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‘Carbon Dating’ the Internet Archive with OpenTimestamps
tl;dr: You can now use our searchable database to download Bitcoin timestamps for items in the Internet Archive.
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 850 posts.
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I, Token: The untold story of the hole in Bitcoin's heart
The untold story of the hole in Bitcoin's heart
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Man Robbed of 16 Bitcoin Sues Young Thieves’ Parents
In 2018, Andrew Schober was digitally mugged for approximately $1 million worth of bitcoin. After several years of working with investigators, Schober says he’s confident he has located two young men in the United Kingdom responsible for using a clever piece of digital clipboard-stealing malware to siphon his crypto…
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Bitcoin is Eating Itself
Fees keep going up. And every time they go up, more of the money stored on the blockchain becomes worthless.
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EasyDNS is now accepting Dogecoin for payments
Continuing in our tradition of being a crypto currency trailblazer, we are now accepting DOGE payments for all services. We were the first ICANN registrar to accept Bitcoin... ...the first to accept Ethereum, ...the first to accept Litecoin and now ... DOGE. Remember who was there first, again. (and it…
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KYC. No, Thanks
KYC was sold as a way to stop criminals. In practice it excludes the unbanked, leaks personal data on dark web markets, and surveils everyone else.
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Non-official MtGox investigation update and preliminary release
The official blog of WizSec, a group of bitcoin security specialists, and their investigation into MtGox.
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Explanation of Bitcoin’s Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) has grown to be very popular in public-key cryptographic systems, most popularly used in Bitcoin. ECC is…
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Expanding access to the future of work with crypto payouts
Stripe now reaches a majority of the globe: 4.4 billion people in more than 110 countries can receive funds in local currencies or crypto.
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Brave Wallet: a secure crypto wallet, built natively in a web3 browser
Brave Wallet is a secure crypto wallet, built right into the Brave privacy browser. No extension required.
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A Primer Through Golem
A primer and very high-level overview on what Golem Network is and what it can do.
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Accelerating zk-SNARKs - MSM and NTT algorithms on FPGAs with Hardcaml
In 2022 a consortium of companies ran an international competition, called the ZPrize, to advance the state of the art in “zero-knowledge” cryptography. We d...
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Is it legal to mix cash in a jar? How is Bitcoin mixing any different?
Chris Blec asks the following question: Source: Twitter Chris's premise is that it is "not illegal" for him to get together with a bunch of ...
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Some ideas for native Bitcoin apps
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
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How Chainalysis made their way into popular Monero wallets
An investigation into how malicious nodes run by Chainalysis made their way into defaults of popular Monero wallets.
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The Merge
In about a month, an important moment will happen in the world of crypto/web3. The Ethereum blockchain will move from a proof of work consensus mechanism to a proof of stake consensus mechanism. This event is known as “The Merge” in Ethereum land. There are many reasons why this is an important moment for the […]