Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels
John Cassidy on Michael Saylor, the head and co-founder of the business-software company Strategy, the firm’s bitcoin strategy, and the risks of betting on crypto.
Full details of how blockchain blocks are chained together
How blocks in the Bitcoin blockchain are chained together. Looking at an example at the the byte level to get the real story, past the oversimplifications.
New Video Gives Us One More Reason to Never Buy a Used Mining GPU
A new video making the rounds purports to show Vietnamese crypto miners preparing used GPUs for resale by blasting them with a pressure washer.
Ethereum completes the “Merge,” which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99
Ethereum replaces proof-of-work with proof-of-stake, making miners unnecessary.
Should merchants accept Bitcoin?
I was recently asked if ecommerce merchants should accept Bitcoin. My answer is a resounding “yes.” I can think of only a few minor downsides and many
Why trusted execution environments will be integral to proof-of-stake block
While the core philosophy of blockchains is trustlessness, trusted execution environments can be integral to proof-of-stake blockchains.
A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python
Musings of a Computer Scientist.