⚡️ INSIGHT: Institutions aren’t just buying ETH, they’re now staking it and actively supporting Ethereum’s infrastructure.How much institutional staking is healthy for Ethereum’s decentralization? https://t.co/nuqUkg8Uhk ...

RT s4mmy (@S4mmyEth)This is why I love crypto, it highlights the hidden costs or benefits extracted by TradFiI signed up to a Pro subscription for @DefiLlama to play around with its latest AI features and noticed they automatically offer you yield from AAVE on depositsThis may not seem like much, but if you pre-pay for a traditional annual subscription it's unlikely that you receive yield on the unused portion of your subscriptionYet DeFi Llama treats this as an accrued liability on their books, holding cus ...

⚡️ TODAY: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin signs "Trustless Manifesto" urging builders to resist intermediary dependence."Trustlessness is the foundation. Everything else is construction on top of it." https://t.co/9J0XHTARds ...

Decentralization meets real-world risk control.Bybit’s Lazarus Security Lab found that 16 blockchains already have fund-freezing mechanisms — and 19 more could add them.The findings call for greater transparency and accountability across the blockchain ecosystem.📘 Read the full report: https://t.co/VFJgn8MpdN ...

Ethereum Scaling & Decentralization - Ethereum aims to optimize its stack for validators to verify rather than execute, potentially reaching gigagas capacity and approximately 10,000 TPS [1] - Lean Ethereum proposes zk proofs in under 12 seconds with on-prem provers around 10 kW, enhancing decentralization [1] - The roadmap includes EthProofs race, a four-phase path to mandatory proofs, and EIP-7938 targeting three-times-a-year gas adjustments [1] - Native rollups could potentially remove gas ceilings for Layer 2 solutions [1] - Fossil is mentioned in the context of seconds-level finality and post-quantum signatures [1] Sponsors & Compensation - Bit Digital (NASDAQ: BTBT) is mentioned as having an ETH treasury [1] - Bankless is being compensated by Bit Digital (NASDAQ BTBT) for promoting their company and BTBT with a one-time cash payment [1] Resources & Disclosures - Justin Drake of the Ethereum Foundation is a key resource [1] - Lean Ethereum is further detailed in a blog post on ethereum.org [1] - Investment disclosures are available on bankless.com [1]

Security, decentralization, scalability, and privacy.Starknet. https://t.co/39m8GIds7S ...

The OG vision of crypto decentralization is struggling:- Decentralized stablecoins? LUSD is alive yet USDC/USDT dominate the market- More supply of Bitcoin and ETH moving to ETFs- DAOs are centralizing (DAO tokens become revenue valued assets)- Most ICOs require KYC- Multiple L2s/L1s shut down their chains following Balancer hackNot all is dark:- Ethereum's L2s are moving from Stage 0 to Stage 1 decentralization- Self-custody is still viable for BTC, and ETH despite growing ETF inflows- DEXs challenging CEX ...

RT Brother Lyskey (@Lyskey)Starknet is seriously becoming the endgame of blockchains.Offering everything builders and users need on a single layer.✅ 2500 UOPS capacity✅ 500ms tx latency✅ $0,001 gas fees for most tx✅ Secure by Ethereum✅ Decentralized sequencer architecture✅ Web2-like UX for gaming & consumer apps✅ Staking powered by STRK (75%) & BTC (25%)✅ Native Account Abstraction✅ Flywheel with BitcoinComing:⏳ Privacy⏳ STRK buyback & burn mechanism⏳ New STRK value-driving mechanism⏳ BitVM-powered bridge t ...

RT Bitcoinization (@bitcoin1zation)@cguida6 @giacomozucco @ToneVays @LukeDashjr @BitcoinMotorist @calibrated_lies @belfastbuoy @sidshattuck @jimmysong @boomer_btc @BarefootMining @murchandamus @knutsvanholm “You can prune” is not a real argument, pruning doesn’t make Bitcoin more decentralized. Decentralization requires full nodes that verify every transaction from the beginning. Otherwise, we risk leaving our children a world where using Bitcoin means logging into a corporate node. ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Without disagreeing with the ideals of decentralization-for-all and trustlessness in a perfect world, one must also deal with computer science reality. Back in the day Hal and I envisioned layer 2s as centralized banks issuing Chaumian cash (which is a centralized protocol). That was the best we could think of for layer 2s back then (i.e. between 1998 and Satoshi). Computer science seems to impose major limitations for what we can do at layer 1, although there are some protocols t ...