Group 1 - Strategy disclosed its largest Bitcoin purchase of 2026, acquiring 22,337 BTC for $1.57 billion at an average price of $70,194 per coin [1][2] - The purchase was funded approximately 75% through STRC preferred shares, amounting to $1.18 billion [2][6] - As of March 15, Strategy held a total of 761,068 BTC, acquired for about $57.61 billion at an average cost basis of $75,696 per Bitcoin [2] Group 2 - BitMine added 60,999 ETH worth $138 million over the past week, increasing its total holdings to approximately 4.596 million ETH, representing about 4% of Ethereum's circulating supply [3][6] - Ethereum's price fluctuated, reaching as high as $2,360 before settling at $2,330 [3] Group 3 - Vitalik Buterin emphasized the need for a simplified process for running Ethereum nodes, aiming to reduce technical barriers for users [4][5] - Buterin's recent public comments reflect a broader vision for Ethereum's long-term usability, focusing on decentralization, privacy, and user participation [5][7]

This is the new EF Mandate.For many of you, the contents should be no surprise, and a clarification along the lines that we have been going and thinking for the past few months. But the clarification is nevertheless worth making.Ethereum is a unique object and has a unique role in the world. Its role is to be a sanctuary technology, to preserve technological self-sovereignty, to enable cooperation without coercion, domination or rugpulling, and to provide an escape hatch, to ensure that no single person, or ...

sky's sUSDS just absorbed $880m in a single wallet earning $168k daily at 7% yield. that's not yield farming, that's parking nine figures somewhere circle can't freeze with a compliance call. when the position is too big to trust counterparties, you choose the protocol without admin keys. first institutional-scale validation of DeFi's core premise: censorship resistance has a premium, and it's 200-300bp over treasuries. ...

Did you know the dark web played a pivotal role in Bitcoin’s early rise?In this video, we break down how the Silk Road became $BTC’s first real-world use case, accelerating adoption and ultimately proving its censorship resistance under pressure.Watch the full video 👉 https://t.co/Bo5s9uSJbo ...

Core Insights - Ethereum is implementing a significant upgrade focused on enhancing censorship resistance through the introduction of Fork-Choice-Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) as part of EIP-7805, targeted for the Hegota network upgrade in H2 2026 [2][3][4] Group 1: Upgrade Details - FOCIL will require 17 randomly selected validators to submit inclusion lists of valid transactions for each block, ensuring that no single validator can control or censor the transaction list [3] - This upgrade will be accompanied by EIP-8141, which integrates smart contract wallets, multisigs, quantum-resistant wallets, and privacy tools into the Ethereum ecosystem [3] Group 2: Community Reactions - Vitalik Buterin supports the FOCIL upgrade, describing it as a return to the original ethos of Ethereum, emphasizing its importance for maintaining a non-censorable network [4] - Developer Ameen Soleimani expressed concerns about previous EIPs that allowed validators to impose constraints on transaction inclusion, highlighting potential risks to the network's integrity [5] Group 3: Importance of Censorship Resistance - Censorship resistance is crucial as it ensures that no external entity, including validators, governments, or exchanges, can dictate which transactions are processed on Ethereum [6] - The upgrade addresses broader concerns about financial systems that can freeze assets or block payments, reinforcing the need for a decentralized and censorship-resistant platform [6][8]

'Ethereum Is Going Hard': Vitalik Buterin Backs Censorship Resistance Upgradehttps://t.co/JueLri1AOM ...

There is also an important synergy between FOCIL and AA (EIP-8141, which is based on 7701):8141 makes not just smart accounts (including multisig, quantum-resistant signatures, key changes, gas sponsorship) first-class citizens, it also can do the same for privacy protocols (either indirectly via paymaster, or if we add 2D nonces, directly as a multi-tenant account). "First-class citizen" means that operations sent from that account can be included directly onchain as transactions, with no wrappers.FOCIL en ...

RT Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain)Ethereum researcher Thomas Thiery (soispoke) proposed Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL, EIP-7805) as the headline feature for the Hegota upgrade. FOCIL enables multiple validators to enforce transaction inclusion via the fork-choice rule, enhancing censorship resistance and reducing centralized builder influence. The proposal, previously deferred from Glamsterdam, is now core to Hegota, expected in 2026. https://t.co/i7PPLXFp5e ...

RT Devconnect ARG - the first Ethereum World’s Fair (@EFDevcon)“Why do we want Ethereum? Crediblilty, Censorship Resistance & Schelling point.”- Oskar Thoren from @ethereumfndn in the panel 'Ethereum Institutional Privacy' on the Privacy Stack stage at Devconnect ARG.Head to the XL Yellow Pavilion at La Rural for more privacy conversations. ...

Every centralized platform is a prison.Every kill switch will eventually be used.Infrastructure is the leverage.Own the rails, so they can’t shut downwhat no one controls.They can’t censorwhat can’t be deleted.They can’t stopwhat’s already everywhere.That’s all you need to understand about what we are doing in Polkadot.Polkadot (@Polkadot):JAM Vision LIVE @ Sub0 - Stream by Vbrick https://t.co/OOpD0k9RoE ...