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waxwing , Vincenzo Palazzo, jaonoctus - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #428 Podcast
Bitcoin Optech newsletter podcast covering trust-minimized exits from single-issuer L2s, preimage descriptors, and a Rust full node.
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Can ORE Make Hard Money Without Proof of Work?
ORE dropped proof of work; the piece explains the mechanism and weighs the case for it as a store of value.
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Leaked backend data from "no-KYC" swap Wagyu.xyz links 38k+ crypto orders, Monero destinations, and user IPs
Ransomware group leaked backend data from no-KYC swap Wagyu.xyz, exposing 38k orders and user IPs; the lesson is that off-chain databases, not Monero, are the privacy weak point.
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Wall Street’s Fast Money Fled Bitcoin ETFs, Sovereign Funds Stepped In
Galaxy Research data shows nine hedge funds and banks cut 68,000 BTC of spot ETF exposure as the cash-and-carry trade unwound, while sovereign funds added.
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Quiet Under $85K
Glassnode notes bitcoin back under $85K, with faded ETF demand and volatility at summer 2023 levels ahead of the Fed.
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Pump's public callout history makes it possible to study which callers deliver
An analysis of 307 public Pump callouts from 12 top-PnL wallets tests whether high-ranking social traders actually deliver returns.
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Zcash's Dev Fund Has a Market Success Problem
ZEC's price run has turned Zcash's fixed 8% dev fund into a large treasury, and builders now want to reduce it.
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I replayed a BTC-backed loan on every day since 2014. Even at 20% LTV, some got liquidated
A replay of BTC-backed loans on hourly prices since 2014 shows that even 20% LTV loans would have been liquidated at times.
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Zcash Developers Split Over Where Grants Program’s 8% Block Share Should Go
Zcash developers disagree on redirecting the grants program's 8% block share under a draft ZIP.
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War, Shutdowns, and Licensing Reshape MENA’s $443 Billion Crypto Economy
Chainalysis report shows MENA's crypto economy flat at $443.3B, down 1.4%, shaped by war, shutdowns and licensing.
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I counted one week of x402 payments on Base. Buyers who come back are rare, and they don’t buy what I expected
A Reddit x402 seller tracked a week of USDC payments on Base across Coinbase's catalog of about 1,775 seller wallets; returning buyers were rare, and his own two tools got 8 paid calls from about 9,300 requests.
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Over 11 million bitcoin has no known owner. Here's what it means
Analysis of over 11 million bitcoin held in unidentified wallets and what it implies about retail holders; includes a caveat worth reading.
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[Serious] An interesting graph of Dash's rank on CMC since January of 2021. We are not quitters.
A data-driven look at Dash's CoinMarketCap rank since 2021, noting few cryptos fell as far as Dash and recovered to the top 75.
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5.57 The Price Impact of Nothing: Rejected Orders Predict Returns
Research finds Hyperliquid post-only order rejections carry a short-term signal for 10-second BTC perp mid moves.
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One unknown Bitcoin miner found 4 blocks in ~20 hours — solo miner or something else?
Redditor reports one address collecting coinbase rewards from four blocks in about 20 hours; a possible pool or solo-miner question, with limited verification.
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How much BTC does it take to retire? I ran $3k–$10k a month through three price paths
A free bitcoin retirement simulator models cyclical price paths to estimate BTC needed for $3k–$10k monthly spending over 30 years.
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Solana Alpenglow Upgrade Ships. Adoption is the Real Test
Galaxy Research looks at whether Solana's Alpenglow upgrade will drive real adoption after shipping. Useful context on the upgrade, though the snippet gives little detail.
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Can public blockchains support confidential RWA assets?
Survey of ZK, FHE and other options for keeping institutional RWA trades confidential on public chains, with trade-offs.
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Another unsolved ciphers falls to AI, this one was meant to test life after death
A Reddit user used Claude and OpenAI models to crack a 76-year-old cryptogram, with Klaus Schmeh confirming the solution.
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ERC-TBA: Agent Credit Backers
Draft ERC proposal for credit lines to AI agent identities, with a third party backing defaults via EIP-712 consent.
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Base Active Addresses Jump Another 50% as Transactions and Fees Fall
Base active addresses rose 50% while transactions and dollar fees fell, though a trading competition was running during the period.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Take Different Paths to Post-Quantum Wallets
Explains why Ethereum can verify alternative signatures today while Bitcoin's P2MR proposal does not itself add post-quantum signatures.
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An AI Agent's Honest Field Log: Hunting Real USDC Work on the Open Web
An AI agent with a human operator in Dubai tried to find paid USDC bounties on Taskmarket and other EVM platforms in one night; it registered, submitted two entries, and found only about $14 in open tasks.
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Crypto card spending hit $1.5B a month in late 2025, but most of it settled on fiat rails
Artemis report finds most crypto card spending settles on fiat rails, with about $1.5B a month in late 2025 volume.
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On-Chain Look at 1.0+ BTC Addresses Over the Last 12 Months
Original onchain analysis of 1+ BTC UTXOs created over the last year, with a transparent method and caveats about address ownership.
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Ethereum Researchers Draft a Consensus Overhaul for Faster Finality
A draft EIP proposes splitting Ethereum validator voting in two to speed finality, strengthen fork choice and enable post-quantum signatures.
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Are RWAs less private than the assets they represent?
Asks whether tokenized real-world assets leak more holder privacy than traditional registers, given wallet pattern analysis. A useful question, though discussion only.
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Starknet Poll Backs Post-Quantum Layer 1 Research With 93.52% Support
Starknet's non-binding vote backed post-quantum Layer 1 research with 93.52% support; no network transition was approved.
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Government-Linked $1 Billion Bitcoin Transfer Led to Coinbase Prime Addresses
A $1B government-linked bitcoin transfer on October 8 routed through unlabeled addresses into Arkham-labeled Coinbase Prime deposits, showing an exchange destination but not a sale.
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Arkham CEO on $1 Billion of U.S. Government Bitcoin Moved to “Unknown” Wallet
Arkham's CEO explains the movement of $1B in U.S. government Bitcoin to an unknown wallet, weighing sale versus custody transfer.