A “brainwallet” refers to a private key that is stored in the user’s memory in the form of a seed phrase or a passphrase.
This Self-Sovereign ‘DocuSign’ Uses Bitcoin for Digital Proofs
Woleet provides a digital ID software suite which allows its clients to authenticate documents and signatures using Bitcoin’s blockchain.
DeFi Degens Hit Hard by Eminence Exploit Will Be Partially Compensated
DeFi traders piled into a token that was still in testing. After an exploit sent Eminence to zero, affected users are receiving restitution.
MakerDAO Adds Chainlink, Compound, Loopring as Collateral Options
MakerDAO has voted to add support for a trio of new tokens for the decentralized finance (DeFi) loans that generate DAI stablecoins.
BitcoinACKs Lets You Track Bitcoin Development and Pay Coders for Their Work
BitcoinACKs aggregates pull requests for upgrades to Bitcoin Core and lets users pay for the Bitcoin development they want to see.
This Entrepreneur Was SIM Swapped So Often, He Started a Company to Fight It
Efani’s solution to SIM swapping? Make it so difficult to make changes to a cell phone account that an attack is virtually impossible.
For These Blockchain Commons Interns, Their Open Source Careers Are Just Beginning
The Blockchain Commons took on 7 interns this year to build out the organization’s many open-source projects.
BRD Is Breaking Into the Crypto Compliance Game
The new tech stack will provide AML and compliance tools for financial institutions, government agencies, and cryptocurrency service providers.
New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade
Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms.
Ava Labs Sets Avalanche Mainnet Launch for Sept. 21
With $60 million in funding at its back, Ava Labs’ Avalanche is the latest next-gen blockchain network to enter the DeFi landscape.
Discrete Log Contracts Are Bringing Private, ‘Scriptless’ Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
A smart contract has logged bets for the U.S. election on Bitcoin’s blockchain. When the votes are tallied, we won’t know who won, but that’s the whole point.
Discrete Log Contracts Are Bringing Private, ‘Scriptless’ Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
A smart contract has logged bets for the U.S. election on Bitcoin’s blockchain. When the votes are tallied, we won’t know who won, but that’s the whole point.
RGB Continues Its Work to Bring Better Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
The RGB protocol, now in beta, is working to outfit Bitcoin with the capabilities that have made Ethereum the go-to blockchain for issuing tokenized assets.
SushiSwap’s Users Voted for Changes, but the Protocol Can’t Deliver Without an Overhaul
Another SushiSwap smart contract migration may be on the menu if newly voted-for policy proposals are going to be implemented.
‘No Other Option but More Collateral’: The Short- (and Long-) Term Fixes for Dai’s Broken Peg
Stablecoin demand in yield farming is breaking dai’s peg. Solutions revolve around USDC and Maker’s version of QE, but will these measures last?
Wasabi Wallet Patches Flaw That Could Have Thwarted Bitcoin Privacy Feature
The flaw’s discovery is an example of cooperation in the open-source community, where devs are constantly tinkering to improve their peers’ software.
Hardware Wallet Flaw Lets Attackers Hold Crypto for Ransom Without Touching Device
A hypothetical man-in-the-middle attack would have allowed an attacker to hold users’ crypto for ransom on Trezor and KeepKey hardware wallets.
‘DogByte’ Attack Found in ‘Randomness’ Protocol Proof for Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain
The “DogByte” attack would have allowed attackers to cheat the Ethereum 2.0 random beacon chain by gaming smart contracts and block validator selection.
Protection Over Profit: What Early Mining Patterns Suggest About Bitcoin’s Inventor
Researchers believe Bitcoin’s creator probably used specialized mining software in the coin’s early days to protect the new network – not to profit from it.
Wasabi Wallet Is Revamping Its CoinJoin Design to Allow Bitcoin Mixing With Differing Values
Wasabi Wallet’s new protocol would allow users to coinjoin with differing values, which could give users greater flexibility when using the privacy feature.