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Report: Paypal Puts Stablecoin Plans on Hold as US Regulators Crack Down on Crypto Industry
11.2.2023
During the first week of 2023, payment service giant Paypal said it was exploring the launch of a stablecoin. At the time, an executive at Paypal stated that if the company moved forward, it would work closely with financial regulators. However, on Feb. 10, a source noted that Paypal has put...
Aave Launches Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Goerli Testnet with Open Source Codebase and Audits
9.2.2023
Aave Companies, the firm behind the decentralized finance (defi) project Aave, has announced the launch of a stablecoin called GHO on the Ethereum testnet network Goerli. The codebase is available on Github and has undergone audits by Open Zeppelin, Sigmaprime and ABDK. Aave Invites Programmers...
Kraken Agreed to Shutter Crypto-Staking Operations to Settle SEC Charges: Source
9.2.2023
Kraken has agreed to shut its cryptocurrency-staking operations to settle charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to an industry source briefed on the matter
The importance of open-source in computer science and software development
9.2.2023
Open-source software development promotes collaboration, innovation and accessibility in the tech industry
Binance Is Organizing a Consortium to Try to Rebuild Trust in Crypto: Source
8.2.2023
Several companies have already signed up to join, including other crypto exchanges and blockchain analytics firms, according to a person familiar with the plans
Ivan Bartoš chce z Brna udělat národní centrum pro open source. Přípravy už se rozjely
8.2.2023
Czech National OSPO aktuálně mají na starost Otevřená města. Spolupracovat se má mimo jiné s Digitální a informační agenturou
Reportáž z konference FOSDEM 2023
7.2.2023
FOSDEM aneb Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting je evropská konference zaměřen na Open Source. Pojďme se podívat, jak vypadal letošní ročník
Bankrupt Lender Genesis and Parent DCG Reach Initial Agreement With Main Creditors: Source
6.2.2023
The deal includes "an equitization of the infamous 10-year promissory note that DCG gave Genesis in return for the 3AC claims," a person familiar with the situation said
Starknet Prover soon becomes open-source!
6.2.2023
StarkWare has published an official blog post to announce that it is going to open source StarkNet Provider under an Apache 2.0 license with the objective of boosting collaboration and increasing accessibility to developers in the community. Calling it a milestone in the evolution, StarkWare...
Starkware Plans to Open Source Key Tech Linked to Starknet Prover
6.2.2023
At the Starkware Sessions 2023 event, held at the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv, Israel, Starkware co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson informed the audience that the company intends to open source “key tech” linked to the Starknet Prover. During the event, the co-founder of the Ethereum scaling...
Starkware commits to open source its ‘magic wand’ Starknet Prover
5.2.2023
The prover is the crucial engine Starkware uses to roll up hundreds of thousands of transactions and compress them into a tiny cryptographic proof written on the Ethereum blockchain
StarkWare to Open Source Its Ethereum Scaling System
5.2.2023
The tech company was valued at $8 billion during a funding round last year
Indian Government Introduces New Crypto Tax Penalties
2.2.2023
The Indian government has introduced new crypto tax penalties, including for non-payment of crypto tax deducted at source (TDS). Much to the disappointment of the crypto community, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not mention crypto in her Budget speech this year. Crypto income remains taxed...
60 Organizations Launch Campaign Urging US Congress to Protect Privacy
1.2.2023
On Wednesday, 60 organizations involved in cryptocurrencies, open-source and free software, and human rights and privacy-preserving projects launched a new campaign calling on the 118th U.S. Congress to protect privacy. The groups, including Fight for the Future, Electric Coin Co., and the...
Decentralized Twitter alternative goes live on Apple's App Store
1.2.2023
The Damus app is powered by Nostr which uses decentralized relays to distribute end-to-end encrypted messages
AR, VR, and a Model for 3D in HTML
27.1.2023
Tucked down somewhere in the Safari Technology Preview 161 release notes is a seemingly innocous line about support for a new HTML element and attribute:
Added support for <model src> and honor <source type> attributes (257518@main)
Anytime I …
AR,...
League of Legends Source Code Hacked, Riot Refuses To Pay Blackmail
24.1.2023
On Tuesday, Riot Games announced that the source code for both League of Legends and Team Fight Tactics was stolen, and that it would not be paying the ransom demanded by hackers to get it back. It’s the latest in a spree of data breaches at big game companies, and means both games could...
Number of devs increased during crypto winter: Electric Capital report
18.1.2023
Ethereum continues to be the dominant blockchain for developer activity, however, a few other chains continued to make ground
Papyrus: a new open-source full node for StarkNet newly launched by StarkWare
13.1.2023
StarkWare happens to be extremely pleased and takes great pride in making their official announcement of having released their new open-source full node, Papyrus. This will now be functional in carrying out enhancement where the network’s functionalities and decentralization is concerned. Being...
Revealing Mortal Kombat II Code Leak Pulled By Warner Bros.
11.1.2023
Over the Winter holiday, someone filled all Mortal Kombat appreciators’ Christmas stockings up with something a lil’ extra: Mortal Kombat II’s source code on GitHub. The lawyers at Warner Bros. took exception to this by issuing a swift DMCA takedown notice that Github adhered to by disabling public...