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Ethereum's Hidden Privacy Engine Just Went Public
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (628+ words) The Ethereum Foundation published its Kohaku-Railgun package, embedding ZK privacy directly into wallets. Here's what Vitalik's push for native shielded transactions actually means. The Kohaku repository on Git Hub updated 12 hours ago. Not a whitepaper. Not a tweet thread. Actual…...
L2 BEAT Just Removed a Major Trust Risk From This Ethereum L2
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (450+ words) ZK circuits used by Lighter, a perpetual decentralized exchange on Ethereum, have cleared a critical trust barrier." L2 BEAT, the blockchain research organization, independently regenerated all ZK circuits from source code for the first time." Users no longer need to rely…...
Git Hub Got Hit Through a Poisoned VS Code Extension Nobody Saw Coming
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (405+ words) A poisoned VS Code extension breached Git Hub's internal repositories. Around 3, 800 repos may be exposed as Git Hub rotates secrets and investigates the attack. A single employee's device. That was the way in. Git Hub confirmed it detected and contained…...
Cardano V11 Van Rossem Hard Fork Goes Live On Preview Testnet Ahead Of Vote
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (573+ words) Cardano V11 Van Rossem is live on Preview testnet as Pre Prod awaits ratification and mainnet vote targets May 29. Cardano has advanced its V11 "Van Rossem" hard fork after Preview testnet began running Protocol Version 11. The upgrade now moves through staged testing,…...
Jump Crypto Quietly Launches Firedancer on Solana Mainnet
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (586+ words) Jump Crypto launched Firedancer on Solana mainnet, boosting network speed, stability, and future transaction performance goals. Jump Crypto has quietly launched Firedancer on the Solana mainnet. The new validator client has successfully produced a block. Furthermore, the system has already…...
Ethereum Foundation Advances Glamsterdam Testing and Names New Protocol Leads
1+ week, 5+ day ago (434+ words) Ethereum Foundation advances Glamsterdam devnets and names Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn and Fredrik as Protocol Cluster leads. The Ethereum Foundation said its Protocol Cluster made progress on Glamsterdam testing during a May 2026 interop in Svalbard, Norway. The update also named…...
The npm Package That Wipes Your Files When You Try to Stop It
1+ week, 5+ day ago (594+ words) An attacker poisoned 84 Tan Stack npm versions across 42 packages, stealing Git Hub OIDC tokens and cloud keys while planting a dead-man's switch that nukes your system. The attacker's timing was specific. A fork, a hidden commit, a zero-diff pull request,…...
Tether Opens Grants Initiative to Fund Wallet and Payment Tool Developers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (448+ words) Decentralized wallet and AI developers are the latest focus of Tether's expanding open-source funding efforts. Blockchain platform Tether is putting fresh capital behind developers building independent crypto and AI tools. New grants will fund projects tied to wallets, payments, browser…...
AI Could Crack Crypto's Quantum Shield - Solana's Toly Sounds the Alarm
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (374+ words) Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko warns AI may break post-quantum cryptography signature schemes, urging 2/3 multi-sig wallet support or native PDA-level protection. The thread started small. A developer posted a single line on X. Then Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko stepped in, and it…...
Tether Unveils Open-Source MDK for Bitcoin Miners
3+ week, 5+ day ago (477+ words) Bitcoin mining is set for an upgrade following Tether's release of an open-source modular development kit. The toolkit aims to streamline operations and improve hash rate performance. The initiative supports decentralized infrastructure by reducing technical barriers. It also aligns with…...