Big Questions: Does Satoshi actually own 1.1 million Bitcoin?
Researchers can trace an estimated 1.1 million BTC to a distinctive early mining operation. The harder question is whether that miner was actually Satoshi.…
Ethereum, Base wallet standards talks fail, Ethlabs researcher says
Ethereum and Base are pursuing different account abstraction designs after talks failed, according to Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang. Source:Cointelegraph
Crypto researchers cut Bitcoin and Ethereum quantum attack estimate by 50%
A paper shared with CoinDesk shows humans and AI agents beating Google’s March result on a core calculation used by Shor’s algorithm, adding another variable…
Coldcard hacker moves $7.7 million in BTC, 45% of bitcoin stolen in third attack wave
The attacker has now drained the 11 largest vaults tied to the third wave of Coldcard thefts, Galaxy Research said. Source:CoinDesk
Coldcard hacker swaps stolen Bitcoin for ETH via THORChain
The thirdwave Coldcard exploiter moved about 10% of stolen funds through THORChain as researchers traced the assets to a new Ethereum address.…
Galaxy puts Coldcard hack losses at 1,789 BTC, with 87% unmoved
Galaxy Research’s latest tally shows that more than half of 221 Coldcard hack victim reports involved individual losses exceeding 1 Bitcoin.…
Ethereum Foundation pivots away from Poseidon in post-quantum plan
Advances in compact proofs have erased Poseidon’s previous performance advantage, according to researcher Justin Drake. Source:Cointelegraph
Ethereum researchers want to rein in staking, critics say it could backfire
EIP8363 is a newly published draft proposal that would cut net consensuslayer rewards as the Ethereum staking ratio heads toward 50%. Source:Cointelegraph
Coldcard hack sparks biggest sub-1 BTC move since FTX: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin users moved 39,600 BTC in small transactions as the Coldcard hack continued, with researchers warning that the attack remained active.…
How bitcoin cold wallets lost $70 million in an attack that never touched the devices
Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and…
Ethereum Foundation names pcaversaccio to board amid leadership changes
pcaversaccio (known as "pc"), is a prominent security researcher in the Ethereum ecosystem. His addition brings the foundation's board to four members.…
Zcash says Ironwood proof rules out undetectable counterfeiting bugs
Zcash researchers published more than 2,700 machinechecked theorems designed to rule out undetectable counterfeiting bugs in Ironwood. Source:Cointelegraph