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ForkLog 40 08.02.2024

MicroStrategy Shifts Focus to Bitcoin Development

MicroStrategy is set to position itself as a “Bitcoin and Bitcoin-based product development company,” according to its founder, Michael Saylor. ₿???????: MicroStrategy announces plans to be “world’s first #bitcoin development company”. The company says it will develop #bitcoin blockchain network applications and software. Listen to the founder Michael @Saylor explain at MicroStrategy’s latest Q4 earnings […]

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ForkLog 30 22.01.2024

How to start building Web3 applications in 2024, according to GetBlock

At the end of 2023, venture firm Andreessen Horowitz published a list of “big ideas” in crypto. The experts highlighted a reboot of UX in crypto-application design, as well as the rise of a modular technology stack in Web3 development. Together with the RPC-node provider GetBlock, we outline what a Web3 engineer needs to know […]

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ForkLog 22 11.01.2024

Bitwise and VanEck to Allocate ETF Profits to Bitcoin Development

Bitwise Asset Management has pledged to allocate 10% of the profits from its Bitwise Bitcoin ETF to the development of open-source Bitcoin projects. Bitwise will donate 10% of the profits of the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (ticker: BITB) to bitcoin open-source development. Recipient orgs:— @BitcoinBrink— @OpenSats— @HRF Bitcoin is important to the future. We’re excited for […]

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ForkLog 26 08.01.2024

Bitcoin Developers Reject Proposal to Block Ordinals

Luke Dashjr, a member of the Bitcoin Core team, proposed a code change to block Ordinals, but it failed to gain sufficient support from developers. BREAKING: BITCOIN DEVS REJECT CAT-EATER @LUKEDASHJR’S “BUG FIX” TO BAN ORDINALS; SAY HIS ATTEMPT “HAS NO HOPE” pic.twitter.com/Aeb8PivcUV — Udi Wertheimer (@udiWertheimer) January 6, 2024 Concluding the meeting, Blockstream engineer […]

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ForkLog 14 18.12.2023

Dogecoin co-founder criticises crypto and AI startups

The co-founder of the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE), Billy Markus, warned venture investors about startups that speculate on cryptocurrency and AI to raise funds.

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ForkLog 28 07.12.2023

Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr, the younger, criticised Ordinals for network spam

Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr, the younger, said that 'Inscriptions', underlying the Ordinals protocol, contribute to spam in the network and predicted their imminent end.

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ForkLog 19 29.11.2023

DevTernity 2023 IT Conference Cancelled Over Fake Female Speakers

Programmer Gergely Orosz exposed the organisers of the Latvian IT conference DevTernity for deception — the event site lists non-existent speakers.

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ForkLog 9 19.10.2023

Experts report a drain of developers from the Bitcoin industry

As of October 1, 2023, there were 19,300 open-source crypto developers. Over 12 months their number fell by 27%, according to Electric Capital's report.

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ForkLog 18 09.10.2023

Gitcoin team loses $460,000 due to erroneous transfer

Representatives of the Gitcoin platform admitted losing 521,440 GTC, worth about $460,000, after an erroneous transfer to a non-recoverable contract address.

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ForkLog 10 03.08.2023

ConsenSys accused of stealing the idea behind the browser Ethereum wallet

Entrepreneur Joel Ditz filed a lawsuit against ConsenSys, the developer of the MetaMask wallet, accusing it of intellectual property theft.

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ForkLog 7 31.07.2023

Human Rights Foundation to award 20 BTC for Bitcoin protocol improvements

The Human Rights Foundation will award 20 BTC (around $600,000 at the time of writing) to developers for improvements to the Bitcoin protocol.

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ForkLog 7 28.07.2023

Amazon Adds Web3 Tools for Developers.

AWS, Amazon's cloud arm, has integrated a software stack designed to simplify Web3 developers' creation of blockchain-based applications.

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