Bitcoin BIP-110 Fork Fails After Miners Reject New Rules
TLDR BIP-110 triggered a chain split on August 8, 2026, but the minority chain stalled after producing only two blocks. Just 2.53% of miners signaled support, far short of the 55% threshold t
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Ripple’s David Schwartz criticizes Bitcoin Knots over failed BIP-110 fork
David Schwartz, chief technology officer at Ripple and one of the key architects of the XRP Ledger, weighed in strongly on the recent controversy surrounding the failed activation of Bitcoin
Riot Platforms Signs $9.1 Billion Data Center Deal With Anthropic
TLDR Riot Platforms signed a 20-year data center lease worth about $9.1 billion, later reported to be with Anthropic The deal covers 191 megawatts of capacity at Riot’s Rockdale, Texas campus
Interlink Opens Door To First Ever Reverse Auction Buyback
ITL Holders Can Now Sell Directly to the Treasury Interlink Labs (@inter_link) has launched what it describes as a first-of-its-kind Reverse Auction Buyback, following approval from the Inter
BlockDAG News: Is the BDAG Sale Really Ending in 48 Hours?
BlockDAG News: What the Latest Claims Still Leave Unclear Today's BlockDAG news centers on an urgent new deadline: the project says every remaining BDAG sale closes permanently within 48 hour
What Does Pi Network Joining RoboPay Mean For Pi Holders?
Pi Network has joined RoboPay, the robot payment infrastructure built by Fabric Foundation, as a payment partner. This means Pi token holders will eventually be able to use Pi they already ho
Very Network Migration Now Live: 100K+ Transactions Underway
At a Glance: Very Network Migration Very Network confirmed that its Very Network migration is now in progress through an official post on X. Mined VERY balances for 102,596 users are being tr
Riot Platforms signs a 20-year AI data center lease worth $9.1B
@RiotPlatforms has struck one of the largest data center deals in its history, signing a 20-year lease with an undisclosed frontier AI lab for 191 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Roc
GXT Exchange Listing: Trading Time Confirmed as Presale Stage 3 Live
GXT Exchange Listing Now Has a Confirmed Time The GXT Exchange listing now carries a precise moment rather than just a date. The project confirmed through the X Post that trading opens at 2:0
Luke Dashjr Removed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal Editor: What It Means
Luke Dashjr has been removed as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) editor, a maintenance role that governs how technical proposals are documented and shepherded through Bitcoin's open devel
Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor
Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has been removed as an editor of Bitcoin Improvement Proposals following a dispute over his role in BIP 110. Bitcoin developer Mark Erhardt opened the pull reque
Riot Platforms signs a 20-year AI data center lease worth $9.1B
@RiotPlatforms has struck one of the largest data center deals in its history, signing a 20-year lease with an undisclosed frontier AI lab for 191 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Roc