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ForkLog 94 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 103 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 43 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 45 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 28 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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ForkLog 55 01.05.2025

Cryptography Pioneer Adi Shamir Criticizes Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies have squandered their early potential, becoming tools for speculation and falling under the control of a few centralized platforms. This conclusion was presented by renowned cryptographer and co-author of the RSA algorithm, Adi Shamir, as reported by The Register. At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, the 72-year-old programmer noted that Satoshi Nakamoto’s original […]

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ForkLog 15 30.04.2025

Base Achieves Initial Decentralization Stage Following Buterin’s Framework

Developers of the L2 solution Base for Ethereum have announced that the network has reached the first stage (Stage 1) of decentralization as a step towards building an open on-chain economy. Base has reached Stage 1 Decentralization We’re building the foundation for a truly open, global onchain economy pic.twitter.com/3P63m7IqwT — Base (@base) April 29, 2025 […]

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ForkLog 31 24.04.2025

Solana to Enhance Network Decentralization with New Policies

The Solana Foundation is set to implement a new practice within its Delegation Program (SFDP) aimed at enhancing network decentralization, according to SolanaFloor. ?JUST IN: The Solana Foundation has introduced a new policy to reinforce decentralization: for every new validator added to its Delegation Program, three will be removed if they have held Foundation stake […]

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ForkLog 128 17.03.2025

DAO 3.0: the next-generation legal architecture

It is now hard to imagine blockchain without decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs). They have revolutionised collective governance and helped the industry move markedly closer to genuine on-chain democracy. Yet as DAOs become more complex and expand in scale, they increasingly collide with legal systems rooted in national jurisdictions and the concept of natural and legal […]

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ForkLog 20 13.03.2025

The world should be run by amateurs, not technocrats

Why the US president, Donald Trump, is unintentionally spurring decentralisation worldwide; what role crypto reserves will play in national economies; and whether we are heading towards the “state as a service”. Political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky discussed this and more in an interview with FLMonthly. A natural reaction to democracy ForkLog: You often say the era […]

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ForkLog 26 02.03.2025

Researcher Proposes Countermeasure to Centralization and MEV in Ethereum

An Ethereum researcher known as malik672 proposed a block formation mechanism to combat centralization and MEV in the network of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The specialist noted that as of February 2025, approximately 80% of blocks were formed by just two organizations: “This undermines the decentralized spirit of Ethereum. MEV — the value […]

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