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Bitcoin’s Scalability Foreseen by Satoshi Nakamoto to Outpace Visa, Historic Email Reveals
24.2.2024
This week, crypto enthusiasts and historians alike have found themselves enraptured by the wealth of newly released emails from Satoshi Nakamoto, uncovering the visionary’s early efforts with Bitcoin. Specifically, one email, identified as number #3, offers unparalleled glimpses into...
Satoshi Nakamoto to Martti Malmi: The Correspondence That Shaped Bitcoin’s Early Days
24.2.2024
In a series of insightful emails between Martti Malmi and Satoshi Nakamoto, the foundational discussions shaping the early development of Bitcoin are revealed. These exchanges offer a rare glimpse into the critical thinking and technical challenges overcome in the cryptocurrency’s infancy....
Trezor Issues Urgent Alert on New Phishing Scam
26.1.2024
Trezor has confirmed a series of deceptive phishing emails targeting its users, coming just days after a security breach at their support portal. The company has issued an urgent security alert, advising users to be extra cautious. Trezor Alerts Users to Phishing Danger Amidst Ongoing Security...
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney couldn't be Satoshi Nakamoto, new analysis suggests
23.10.2023
The investigator, Jameson Lopp, compiled archived emails from 2010, data from a 10-mile race in California in 2009, and other evidence to make the argument
SEC ‘Surrender,’ Fear of Middle East Escalation, Meme Coin Market Update — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
22.10.2023
In big crypto and finance news this week, the SEC has dropped its lawsuit against top Ripple execs, Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio speculates on war in the context of strife in the Middle East, and a look at the meme coin market’s performance in 2023. This and more just below, in the latest...
Celsius creditors flag renewed phishing attacks ahead of bankruptcy plan
20.9.2023
Creditors of crypto lender Celsius Network have reported receiving a new flood of phishing emails, likely resulting from two data breaches last year
Satoshi’s Last Emails: ‘Make It About the Open-Source Project,’ Economist Predicts ‘Catastrophic’ Fall in US Living Standard, FRC Shares Plummet, and More — Week in Review
30.4.2023
Another week has passed in the world of crypto and finance, with the anniversary of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s last known emails, predictions of massive declines in Americans’ standard of living, and important developments at the struggling First Republic Bank. All this and more...
The Elusive Satoshi Nakamoto: Last Emails Reveal Bitcoin Creator’s Thoughts Before Disappearing Over a Decade Ago
23.4.2023
Twelve years ago, on this very day of April 23, 2011, a cryptic individual, known only as Satoshi Nakamoto, penned one of the final correspondences to software developer Mike Hearn. The elusive mastermind behind Bitcoin conveyed in the message that he, she, or they had “moved on to other...
Fraudsters Offer Russians Bogus Chance to Invest in Fake ‘State Cryptocurrency’
9.3.2023
Internet users in Russia have been targeted in an email campaign advertising the launch of an alleged cryptocurrency issued by the state. Potential victims are encouraged to follow a link to the website of the fraudulent investment scheme, security experts said. Thousands of Investment Offers...
Report: Crypto Exchange Gemini Suffers From Data Breach, 5.7 Million Emails Allegedly Leaked
15.12.2022
According to a recent report, the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini suffered from a breach of data and reportedly 5.7 million emails were leaked. While Gemini has stated “some Gemini customers have recently been the target of phishing campaigns,” the exchange insisted that “no Gemini account...
Anonymous Allegedly Hacks Sberbank, Russia’s Largest Bank
20.5.2022
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has allegedly breached the systems of one of the largest financial institutions in Russia, Sberbank. The attackers announced on social media they have published thousands of emails, phone numbers, and addresses. Anonymous Hackers Reportedly Gain Access to Sberbank...
Anonymous Has Released Over 2 Million Russian Emails in Cyberwar With Russia
13.4.2022
Hacktivist collective Anonymous claims it has already published millions of leaked Russian emails. The group has been waging a cyberwar on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, carrying out attacks on government institutions, state-run television channels, and the central bank. Russia’s...
Opensea CEO Dismisses $200 Million Hack Rumor, Claims Incident Was a Phishing Attack
20.2.2022
Opensea co-founder and CEO, Devin Finzer, has denied rumors that the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace’s codebase was breached and that attackers had stolen $200 million. According to Finzer, an investigation had shown that the attacker had $1.7 million worth of ethereum in his wallet...
‘There’s More Work to Do’ — 11 Years Ago, Satoshi Nakamoto Sent a Final Message to the Bitcoin Community
12.12.2021
To this day, Satoshi Nakamoto is one of Bitcoin’s biggest mysteries as people have searched far and wide to uncover the creator’s identity. 11 years ago, on December 12, 2010, the pseudonymous blockchain programmer (or programmers) left a final message to the crypto community...
Richard Branson Found to Be Crypto Scammers’ Favorite Brit Celebrity
11.5.2021
Famed entrepreneur Richard Branson is often featured in fake articles sent out by various investment schemes, many of which are related to cryptocurrency, U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed in a report. The agency, which has blocked over 285,000 such campaigns in only nine...
Ledger Leak Invokes Legal Action, One Customer Allegedly Threatened With Home Invasion
21.12.2020
Just recently, reports of the Ledger customer database breach being dumped on Raidforums for free has become a viral story among cryptocurrency proponents. Now customers are threatening to take legal action against the hardware wallet manufacturer, and one customer has complained of getting...
Ledger Wallet Data Leak Dumped on Raidforums for Free, Company Regrets the Situation
21.12.2020
Just recently, the hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has been dealing with a lot of criticism for the e-commerce customer data leak that took place last June. The data contained the emails of a million Ledger wallet customers, and thousands of clients had additional information leaked like phone...
Ledger Wallet Customer Data Leak Invokes Threats, Phishing Scams, User Allegedly Loses Life Savings
13.12.2020
The cryptocurrency hardware wallet firm Ledger was hacked last June and over a million emails were exposed, according to reports from the company at the time. Months later, the hackers who obtained the Ledger data emailed clients, sent texts to customers, and created phishing links for users...
Researcher Publishes Never Before Seen Emails Between Satoshi Nakamoto and Hal Finney
28.11.2020
Just recently three previously unpublished emails from Bitcoin’s inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, have been made public. The emails reveal the correspondence between Satoshi and the early Bitcoin developer Hal Finney. The communications between Nakamoto and Finney stem from November 2008...
New Research Suggests Satoshi Nakamoto Lived in London Creating Bitcoin
26.11.2020
The hunt for the mysterious Bitcoin inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto continues to this day, as new data-driven research has been recently deployed in order to figure out the creator’s location while he/she or they worked on the network. The researchers analyzed Satoshi’s 539 Bitcointalk...