MakerDAO co-founder proposes fork of Solana codebase for native chain

    Rune Christensen stated that Solana’s codebase should be the foundation of MakerDAO’s upcoming blockchain, as he highlighted that it’s optimized for building “highly efficient blockchains.” MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen has submitted a proposal to build the decentralized finance project’s upcoming native chain off of a fork of Solana’s codebase, and not the Ethereum Virtual Machine despite its…

    If Worldcoin can improve the world, why not give it a chance?

    Worldcoin could make it easier to create digital identities for people worldwide. And even if it fails, more projects like it are coming. All eyes have been on Worldcoin since the July 24 launch of its “World ID” system. The issues associated with the launch have been well reported at this juncture. They include possible onboarding security…

    Digital Fortress, Part 1: How to safeguard digital assets in Web3

    Here’s how Web3 users can protect their digital assets from cyber criminals targeting crypto wallets. Why is protecting your digital assets in the Web3 era important? For the majority of users back in the day, cybersecurity meant protecting important files and folders because nothing of monetary value was stored on our computers. As long as…

    ‘Breakthrough growth’ will be driven by Web3: HK financial secretary

    Paul Chan says that blockchain and Web3 tech will be responsible for the next big wave of growth in Hong Kong’s digital tech sector. Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, Paul Chan Mo-po has reiterated his support for blockchain technology, calling it the next wave of “breakthrough growth” in the digital technology industry in a recent blog…

    Decentralized social networks have a retention problem, say execs

    Decentralized social network Friend.tech may have risen quickly, but execs argue decentralized social media apps still have an onboarding and retention issue to fix. Despite the recent bloom of the decentralized social media app Friend.tech, executives from the industry argue there’s still much more work to be done — with many still experiencing massive challenges…

    Bitcoin revenue per terahash nears record lows as hashrate soars

    As the Bitcoin network hash rate tops 414 EH/s, miners are struggling to stay afloat amid plummeting profitability. Bitcoin mining revenue or “hash price” — a measure of dollars earned per TH/s per day — has slumped to levels not seen since the collapse of FTX in November 2022, while hash rate has reached new…