Certain Bitcoin Core developers were quick to celebrate fake news about a sybil attack responsible for up to 1,758 Knots nodes. Source link
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The attacker was seemingly given authority to withdraw $41 million from Kiln while unstaking $200,000 worth of SOL. Source link
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Explained: how crypto’s ‘largest supply chain attack’ stole just $0.05
by Warren Payneby Warren PayneDespite compromising packages used across the industry, the attacker netted just $0.05, as well as an attention-seeking memecoin donation. Source link
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Ordinals Scrapyard turns Bitcoin NFT wreckage into tax write-offs
by Warren Payneby Warren PayneNew website Ordinals Scrapyard is bidding $0.001 for any Bitcoin Inscription, including NFTs that once sold for over $1M apiece. Source link
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TRON founder Justin Sun has been quick to embrace Donald Trump, and TRON has far outperformed BTC since Trump’s election. Source link
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Bitcoin Core v30 could cause ‘catastrophic’ node shutdown, critics warn
by Warren Payneby Warren PayneBitcoin Mechanic claims that a likely outcome of the Core v30 increase is a forced shutdown of hosted nodes and cloud infrastructure. Source link
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BubbleMaps says MYX Finance made $170M airdrop farming blunder
by Warren Payneby Warren PayneMYX Finance rallied 10X this week thanks to an airdrop marketing campaign that lured sybil attackers seeking quick paydays. Source link
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Linea and Polygon disruption sparks concern among Ethereum L2s
by Warren Payneby Warren PayneLinea faced “degraded performance” of its mainnet sequencer, while Polygon reported “delays in block finality” due to a bug in node software. Source link
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Circle and Tether bug bounties aren’t enough says LlamaRisk
by Warren Payneby Warren PayneLlamaRisk claims the bug bounties of multi-billion dollar stablecoin firms Circle and Tether are “inadequate,” and fail to exceed $10K. Source link
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Jack Dorsey’s decentralised messaging app Bitchat saw a large spike in downloads from Nepal amid protests and a social media crackdown. Source link