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Former Ripple Engineer Warns XRPL File Storage Proposal Could Hurt Decentralization

A former Ripple engineer has raised concerns that a proposal to expand the XRPL Memo field from 1 KB to 1.3 MB could und...

Aug 11, 2026, 01:02 AM

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Cardano Extends Rally as Midnight Sidechain Gains Traction

Cardano rose on renewed optimism around its ecosystem, with the Midnight sidechain drawing fresh attention from traders....

Aug 11, 2026, 12:03 AM

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Ripple Mints $10M RLUSD as XRP Whales Accumulate 380M Tokens

Ripple minted 10 million RLUSD stablecoins on the XRP Ledger while whale addresses accumulated 380 million XRP, accordin...

Aug 11, 2026, 12:01 AM

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Bitcoin BIP Editor Dispute Escalates Over Luke Dashjr Removal Motion

A formal removal motion has been filed against Bitcoin BIP editor Luke Dashjr over alleged procedural violations tied to...

Aug 10, 2026, 10:03 AM

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Bitcoin Core Removes Luke Dashjr From BIP Editor Role After BIP-110 Dispute

Bitcoin Core developers removed Luke Dashjr's editor and admin access to the BIPs repository roughly 26 hours after Mark...

Aug 10, 2026, 06:02 AM

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Ethereum EIP-8363 Proposal Would Eliminate Native Staking Yield at 60.25M ETH

Ethereum developers proposed EIP-8363, which would reduce consensus-layer rewards to zero once staking participation rea...

Aug 10, 2026, 12:03 AM

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Bitcoin BIP-110 Fork Stalls at 2 Blocks as Miner Support Evaporates

Bitcoin's BIP-110 branch has produced only two blocks and fallen 111 blocks behind the main chain as miner signaling dro...

Aug 9, 2026, 11:02 PM

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Bitcoin Anti-Spam Fork Fails After Mining Two Blocks

A proposed Bitcoin fork designed to implement anti-spam measures mined only two blocks before stalling, capturing just 2...

Aug 9, 2026, 11:02 PM

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XRP Ledger v3.3.0 Retires Five Amendments, Legacy Code Removed

XRP Ledger v3.3.0 removes five long-standing amendments from the codebase, including the Clawback feature, as part of on...

Aug 9, 2026, 08:03 PM

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Cardano Sets Record Nakamoto Coefficient in Decentralization Milestone

Cardano recorded its highest Nakamoto Coefficient to date, a metric measuring the minimum number of validators required ...

Aug 9, 2026, 07:02 PM

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Bitcoin Fork BIP-110 Mines Two Blocks, Then Stalls

A Bitcoin fork implementing BIP-110 mined two blocks before grinding to a halt due to inherited difficulty vastly outpac...

Aug 9, 2026, 06:03 AM

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Bitcoin Network Nears Activation of BIP-110 Block Validation Rules

Bitcoin's network is approximately 185 blocks away from height 961,632, where enforcing nodes will begin rejecting block...

Aug 9, 2026, 05:01 AM

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