Liquid Network Security Incident Assessment(blog.blockstream.com)
7 points by greyface- | 0 comments
Blockstream blog post assessing a security incident affecting the Liquid Network, its Bitcoin sidechain.
#bitcoin on Hacker News
11 stories tagged bitcoin, newest first.
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator(nytimes.com)
558 points by jfirebaugh | 692 comments
New York Times article in which a reporter investigates the identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, pointing toward Adam Back; the capture shows a captcha page.
DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia(cnbc.com)
322 points by pseudolus | 290 comments
DOJ press release announcing the indictment of Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi over Cambodian forced-labor scam compounds and the seizure of about $15B in bitcoin.
PayPal to support Ethereum and Bitcoin(newsroom.paypal-corp.com)
475 points by DocFeind | 363 comments
PayPal newsroom press release announcing a revamped peer-to-peer payments experience across apps, borders, and currencies, reportedly including crypto support.
The treasury is expanding the Patriot Act to attack Bitcoin self custody(tftc.io)
758 points by bilsbie | 537 comments
A TFTC Bitcoin Brief article arguing that the US Treasury is expanding Patriot Act powers to target Bitcoin self-custody.
The Rise of Whatever(eev.ee)
433 points by cratermoon | 339 comments
Blog essay by Eevee on fuzzy notepad arguing computers became less fun, tracing a thread through Bitcoin and later tech trends toward a culture of 'whatever'.
El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender(ticotimes.net)
830 points by smallerfish | 654 comments
Tico Times/AFP news article reporting that El Salvador has dropped Bitcoin as legal tender after its experiment with the cryptocurrency failed.
3blue1brown YouTube Bitcoin video taken down as copyright violation(twitter.com)
753 points by talonx | 363 comments
A post on X by 3Blue1Brown about his YouTube video on Bitcoin being taken down as a copyright violation.
Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn(blockchain.com)
406 points by mrb | 344 comments
Blockchain.com explorer page for the Bitcoin puzzle #66 address, showing 6.6 BTC received and fully withdrawn, leaving a zero balance.
Satoshi – Sirius emails 2009-2011(mmalmi.github.io)
371 points by lawrenceyan | 369 comments
Archive of email correspondence between Martti Malmi (Sirius) and Satoshi Nakamoto from 2009 to 2011, released for a 2024 UK trial.
Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC(cointelegraph.com)
422 points by talboren | 743 comments
Cointelegraph news article reporting that the SEC has officially approved several spot Bitcoin ETFs after a false start on Jan. 9.