Blockchain mining software firm DEBT Box has been accused of lying to investors about its involvement in crypto mining and its “node licenses.”
Bitcoin Lightning company River raises $35M amid ‘new wave of institutional adoption’
“We’re seeing another wave of Bitcoin interest, largely driven by business and institutional adoption,” says Alex Leishman, River CEO. “It’s not fueled by hype.”
Polymesh Wins Binance as Node Operator on Its Layer-1 Blockchain
The exchange will let POLYX holders stake that token on Binance by the end of this week.
Arizona governor vetoes bill targeting taxes on blockchain node hosts
The bill aimed to have only state authorities impose regulations and taxes on individuals and businesses running blockchain nodes, as opposed to those at the city and county level.
The state of the Bitcoin Lightning Network in 2023
To what extent does the surge in the use of custodial wallets and difficulties in running a Lightning node undermine the Lightning Network?
Bitcoin node connection shuts down: BlueWallet users urged to withdraw funds
BlueWallet seeks to promote self-custody solutions and greater levels of decentralization with its decision to sever the connection to lndhub.io.
‘Decentralized Infura’ may help prevent Ethereum app crashes: Interview
The initial “Dfura” marketplace, which is currently in development, is expected to include up to 10 Web3 data providers.
Secret Network validator shuts down nodes after leadership turmoil
An internal conflict at the privacy-focused Secret Network has resulted in at least one validator throwing in the towel.
Cardano recovers from an outage on 50% relay and block-producing nodes
An anomaly apparently caused around half of Cardano’s nodes to disconnect and restart over the weekend, with the root cause still under investigation.
Nigerian innovator launches first active Bitcoin Lightning node in the country
A new Bitcoin lightning node in Nigeria could inspire individuals to take “control of their financial future” and break free from ‘rotten’ financial systems node runner Megasley told Cointelegraph.
Bitcoin nodes data: Frankfurt houses the largest city-wide network
Distributed across 5,773 cities worldwide, over 60% and 14% of the Bitcoin nodes run on IPv4 and IPv6 protocols, respectively, while more than 25% run anonymously on .onion.
Lightning Network releases emergency update after critical bug on LND nodes
The bug led LND nodes to fail to sync chain in the second critical bug in less than a month.
Nodes are going to dethrone tech giants — from Apple to Google
Decentralized systems are slowly putting power back in the hands of developers and users — and taking it away from Big Tech companies.
Downsides of Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake, explained
Not all consensus mechanisms are born equal — and the differences between major blockchains can have a huge effect on gas fees and transaction speeds.
Bitty Kitty: Cat spoils Bitcoin node during price crash with ‘dirty protest’
The story of one Bitcoiner’s cat that sought to disrupt the decentralized network with a “dirty protest.”
Brazil beams Bitcoin from space: A case for BTC satellite nodes
Bitcoin’s blast off to becoming “space money” takes one giant leap with a satellite full node in Brazil.
Can you earn passive income running a Lightning node?
Learn to manage and run a Lightning node at a profit. Also, discover various Lightning Network problems and how to address them.
What is StrongBlock (STRONG) and how does it work?
Strongblock creates platforms and protocols with the intention of revolutionizing how blockchain networks compensate the nodes that protect and sustain them.
Ankr partners with Optimism to provide a fast and reliable RPC service for users
Ankr also said that it will incentivize independent Optimism node operators to add their nodes to the load balancer in return for ANKR tokens.
Omnichain developer LayerZero Labs raises $135M
The protocol, which is still in development, intends to connect dApps across chains using on-chain nodes.