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Vitalik Buterin says faster private AI inference could make laptop-based orchestration more practical while preserving privacy. Spending authority, however, would remain restricted by limits, transaction checks and human approval.
Zcash developers are proposing an upgrade that would cut block times from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and change how the network pays for security after 2031. The plan combines faster processing with a long-term funding revision.
A proposed Zcash upgrade would reduce block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and change how the network pays for security after 2031. The source does not say whether the upgrade has been approved or activated.
Zcash is targeting November for NU7, an upgrade that would cut block times to 25 seconds and make private payments up to three times faster. At least 60% of transaction fees would supplement mining rewards from 2031.
Bitcoin Core 32.0 is in final testing with faster block checks and revised wallet payment preparation. The update also targets security improvements, though no final release date or detailed list of patches has been provided.
Bitcoin Core 32.0 has entered final testing with faster block checks and changes to how wallets prepare payments. Decrypt reports the update also includes security-related changes, though no final release date was provided.
Bitcoin Core 32 has entered final testing ahead of its October update, which will bring faster validation, changes to fee estimation and block processing, plus a security fix for a wallet flaw.
August core CPI rose 0.3%, faster than forecast, heightening concern that inflation remains too persistent and raising the possibility of a Federal Reserve rate hike. The report carries added significance after Kevin Warsh’s recent warning.
Bitcoin reversed its early advance as markets priced in multiple rate hikes after August core CPI rose 0.3% monthly. Annual core inflation was 2.4%, matching forecasts and reaching its slowest pace since early 2021.
The SEC has given qualifying Bitcoin-heavy trusts a 15% window to move beyond existing listing rules through a faster generic route. Derivatives counted at gross notional value could quickly use the available flexibility.
Fields medalist Terence Tao says AI is advancing through difficult mathematical problems at a pace that may outstrip the creation of new challenges, citing competition between OpenAI and Anthropic.
NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI’s Sébastien Bubeck of claiming credit for a Navier-Stokes proof after learning about unpublished work Buckmaster conducted with Anthropic’s Levent Alpöge.
Researchers say an alleged flaw in Liquid’s transaction-validation cache may explain how unbacked tokens were created and redeemed for real Bitcoin in an incident involving roughly $320 million. Deployment timing has also drawn scrutiny.
Kalshi’s US web traffic climbed more than 1,500% in under a year, while trading volume grew faster. The surge comes as legal scrutiny of the platform’s sports contracts intensifies, Cointelegraph reported.
Grayscale, a16z and the CCI are asking the SEC to preserve existing classification rules for novel ETFs and avoid treating all new exchange-traded products as one category, while suggesting routes to faster, clearer reviews.
Firelight raised $8 million to expand its DeFi protection protocol beyond XRP. The project aims to help fintechs and investors recover losses from hacks while enabling XRP, bitcoin and XLM holders to earn yield by backing coverage.
