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Silent payments: how BIP-352 enhances Bitcoin users’ anonymity
ForkLog 86 10.10.2024

Silent payments: how BIP-352 enhances Bitcoin users’ anonymity

In 2024, developers of Cake Wallet, Blue Wallet and the BitBox02 hardware wallet added support for Silent Payments—a protocol for static payment addresses that preserves privacy on the Bitcoin network. Together with the team from the bitcoin mixer Mixer.Money, we examine how Silent Payments work, and their advantages and drawbacks. What are Silent Payments The […]
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AI as a tutor: new ways to learn with chatbots
ForkLog 10 09.10.2024

AI as a tutor: new ways to learn with chatbots

Artificial intelligence has marched into daily life, reshaping habits at scale. LLM-powered chatbots, voice assistants and recommendation engines have become fixtures of the digital realm with audiences in the millions. At the same time the EdTech industry is racing ahead, harnessing digitalisation in education. It has given people worldwide access to up-to-date knowledge from a […]
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The simplification trend: how the crypto market is turning into a casino
ForkLog 28 08.10.2024

The simplification trend: how the crypto market is turning into a casino

It is already safe to say that 2024 has brought two defining trends to the market: Tap-to-Earn and prediction markets. Mass interest in the former arose on the back of the success of “tappers” that grafted crypto elements onto rudimentary casual games; the latter owe their popularity to the presidential race in the United States. […]
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What makes Berachain’s modular blockchain tick — and is an airdrop likely?
ForkLog 39 07.10.2024

What makes Berachain’s modular blockchain tick — and is an airdrop likely?

Berachain is a modular, EVM-supporting layer-1 blockchain project that uses Proof-of-Liquidity consensus.   The platform employs a three-token model: BERA for gas, BGT for governance and HONEY as a stablecoin, helping to prevent centralisation and spur on-chain activity.   Early participants in the Artio testnet can explore ecosystem apps such as BEX and BEND and prepare for […]
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From music NFTs to AI content: how Web3 analogues of Spotify and SoundCloud work
ForkLog 28 04.10.2024

From music NFTs to AI content: how Web3 analogues of Spotify and SoundCloud work

Streaming services once revolutionised the production, distribution and consumption of music. Scouts now sift through thousands of recordings online in search of future stars; Billie Eilish and Doja Cat found global recognition thanks to SoundCloud; and Spotify has more than 615 million users. Yet the industry’s giants are not without flaws, and independent artists in […]
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Keep cutting, Javier: what has changed in Argentina after a year with a ‘crypto president’
ForkLog 23 02.10.2024

Keep cutting, Javier: what has changed in Argentina after a year with a ‘crypto president’

In 2023 Javier Milei, the Libertarian Party candidate and a self-styled bitcoin supporter, won Argentina’s presidential election. He is known for declaring his intention to “burn” the country’s central bank and scrap the peso in favour of the US dollar to defeat inflation. He has yet to take such radical steps. At ForkLog’s request, Oleg […]
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ForkLog 73 01.10.2024

“Code Is Law”: harmful myth or workable concept?

In the crypto industry, the Code Is Law principle is seen by many as foundational. According to the concept proposed by activist Lawrence Lessig back in 1999, applied to blockchain, autonomously running smart‑contract code defines the essence of the deal, the rules of its execution and the relationship between the parties. If it permits something, […]
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Scaling at full tilt: what is happening on blockchain Layer 3
ForkLog 21 27.09.2024

Scaling at full tilt: what is happening on blockchain Layer 3

As the number of scaling solutions grows, so does demand for their quality and usefulness. In April 2024, Vitalik Buterin backed a sceptical view of L3. He pointed to other, potentially “lighter” ways to achieve the same cost savings. In September, Buterin urged L2 teams to “get their act together”, saying that from next year […]
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In Satoshi’s spirit: a review of SHKeeper, a non-custodial crypto processor
ForkLog 73 26.09.2024

In Satoshi’s spirit: a review of SHKeeper, a non-custodial crypto processor

Users of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can fully control their funds, including via non-custodial wallets. Yet to accept payments in digital assets, businesses typically rely on third-party services. This article looks at the open-source crypto processor SHKeeper, which makes it possible to accept and store cryptocurrencies without fees, intermediaries or KYC. What is SHKeeper? SHKeeper […]
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Only one Bitcoin node is still running. What now?
ForkLog 18 25.09.2024

Only one Bitcoin node is still running. What now?

Wars, epidemics, natural disasters and hacks of critical systems have, sadly, become the backdrop to daily life. Many of us now find ourselves grateful for simple things like uninterrupted water and electricity. With that in mind, ForkLog and the metaverse Undeads imagined a world without the internet—and explored why, even then, you could still pay […]
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Crypto plastic: what bitcoin cards are, how they work and why they matter
ForkLog 100 24.09.2024

Crypto plastic: what bitcoin cards are, how they work and why they matter

Crypto cards are debit or credit cards that let you pay for purchases with digital assets. At the point of sale, the assets are converted to fiat instantly. Here we outline the benefits of this payment tool and five options on the market. Benefits of crypto cards Typically, investors hold bitcoin and other assets in […]
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Is there life after an airdrop? How L2s wither
ForkLog 18 20.09.2024

Is there life after an airdrop? How L2s wither

Layer-2 (L2) solutions are a crucial pillar of Ethereum’s roadmap, and airdrops have stoked interest in them. But how sound is this strategy, and does it really lure new active participants into the segment? Oleg CashCoin studied the statistics of four leading L2 projects and found the opposite. How it began Thanks to the personal […]
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