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"What Is ActivityPub?" Understanding the Social-Media Protocol Meta’s Threads Plans to Use

Meta’s launch of Threads has brought new interest in ActivityPub and how the social network protocol and the associated fediverse – including the Twitter-like Mastodon – work.

Twitter and Threads logos are displayed on a cell phone (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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This Is How Scammers Can Drain Your Crypto Wallet

Scammers use a variety of techniques to steal users’ money, some of which only require knowing your wallet address, a Forta Network researcher said.

A computer popup box screen warning of a system being hacked, compromised software enviroment. 3D illustration. (Getty Images)

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What ChatGPT Thinks About Digital Assets

Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices quizzes ChatGPT about crypto and then explores how that might factor into an investment opinion.

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Solana’s Crypto-Ready ‘Saga’ Smartphone Goes on Sale May 8

The Saga aims to put crypto in people’s pockets, where the rest of the digital world has already gone.

The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Adding Value to Real World Documents with Authentication

Digitization is the sector that enables real world documents to be digitized as the blockchain technology makes proof of ownership, identity and authenticity possible.

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What Is Decentralized File Storage?

For those looking for an alternative to cloud storage giants Google and Dropbox, crypto networks offer a Web3 solution.

Most of data-storage network Filecoin’s recent deal growth comes from one incentive program. (Unsplash)

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Dreams of Rebooting FTX Face Cold Reality That Its Technology Wasn’t Well-Regarded

Woefully high latency, bugs in the API traders use to interface with FTX and coding mishaps plagued the exchange, according to several former clients who spoke to CoinDesk.

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Ethereum Usage Will Drop If the Blockchain Doesn’t Boost Speed: Bank of America

The network has had a first-mover advantage thus far as a platform developers could build apps on, a report from the bank said.

Ethereum’s long-term viability depends on its ability to follow its road map. (Shutterstock)

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Next Evolution of Blockchain Software Has Only Just Begun: Bank of America

Platforms like Near, Polkadot and Cardano are using new approaches to improve the trade-off between scalability, decentralization and security, a report from the bank said.

La plataforma Near necesita hacer algo más que solamente atraer nuevos usuarios, según Bank of America. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)