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EU Supervisors Flag Quantum Risk to Blockchains in Autumn Report

The joint EBA, ESMA and EIOPA report says the risk could arrive before quantum computing is commercially useful. Estimates of exposed bitcoin do not agree.

· 24 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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Bitcoin Core 32 Enters Final Testing Before an October Release

Version 32.0rc1 was tagged on 14 September with a 10 October release in view. Parallel validation, a mempool fee estimator and two security fixes.

· 17 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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Zcash Coinholders Back 25-Second Blocks and Keep the Halving

Nearly 2.4 million ZEC voted on NU7's scope. Faster blocks won, the bitcoin-style halving stays, and fee reissuance waits until February 2031.

· 16 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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Quantum Attack Estimate for Bitcoin and Ethereum Falls by 86%

A crowdsourced challenge cut the estimated quantum resources for a core step in attacking secp256k1 by 86%. The authors say it is not an attack.

· 10 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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Bitcoin Core 31.1 Fixes a Disk-Thrashing Chainstate Bug

The maintenance release stops the chainstate database from rewriting itself repeatedly, closes a PrivateBroadcast clearnet leak, and credits 20 contributors.

· 8 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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Solana’s New Engine: Alpenglow is Coming — The PoH Era Ends

March 20, 2026. While market noise focuses on Bitcoin’s post-FOMC volatility, the Solana ecosystem is quietly preparing for its most significant technical evolution to date: Alpenglow. This isn’t…

· 20 Mar 2026· 🕐 4 min read

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Tether Launches USDT on RGB

🟩Tether has announced the launch of its USDT stablecoin on the RGB protocol, opening new possibilities for the Bitcoin ecosystem. RGB, which recently went live on mainnet, enables…

· 29 Aug 2025· 🕐 1 min read

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TRON Surpasses Bitcoin and Ethereum in Network Revenue

💠In Q3 2024, the TRON (TRX) blockchain emerged as the leader in network revenue among major cryptocurrencies. From July to September, TRON validators earned a record $577.2 million,…

· 3 Oct 2024· 🕐 1 min read