (BSP) by the Central Reserve Bank (Banco Central de Reserva) and a non-provisional Digital Assets Services Provider license (DASP), by the National Commission of Digital Assets (Comisión Nacional de Activos Digitales).
Milk Sad: Wallet Theft Enabled By Weak Entropy
"This is the story of a wallet theft enabled by bad cryptography. It covers our research on problems with Libbitcoin Explorer 3.x (CVE-2023-39910), outlines how it is related to the Trust Wallet vulnerability (CVE-2023-31290), and shows some of the real-world impact that we were able to confirm."
Iraq Blocks Telegram Access In The Country Citing 'Privacy Concerns'
Iraqis now need a VPN to continue using the Telegram app.
Iris Received Half of HRF's Secret Nostr Group Chats Bounty
Iris introduced support for secret Nostr group chats that don't leak metadata.
Ai4ALL Hackathon Wrap Up: 44 Bitcoin Projects From 173 Participants
"After an exciting couple of weeks that saw the submission of 44 different projects from a total of 173 participants, the AI4All Hackathon has wrapped and the winners have been selected."