Lightningcon Vietnam 2023 Talks Are Available Online
The conference took place on March 23-24, 2023 in Da Nang, Vietnam. The event is set to come back on March 2024 (very early bird tickets available now).
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Twitter Is Complying With More Government Demands Under Musk
"Since Musk took ownership, the company has received 971 government demands, and fully complied with 808 of them. Before Musk, Twitter's full compliance rate hovered around 50%; since the takeover, it is over 80%."
Surveillance Firm Chainalysis Releases Report Identifying Russian Military Bitcoin Activity Then Deletes It
"We recently discovered what appears to be an example of a more direct, aggressive usage of Bitcoin for counterintelligence, through the unprecedented weaponization of the OP_RETURN field."
Bitcoin Policy Summit 2023: Panels, Video, Highlights
Bitcoin Policy Summit was a single day, invite-only event exploring Bitcoin as strategic opportunity for the United States. The event took place on April 26, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Spiral Distributed More Than $7M In Grants To Open Source Projects & Developers
"Every org that benefits from the work of FOSS devs and designers should be supporting them. This way, devs, and designers get paid to do what they love, bitcoin gets better, and everyone wins."
Brazil Court Bans Telegram (Again) For Not Sharing Information
The court ordered telephone operators and app stores to remove the app immediately.
Bitcoin Whitepaper Removed In The Upcoming MacOS Update
The file was located in a folder within the Image Capture app along with other random assets, such as other PDF files and images.
Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund Is Backing 13 Bitcoin Developers Fighting CSW
The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund was founded in 2021 as a non-profit foundation to support Bitcoin developers and protect the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Amboss Raised $4M In Seed Funding Round Led By Stillmark
Amboss' enterprise-grade data analytics platform aims to further enhance the fully-reserved bitcoin payments layer.
Every Wallet Generated With Trust Wallet Browser Extension Allowed For Stealing User Funds
"This vulnerability illustrates the worst case scenario of a crypto bug - compromised accounts forever."
UK's Online Safety Bill Takes Aim at End-to-End Encryption
The law could give an unelected official the power to weaken the privacy of billions of people around the world.
700M Users Of Telegram Can Now Buy, Receive, Withdraw and Trade Bitcoin P2P
Telegram’s estimated user base for April 2023 is 1.068 billion, with over 700 million monthly active users as of June 2022.