Lightning devs must ‘wake up’ and fix security bugs, not please VCs: Bitcoin dev
Developers working on the Bitcoin layer 2 Lightning Network have become less security-oriented and more focused on producing cash flow for their investors, argues a former Lightning Network developer.Bitcoin core developer and security researcher Antoine Riard, made headlines last mon ...
Apple MacOS malware targets crypto community and engineers
A new malware discovered on Apple’s macOS — tied to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus — has reportedly targeted blockchain engineers of a cryptocurrency exchange platform.The macOS malware “KandyKorn” is a stealthy backdoor capable of data retrieval, dire ...
AI-coded smart contracts may be flawed and ‘fail miserably’ when attacked: CertiK
Artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will create more problems, bugs and attack vectors if used to write smart contracts and build cryptocurrency projects, says an executive from blockchain security firm CertiK.Kang Li, CertiK’s chief security officer, explained to Cointe ...
Six Americans File Lawsuit Against US Government Sanctions on Tornado Cash Service
A group of six American citizens, supported by lawyers from Coinbase exchange, have initiated a legal action alleging that the American government's imposition of sanctions on Tornado Cash service breaches the US Constitution. The lawsuit argues that the very nature of the cryptocurrency mixing s ...
Nvidia CTO Believes Cryptocurrencies Are Useless for Society
According to the CTO of Nvidia, Michael Kagan, cryptocurrencies offer no useful contributions to society, despite the company continuing to sell its processors to miners. Kagan believes that a chat bot with artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, would be far more beneficial than cryptocurrency ...
CoinShares Analysts Refute Claims of Bitcoin Network Control by Small Group
CoinShares analysts have disputed the widespread belief that only a small group of people manage and develop the Bitcoin network. The Wall Street Journal had recently published an article titled "The future of bitcoin depends on a small group of secret programmers" but, according to CoinShares' F ...