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Qubic versus Monero: threat or theatre?
ForkLog 450 22.08.2025

Qubic versus Monero: threat or theatre?

Why a useful-work blockchain focused on decentralised AI would seize other networks
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ForkLog 129 22.08.2025

Soul simulation: the perils of attributing consciousness to AI

Simulating a storm does not mean it is raining inside the computer.
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A wallet as a passport: new world or prison?
ForkLog 97 21.08.2025

A wallet as a passport: new world or prison?

How a crypto wallet becomes an instrument of social control.
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Whale watching: how to profit from big players’ moves, according to Whalepro
ForkLog 149 18.08.2025

Whale watching: how to profit from big players’ moves, according to Whalepro

Whales control thousands of bitcoins and move the market with their trades. Yet most traders struggle to use data on this activity effectively. It is often hard to discern big players’ motives and turn them to one’s advantage. In this article the developers of the analytics platform Whalepro explain how to analyse bitcoin whales. A […]
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GPT-5: breakthrough, flop or mediocrity?
ForkLog 279 18.08.2025

GPT-5: breakthrough, flop or mediocrity?

On August 7 OpenAI released its new flagship AI model, GPT-5. The product is pitched as the first “unified” neural network, combining sequential reasoning with fast responses. The startup’s CEO, Sam Altman, called GPT-5 “the best model in the world” and “a significant step” toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), which could outperform humans in the […]
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The shifting economic axis and the dollar’s “super-bitcoinization”
ForkLog 115 13.08.2025

The shifting economic axis and the dollar’s “super-bitcoinization”

In an interview with podcaster Peter McCormack, entrepreneur and The Network State author Balaji Srinivasan forecast an imminent collapse of the Western economy, the “super-bitcoinization” of the US dollar and the emergence of Asia as the new global financial centre. ForkLog has prepared a concise recap of the wide-ranging conversation, in which the creator of […]
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The science of manipulation
ForkLog 42 12.08.2025

The science of manipulation

Classical economic theory assumes people act rationally and strive to maximise their gains. Yet a strand of scholarship disputes this, pointing out that people often act irrationally, swayed by emotions, biases and cognitive limits. In this ForkLog article, we examine how behavioural economics has changed the way we think about human action, why it became […]
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Dormant means ownerless
ForkLog 110 11.08.2025

Dormant means ownerless

In early August, some media outlets reported that a “revived investment bank, Salomon Brothers” intended to access bitcoin addresses it deems abandoned. The company used OP_RETURN, a standard mechanism for embedding arbitrary data in transactions. The initiative’s stated aim is to shield funds from criminals and “rogue states”, with the legal basis said to be […]
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South Korea to develop a sovereign AI
ForkLog 252 11.08.2025

South Korea to develop a sovereign AI

South Korea has tasked several of its largest companies and promising startups with building a national foundation AI model using predominantly domestic technology, CNBC reports. The project will use South Korean semiconductors and software. Seoul aims to create a largely self-sufficient artificial-intelligence industry and compete with China and the United States, journalists wrote. ForkLog examines […]
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Piercing the silence
ForkLog 61 11.08.2025

Piercing the silence

Not only in Russia, but across the world, regulation of the open internet has tightened in recent years. The result is that the global web is starting to fray before our eyes. In this ForkLog report, together with Ilya Perevalov, a technical expert at “Роскомсвободы”, we examine the degree of isolation in the Runet and […]
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A financial reboot—or another crisis?
ForkLog 32 08.08.2025

A financial reboot—or another crisis?

In recent years the financial system has been hit by ever more frequent and unpredictable shocks that undermine its resilience. Classic support measures no longer deliver, and talk of another global crisis is growing louder. Against this backdrop, the adoption by TradFi of technological novelties—digital currencies, tokenised assets, blockchain platforms and the like—looks logical. On […]
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Silicon Tanks: Ted Nelson's Vision
ForkLog 59 07.08.2025

Silicon Tanks: Ted Nelson’s Vision

Ted Nelson is a man who foresaw the future of the internet long before it came into being. He introduced the terms “hypertext” and “hypermedia,” which became the foundation of the World Wide Web. However, the internet we use today is but a pale and distorted shadow of the philosopher’s original vision. Nelson dreamed of […]
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