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ForkLog 191 22.08.2025

US Revises Stance on DeFi Following Tornado Cash Case

The US Department of Justice will cease prosecuting developers of DeFi applications under the statute concerning the operation of unlicensed money transmission businesses.

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ForkLog 62 12.08.2025

Crypto Developer Announces Release in Turkey

An Argentine blockchain developer known by the pseudonym Fede’s intern has announced his release in Turkey. He was previously detained in Izmir on charges of aiding in the “improper use of Ethereum.” I’m finally out, safe and free. There was a small moment were things looked very bad but thanks to help from many I […]

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ForkLog 35 11.08.2025

Crypto Developer Reports Detention in Turkey

An Argentine developer known as Fede’s intern has reported his detention in the Turkish city of Izmir. According to him, local authorities accuse him of “facilitating the misuse of Ethereum.” I’m in Turkey, Izmir. They are telling my lawyer that I helped people to misuse @ethereum and I might have a charge. You can imagine […]

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ForkLog 89 18.06.2025

Polygon zkEVM Team Launches Independent Startup ZisK

Co-founder of Polygon, Jordi Baylina, along with a team of seven developers behind Polygon zkEVM, has transitioned to an independent project named ZisK. Me, together with a core team of 7 developers, just spun off from Polygon to continue the ZisK project as an independent initiative.I’ll remain co-founder and advisor at Polygon, but my main […]

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ForkLog 584 26.05.2025

Core vs Knots: the 83-byte row that split the bitcoin community

In spring 2025, one of the biggest rows in years erupted in the bitcoin community. A technical proposal to lift the OP_RETURN data cap snowballed into a broad dispute between developers and users. Bitcoin Core backed scrapping the 83-byte limit, while opponents rallied around the alternative client Bitcoin Knots. Together with the bitcoin mixer Mixer.Money […]

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ForkLog 65 08.04.2025

Web3 Developer Activity Plummets by 40% Over the Year

The number of active developers in the Web3 sector has decreased by nearly 40% over the past year, according to data from the analytics platform Artemis Terminal. On March 17, 2024, the number of weekly engaged creators in open repositories was 12,380. By March 16, 2025, this figure had fallen to 7,600, marking a decline […]

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ForkLog 189 26.02.2025

Fake Software on GitHub Nets Hackers $485,000 in Bitcoin from a Single Attack

An unidentified group of hackers has uploaded hundreds of repositories with fake projects on GitHub, containing remote access trojans, information stealers, and clipboard hijackers. This was reported by analysts at Kaspersky Lab. Among the counterfeit projects are a Telegram bot for managing Bitcoin wallets and a tool for automating interactions with Instagram accounts. Some of […]

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ForkLog 35 22.01.2025

Another Key Ethereum Developer Departs the Project

Leading Ethereum developer Eric Conner has announced his departure from the project, citing issues with the leadership of the non-profit Ethereum Foundation (EF). I am no longer a dot eth Perhaps some day those in leadership roles will realign with the community but for now, I am out Deep down, I truly hope Ethereum succeeds […]

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ForkLog 79 10.01.2025

Ethereum developers targeted via fake Hardhat plugins

Cybercriminals uploaded at least 20 malicious packages to npm, posing as Hardhat by the Nomic Foundation—a popular development environment for smart contracts and dapps on the Ethereum blockchain, according to Socket analysts. A malicious npm campaign is targeting #Ethereum developers by impersonating @HardhatHQ plugins and the @NomicFoundation. Socket researchers have identified 20 malicious packages that […]

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ForkLog 20 13.12.2024

Solana Surpasses Ethereum in Developer Appeal

In 2024, Solana emerged as the most attractive blockchain for new developers, according to a report by venture firm Electric Capital. We are delighted to release the 6th annual @ElectricCapital Developer Report! We analyzed a record 902M code commits across 1.7M repos thanks to the 829 people who contributed to making this report since inception. […]

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ForkLog 56 10.12.2024

Ethereum Researcher Max Resnick Moves to Solana

Ethereum developer Max Resnick has announced his departure from the ConsenSys team to join Anza, a company focused on Solana. Last week was my last week at Consensys. Today is my first day at @anza_xyz. I’m taking my talents to Solana. In my first 100 days, I plan on writing a spec for as much […]

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ForkLog 17 04.12.2024

Developers of First Web3 Laptop Promise Airdrop

The European computer firm Metavisio has announced the development of a Web3 laptop equipped with a cold storage wallet. The project will be handled by its subsidiary, Thomson Computing, according to Decrypt. The device currently lacks a name and specifications. It is known, however, that it will feature a Secure Enclave hardware key manager, isolated […]

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