Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Scroll Users Paid $50K in Excess Fees After Team Cranked L1 Fees by 1,280x

The Ethereum Layer 2 network raised its L1 data cost scalars 1,280x over six days before rolling them back yesterday.…
Infrastructure

Bitcoin Policy Institute Warns Quantum Advances Are Compressing Timeline for Network Upgrades

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Policy Institute Warns Quantum Advances Are Compressing Timeline for Network Upgrades A new brief from the Bitcoin…
Infrastructure

Visa Direct Integration Lets OwlTing Users Fund USDC Straight From a Debit Card

The integration marks the latest expansion of Visa’s stablecoin infrastructure, which now spans settlement, card spending, and direct on-ramp capabilities.…
AI

Bittensor sheds $900 million in market value as key AI developer exits amid in-fighting

A high-profile departure from Bittensor has triggered a steep sell-off in the decentralized artificial intelligence network, wiping out nearly $900…
AI

Covenant AI Calls Bittensor ‘Decentralization Theatre,’ Exits Network as TAO Falls 15%

The post Covenant AI Calls Bittensor ‘Decentralization Theatre,’ Exits Network as TAO Falls 15% appeared first on Unchained. Read Full…
Infrastructure

World Liberty Financial Borrows $75 Million Against Its Own Token on a Protocol Its Advisor Co-Founded

The post World Liberty Financial Borrows $75 Million Against Its Own Token on a Protocol Its Advisor Co-Founded appeared first…
AI

StarkWare’s Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Scheme Requires No Protocol Changes, Just $150 in GPU Compute

The post StarkWare’s Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Scheme Requires No Protocol Changes, Just $150 in GPU Compute appeared first on Unchained. Read…
AI

x402 protocol adds usage-based pricing for AI compute requests

The upgrade from flat fees to variable pricing is designed to support the use of AI agents for LLM inference,…
Infrastructure

Quantum-safe bitcoin now possible without a soft fork, but costs $200 a pop, new research shows

A new scheme from a StarkWare researcher works under existing consensus rules, offering an emergency fallback while BIP-360 awaits activation.…
Infrastructure

Bitcoin Could Be Quantum-Safe Without Protocol Changes, New Proposal Claims

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Could Be Quantum-Safe Without Protocol Changes, New Proposal Claims Bitcoin transactions could be resistant to quantum attacks…