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Ethereum sets a 2029 target for quantum-proofing its network

The Ethereum Foundation wants post-quantum cryptography live by the end of 2029. Nothing has shipped yet, and its own docs call the date a milestone.

CoinDesk, The Block and The Defiant, with the Ethereum Foundation's own documentation 2 months ago · 9 min read
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Not voting counts as a no in Cardano’s governance votes

Cardano's committee renewal crossed both thresholds by 0.18 points in a 1 September snapshot, but stake that never voted counted against it.

CryptoSlate, with on-chain data from Koios 2 months ago · 7 min read
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Polygon patched two security flaws before telling anyone about them

Polygon fixed denial-of-service and consensus flaws in the Austin and Kyoto forks before disclosing them. POL holders never had to do anything about it.

Decrypt 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Solana validators back doubling the rate SOL inflation falls

Solana's first binding governance vote backs halving the time SOL inflation takes to reach 1.5%. The emission curve itself has not changed yet.

The Defiant, with the SGP-0002 proposal text on GitHub, and vote figures as reported by Decrypt, CoinDesk and Cointelegraph 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Nine Firefox add-ons that showed football scores later carried wallet-stealing code

Socket found 40 malicious Firefox extensions. Nine had earlier lived on the same listing IDs as football and basketball score tools, reviews and all.

CryptoSlate and Socket Threat Research 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Lightning node operators told to upgrade now or take nodes offline

Core Lightning has asked operators to install patched binaries and keep the details secret for 14 days. Most UK users of Lightning apps have nothing to do.

CryptoSlate and Decrypt 2 months ago · 8 min read
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Cosmos Labs is telling blockchains to shut themselves down over a shared bug

Three networks were drained through the same Cosmos EVM code. Chains below v0.6.2 or v0.7.2 are told to stop, and no list of them has been published.

The Defiant 2 months ago · 7 min read
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Ledger has patched an Ethereum app bug that could sign the wrong transaction

Version 1.22.2 of Ledger's Ethereum app refuses a second signing request while a transaction is still on screen. Here's what to check before you sign again.

CryptoSlate 2 months ago · 8 min read
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eCash plans to hand bitcoin holders a second coin on 31 October

eCash's roadmap puts a 1:1 ECX allocation to bitcoin holders on 31 October. The August chain was a rehearsal, and nothing needs claiming yet.

CryptoSlate 2 months ago · 7 min read