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LK-99 and Cracking Bitcoin: A Quantum Leap in Optimism or Threat? Community Debates Potential Impact
6.8.2023
In recent times, attention has gravitated towards a novel substance known as LK-99, celebrated as a potential wonder superconductor with the capability to usher in an era of lossless power transmission, more potent computers, and stronger magnets. Yet, as scientists have been laboring to replicate...
Scientists warn the ‘quantum revolution’ may stagnate economic growth
19.7.2023
There are “traps” lying in wait for innovators at the vanguard of fintech and quantum computing, according to researchers
Scientists created a crypto portfolio management AI trained with on-chain data
6.7.2023
According to the researchers, CryptoRLPM is the first reinforcement learning-based AI system using on-chain metrics for portfolio management
Quantum Computing Meets Blockchain: Scientists Propose New Version of Proof of Work Consensus – Future of Crypto?
2.6.2023
A newly published research paper from a team of researchers from Australian and American universities, in collaboration with quantum technology company BTQ, has proposed a new approach to the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism based on boson sampling.
The proposed proof-of-work system, known...
Scientists propose quantum proof-of-work consensus for blockchain
1.6.2023
Boson sampling was once considered a problem looking for a solution. Now, it might be the bridge that brings quantum computing to the blockchain
Mad scientist’s NFTs degrade when they’re traded: 0xDEAFBEEF, NFT Creator
31.5.2023
Self-proclaimed tinkerer 0xDEAFBEEF has hit it big with audiovisual NFTs that slowly degrade in quality every time they’re traded
Scientists in Texas developed a GPT-like AI system that reads minds
1.5.2023
A new study demonstrates how the tech underlining ChatGPT can decode brain scans; recent AI progress indicates this could have implications for blockchain and Web3
Chinese Researchers Claim Success in Breaking RSA Encryption With Quantum Computer, Experts Debate Veracity of Discovery
7.1.2023
According to reports circulating on the web, 24 Chinese researchers have reportedly succeeded in breaking RSA encryption using a quantum computer. This would be a significant achievement, as RSA encryption is widely used in current security practices. However, a number of experts, computer...
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Seminal Bitcoin White Paper Turns 14 Today
31.10.2022
Approximately 14 years ago today, on Halloween, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world by sharing the renowned white paper. Satoshi’s invention, shared on metzdowd.com’s Cryptography Mailing List, not only solved a problem that had plagued computer scientists for years,...
Scientists claim to have designed a fully decentralized stablecoin pegged to electricity
13.6.2022
The E-Stablecoin would require several scientific advancements that are already in the works, and would allegedly make it possible to transmit electricity almost for free
Computer scientists and academics pursue efforts to stop crypto lobbying in US
1.6.2022
Harvard lecturer Bruce Schneier said in a report that blockchain is not secure and not really decentralized
NFTs, Web3 and the metaverse are changing the way scientists conduct research
3.4.2022
To democratize science through decentralized science would allow for a new kind of interface layer for a modern Scientific Revolution
A New Academic Paper Describes 3 Attack Methods Against an Ethereum PoS Chain
31.10.2021
Following the Altair upgrade on the Ethereum network, the protocol’s native cryptocurrency reached a new all-time price high. Altair is the next step for the Ethereum’s network’s proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. However, a recently submitted white paper explains that a group...
Cryptohawk.AI, a New Software Service Provides Everyday Investors With AI-Based Price Predictions
2.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Toronto, Canada – June 1, 2021 – Created and rigorously tested by expert data scientists in cohort with expert traders, CryptoHawk.AI allows anyone to harness the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning for improved investment returns in crypto. With...
Scientists Just Dropped a Bunch of New Animals
14.12.2020
There are some 8.7 million known species on Earth. But it’s always exciting to know when scientists find some mysterious creature they didn’t know existed or rediscover one not seen in ages. When it comes to biodiversity, more is a good thing. And I know this is silly, but honestly, bonus points...
Scientists Are Trying To Work Out Why You Weirdos Invert Your Controls
3.12.2020
After The Guardian ran a story earlier this year on gamers inverting their controls, a group of scientists—who have shifted their studies into online stuff during Covid—are now going to do a little research and try to find out why some people play video games the normal way while others try...
Los Alamos Scientists Develop AI to Fight Cryptojacking
21.8.2020
Their neural network works faster and more reliably than non-AI systems, researchers said
My Long Journey to a Decoupled WordPress Gatsby Site
13.7.2020
As a professional research biologist, my playground used to be science laboratories filled with microscopes, petri dishes, and biology tools. Curiosity leads many scientists on their journey to discoveries. Mine led me to web design. I used to try learning HTML on my lab desktop while centrifuging...
‘DNA-of-Things’ Technology Can Store Bitcoin Passwords in Everyday Objects
16.12.2019
Talk of bitcoin passwords being encoded and stored in synthetic DNA is not new, but in a recent development scientists have announced that DNA-encoded information can now be stored in everyday objects such as eye glasses or a shirt button, instead of a vial or test tube. Also Read: Cryptosteel...
WDRL — Edition 241: Doodles, Chrome 70, Print Link Lists, JavaScript == CO2, and Data Scientists
14.9.2018
Hey,
it’s an interesting concept to compare JavaScript with CO2 and yet a very valid one. Alex Russel who works for the Chrome team and has a lot of insights into the current state of the web says that using too much JavaScript or using it exclusively (without progressive enhancement / graceful...