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ForkLog 61 17.09.2025

Freedom and Unanimity

How a post-war cadre at the University of Virginia challenged faith in government efficacy.

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ForkLog 497 11.09.2025

BitChat kept communication flowing during protests in Indonesia and Nepal

On the growing real-world use of an anonymous messenger.

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ForkLog 182 03.09.2025

Bitcoin and ether: levels of decentralisation

Vladimir Menaskop on why the first cryptocurrency lags Vitalik Buterin’s project on many counts.

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ForkLog 199 25.08.2025

Buterin Proposes New Measures to Safeguard Ethereum’s Decentralization

Ethereum's founder, Vitalik Buterin, has proposed several measures to protect the decentralization of the blockchain of the world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

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ForkLog 81 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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ForkLog 43 31.07.2025

Freedom, the mother of order

Twentieth-century economic thought was defined by competing visions of an ideal society, each school offering its own blueprint. If Chicago School faith in the market as a universal problem-solver became the emblem of neoliberalism, the Austrian School charted a different course — philosophical, with an emphasis on individual freedom. Rooted in the ideas of Carl […]

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ForkLog 54 07.07.2025

Jack Dorsey Unveils Encrypted Bluetooth Chat

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block, has introduced the beta version of a decentralized messenger called Bitchat. The application operates via Bluetooth without an internet connection. and here’s an ugly whitepaper describing protocol: https://t.co/AhJ1y0jJdP — jack (@jack) July 6, 2025 Dorsey compared the messenger to IRC chats from the late 1990s. According to the white paper, […]

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ForkLog 78 30.05.2025

Ross Ulbricht Advocates for ‘Freedom, Decentralization, and Unity’

Speaking at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the darknet marketplace Silk Road, delivered his first speech since being released from prison, highlighting three principles for the future: “freedom, decentralization, and unity.” He began by thanking Donald Trump and supporters of the U.S. president who facilitated his release, but […]

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ForkLog 39 28.05.2025

Sui Validators Approve Plan to Restore $162 Million to Cetus Users

The decentralized exchange Cetus within the Sui ecosystem will return the stolen $162 million if the community approves the transfer of frozen funds. Cetus has requested a community driven vote to recover the funds frozen following last week’s hack. In response, the Sui Foundation has released code for an onchain community vote. Sui validators can […]

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ForkLog 44 14.05.2025

Tether Unveils Decentralized AI Platform QVAC

Tether has announced a new platform for developing “infinite and ubiquitous intelligence,” which aims to “launch and evolve” AI agents on user devices instead of large company data centers. Introducing QVAC — Infinite intelligence. Local. Any Hardware. Peer-to-Peer Hyper Swarm. No cloud. No compromise.QVAC is the decentralized AI platform for humans and machines.Learn more: https://t.co/fUz8w9ea2Fhttps://t.co/1EhuF2OjBq […]

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ForkLog 21 05.05.2025

Vitalik Buterin Cautions Against Hasty Decentralization of Rollups

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has explained when L2 networks should transition to decentralization. In his view, there is no need to rush this process. Here is a simplified mathematical model that shows when to move to stage 2. Assumptions: * Each security council member has an independent 10% chance of “breaking”* we treat liveness failure […]

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ForkLog 20 02.05.2025

Ethereum to Introduce ‘Neutral Rollup’ Without Tokens or Centralised Control

An independent team of developers has announced the launch of the Ethereum R1 ‘neutral rollup’, which will operate without its own token and without centralised oversight. Introducing Ethereum R1 — The neutral rollup built for Ethereum No token. No private sales. No governance cult. Just Ethereum values, public funding, and community control. ? Why R1 […]

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