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Bitcoin Core discloses three patched security flaws, including high-severity mining bug
Bitcoin Core disclosed three patched flaws, including a high-severity block template bug affecting miners.
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Barclays boosts BlackRock Bitcoin ETF stake 48% as banks expand holdings
Barclays and Citigroup disclosed larger Bitcoin ETF stakes as of Sept. 30, a useful signal of bank adoption.
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Bitcoin short-term holders send 47K BTC to exchanges at a loss
Bitcoin dropped to an 11-week low below short-term holders' cost basis, and some of them sent 47K BTC to exchanges at a loss.
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Addressing the Post-Quantum signature bloat problem without sacrificing consumer node validation
Quantifies the ~3,300-byte overhead of ML-DSA-65 signatures and frames the node-validation bottleneck for a post-quantum Bitcoin transition.
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LNbits rushes emergency patch after reported Bitcoin wallet thefts
LNbits issued an emergency patch after reported Bitcoin wallet thefts and warns that older versions are vulnerable and exposed credentials should be replaced even after upgrading.
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0xB10C, Sjors Provoost - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #430 Recap Podcast
Bitcoin Optech newsletter recap covering BIP54, replay protection and co-signer spending policy proposals.
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Poland’s Parliament Votes 240-202 to Let Officials Freeze Crypto Before Court Review
Poland's Sejm passed a sanctions bill letting officials freeze bitcoin and bank funds of listed people before any court review.
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Luke Dashjr Promotes Rival BIP Repository as 'Official'
Luke Dashjr promotes a rival BIP repository as official, splitting Bitcoin's proposal process; relevant governance drama.
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Built a timeline of Bitcoin’s history. What important moments am I missing?
A 61-event Bitcoin history timeline where every date is linked to a primary source, useful as a reference.
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Trump Media (DJT) Pledges 73% of Its Bitcoin to an Options Program as $1 Billion Note Deadline Nears
Trump Media's 10-Q shows most of its bitcoin pledged to an options program and notes backing $1B in notes, a useful treasury risk disclosure.
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MARA Sells 13,597 Bitcoin for $1.1 Billion, Says More Sales Are Coming
MARA sold 13,597 BTC for $1.1B to repay loans and fund AI infrastructure, and says more sales are coming.
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Hyperscale Data (GPUS) Sells Its Last Bitcoin for AI Data Center, Months After Chasing $100 Million Treasury
Hyperscale Data sold its last bitcoin, about 1,113 BTC since July, to fund AI data center capacity.
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Bitcoin Miner MARA Clears Its BTC-Backed Debt and Approves $500 Million Buyback After Q3 Profit
MARA repaid $750M in bitcoin-backed loans, leaving roughly $350M from its bitcoin sale, and approved a $500M buyback after a Q3 profit.
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Trump Media Reports 15,649 BTC Ahead of Debt Put
Trump Media reports 15,649 BTC, with up to about $1B in noteholder puts due November 30 and much of the bitcoin committed to options.
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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF outflows hit $1.66B over seven trading sessions
US spot bitcoin ETFs lost $201 million on Monday, with IBIT posting seven straight sessions of outflows totaling $1.66 billion.
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Miami-Dade property owners can now pay their property taxes with Bitcoin, tax collector says
Miami-Dade property owners can now pay property taxes in bitcoin, per the county tax collector.
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Bitcoin miner MARA sold 13,597 BTC for $1.1 billion in six weeks, plans to sell more
MARA sold 13,597 BTC for $1.1 billion in six weeks, repaid all bitcoin-backed loans, and plans to fund AI datacenters with the rest.
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HIVE’s Bitcoin output jumps 49%, but mining revenue still falls
HIVE's Bitcoin output rose 49% but mining revenue fell 7.4%, while its AI hosting business grew 71%.
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MARA posts $634 million Q3 net profit on bitcoin gains, sells 13,597 BTC to pay off loans
MARA booked a $634M Q3 profit on bitcoin gains, then sold 13,597 BTC to repay $750M in loans as it pivots toward AI.
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BlackRock: Security Fears Are Driving Bitcoin Whales Into IBIT
BlackRock says security fears from kidnappings and hacks are pushing large bitcoin holders to swap into IBIT shares.
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A Bitcoin block just neared a 2015 transaction record, but paid only $180 in fees
A Bitcoin block came within 984 transactions of the 2015 record while fees totaled about $180.
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A Finnish home swapped district heating for a Bitcoin miner
A Finnish home uses a Bitcoin miner for heating, with a roughly $20,000 setup whose payback depends on price and power costs.
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Strategy Buys 1,036 BTC but Spends More Repurchasing Its Preferred Stock Just Under $100
Strategy bought 1,036 BTC last week but spent $188.3M repurchasing preferred shares near $99.76, selling none despite an intraday touch of $100.
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How fake randomness stole $130m in Bitcoin
A clear layman explainer of how weak randomness in the Coldcard seed generation enabled a roughly $130m Bitcoin theft, with lessons for self-custody.
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Strive’s Weekly Bitcoin Buying Shrinks for a Second Straight Week, to 29 BTC
Strive bought only 29 BTC in the week to Nov. 6, its second straight weekly decline, at about $75,721 per coin per an SEC filing.
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Strategy (MSTR) Adds 1,036 Bitcoin for $81.9 Million as Holdings Slip Below Cost
Strategy added 1,036 BTC for $81.9M, lifting holdings to 850,364 BTC while its average cost sits above the market price.
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Satoshi Disabled 15 Bitcoin Commands in 2010. Sixteen Years Later, Developers Want Them Back.
Explains the BIP 440/441 push to restore 15 disabled Bitcoin opcodes, including OP_CAT, under a computational budget design.
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Zcash devs propose another block time cut days after NU7 upgrade
Zcash developers propose a second block time cut within days of the NU7 upgrade, aimed at faster confirmations for payments, exchange deposits and swaps.
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Binance's bitcoin mining pool finds just one block in a week as shutdown nears
Binance's mining pool has nearly vanished from block rankings ahead of its November 10 closure, a concrete signal of shrinking industry share.
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Long Term Holders Just Set a Multi-Year Record Low For Volume This Weekend
On-chain data shows coins held over three years had a sharp drop in weekend movement, the lowest since June 2023.