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Tech

Coinbase’s Bison Trails Adds Developer Tool for Solana Blockchain

The network is now among the 20 or so supported by Bison Trails’ “Query & Transact” product.

Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz.

Tech

Okcoin Awards $100K Grant to Bitcoin Development Non-Profit Brink

The grants allow more developers to maintain and support Bitcoin’s codebase.

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Tech

BitMEX, Human Rights Foundation Award Bitcoin Developer Grants Worth $150K

South Korea-based Calvin Kim works primarily on the bitcoin scaling project Utreexo.

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Markets

Dogecoin to Get DevOps Support for Commercial Apps Via DogeLabs.IO, AppSwarm

The DevOps team will be responsible for expanding projects related to the memecoin.

Doge DevOps

Tech

‘Speedy Trial’ Taproot Activation on Bitcoin Could Still Include a ‘UASF’ Safety Net

Speedy Trial is nearly approved for activating Taproot, but the code may still include a “user activated soft fork” (UASF) safety net, just in case.

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Tech

OKCoin Toasts Its Bitcoin Lightning Network Launch With New Developer Grant

OKCoin joins roughly half a dozen exchanges that support the scaling technology.

OKCoin’s support for the Lightning Network is live.

Tech

Craig Wright Demands Bitcoin Developers Give Him Access to Stolen Mt. Gox Coins

Craig Wright claims someone “stole” 110k BTC from him from wallets connected to the Mt. Gox hack. He wants Bitcoin developers to get them back.

Craig Wright

Tech

Taproot Update: Bitcoin Users Home In on Activation Plan, Date Still TBD

The meeting ended with rough consensus in favor of BIP8 (false), as well as with approval of two possible methods to put this BIP into motion.

Taproot is nearing the finish line.

Tech

Valid Points: CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 Validator Is Officially Staked

Ethereum developers met Tuesday to compare research on the eventual merge of Eth 1.x and Eth 2.0.

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Markets

Blockchain Bites: IBM Blockchain Bleeds, Exchange Tokens Pump, ETH Hits New High

A new report from Outlier Ventures provides a map of blockchain development activity. Ethereum, Cosmos and Bitcoin lead the pack.

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