[ad_1] Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Trust (BITB) was recently approved as an investment option for a $30 billion network of Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs). Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley revealed this development via social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Feb. 19, noting that advisors within the network are now authorized to allocate funds with BITB, typically … Read more
[ad_1] Quick Take ByteTree data indicates that global Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) are nearing their all-time high of approximately 966k Bitcoin, a record set back in 2021. A significant contributor to this development is the success of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States, which have seen a net flow of approximately $5.5 billion. BTC … Read more
[ad_1] I’m a beginner in Bitcoin Therefore this answer will be a broad overview and simplified. What does difficulty actually mean? To understand the difficulty number in Bitcoin, you have to understand it’s purpose and not just the mathematics of it. To understand the purpose of the difficulty number, you first need to understand the … Read more
[ad_1] We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Dymension (DYM) staking! Staking and funding DYM trading and staking are live. Add DYM to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Stake your DYM and earn up to 28% APR* from the Earn section of your Kraken Pro account … Read more
[ad_1] January 14th tl;dc (too long, didn’t call) Disclaimer: This is a digest of the topics discussed in the recurring Eth1.x research call, and doesn’t represent finalized plans or commitments to network upgrades. The main topics of this call were Rough data quantifying advantages of switching to a binary trie structure Transition strategies and potential … Read more
[ad_1] The crypto market has shown an incredible performance over the past week. Bitcoin has sustained momentum and risen above the $60,000 level, reaching $64,000. The levels reached at the end of February have suggested to many investors that March could be an even more impressive month for the current bullish rally. However, no prediction … Read more
[ad_1] Keep it coming tldr; Runtime Verification audit and verification of deposit contract Runtime Verification recently completed their audit and formal verification of the eth2 deposit contract bytecode. This is a significant milestone bringing us closer to the eth2 Phase 0 mainnet. Now that this work is complete, I ask for review and comment by … Read more
[ad_1] Solana Labs said that the recent outage that halted blockchain transactions for five hours on Feb. 6 was caused by a bug developers caught a week earlier. Solana Labs published a detailed report on Feb. 9 outlining its investigation of the outage, which revealed that the known bug had multiple triggers, and developers had … Read more
[ad_1] Copied below is a short python script that walks through the verification, using input values for block 505400 from the blockchain.com block explorer: import json import hashlib block={} #inputs values (from https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc/505400) block[‘blocknumber’]=505400 block[‘version’]=’20000000′ block[‘hashPrevBlock’]=’00000000000000000022a664b3ff1e4f85140eddeebd0efcbe6a543d45c4135f’ block[‘hashMerkleRoot’]=’a3defcaa713d267eacab786c4cc9c0df895d8ac02066df6c84c7aec437ae17ae’ block[‘time’]=1516561306 block[‘bits’]=394155916 block[‘nonce’]=2816816696 #prepare values block[‘versionprepared’]=bytes.fromhex(block[‘version’])[::-1].hex() block[‘hashPrevBlockprepared’]=bytes.fromhex(block[‘hashPrevBlock’])[::-1].hex() block[‘hashMerkleRootprepared’]=bytes.fromhex(block[‘hashMerkleRoot’])[::-1].hex() block[‘timeprepared’]=int(block[‘time’]).to_bytes(4, byteorder=”little”).hex() block[‘bitsprepared’]=int(block[‘bits’]).to_bytes(4, byteorder=”little”).hex() block[‘nonceprepared’]=int(block[‘nonce’]).to_bytes(4, byteorder=”little”).hex() #concatentate prepared values to … Read more
[ad_1] Data shows the cryptocurrency futures market has seen liquidations amounting to $700 million in the past day as Bitcoin has gone through its volatility. Bitcoin Has Seen Intense Price Action In Past 24 Hours The past day has been a bit of a rollercoaster for Bitcoin, with the asset registering sharp price action in … Read more