Technology

Protocol Village: SEDA, Data and Computation Network, Launches Mainnet Genesis

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.

By Bradley Keoun

Apr 25, 2024

Screenshot of "Quantum Cats" launched to promote the reintroduction of OP_CAT. (Quantum Cats/Taproot Wizards)

OP_CAT Proposal to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin Finally Gets a 'BIP Number'

This marks the first step towards reintroducing functionality removed from Bitcoin by creator Satoshi Nakamoto in 2010.

By Daniel Kuhn

Apr 24, 2024

The Protocol: Analyzing Runes Impact as Bitcoin Fee Bonanza Fades

Last week's Bitcoin halving came and went – just as Satoshi Nakamoto programmed it. But the big surprise was the fast uptake of Casey Rodarmor's new Runes protocol, his second...

By Bradley Keoun

Apr 24, 2024

Still from Sergio Leone's 1965 classic spaghetti western "For a Few Dollars More," where Clint Eastwood plays an antihero character with an unorthodox sense of justice. (Wikimedia Commons)

Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter

Avi Eisenberg’s centi-million dollar exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets trading platform revealed the perverse incentives of bug bounties.

By Steven Walbroehl

Apr 24, 2024

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Protocol Village: Nomic Unveils Bitcoin Liquid Staking Token 'stBTC' Using Babylon Technology

Apr 10, 2024

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Protocol Village: Cosmos-Based Picasso Network Claims to Enable First IBC-Ethereum Connection

Apr 4, 2024

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Protocol Village: Algorand Claims First L1 Using Python as Programming Language

Mar 27, 2024

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Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

Protocol Village: Mysten Labs, Developer Behind Sui Blockchain, Claims to Achieve 'Linear Scaling'

Mar 20, 2024

Opinion

Chris Dixon Talks Techno-Optimism, Permissionless Innovation and the Need for Crypto

By Daniel Kuhn

Jan 31, 2024

Verify authenticates the source of a Fox News image from an article about Elon Musk and deep fakes (Verify.fox, modified by CoinDesk)

We Tried Fox's Blockchain-Based Tool for Deepfake Detection. Here's How It Went

By Sam Kessler

Jan 10, 2024

Making Sense of Web3’s Burgeoning AI Ecosystem

By David Attermann

Jan 10, 2024

Features

This Bitcoin Halving Is Different. But Is It 'Priced In'?

Institutions launching bitcoin ETFs this year have buoyed the bitcoin price to record levels. Does that mean the impact of the halving — the four-year slashing of the bitcoin...

Apr 18, 2024

Interview

Stacks Creator Ali Calls Bitcoin 'Apex Predator' as Development Flourishes on OG Blockchain

Muneeb Ali, the co-creator of Stacks and Princeton-educated computer scientist who's now CEO of the Bitcoin-focused development firm Trust Machines, spoke with CoinDesk's Jenn...

Feb 28, 2024