Bitcoin Transparency Gets A Boost As Dorsey’s Block Unveils Reserve Proof
Block is now offering 5% Bitcoin cash back at Square merchants — a detail that quietly underscores just how far Jack Dorsey’s payments company has gone in tying its business to Bitcoin. Related Reading: Ethereum Power Play: Bitmine Rockets Past 5M ETH With Fresh 101,901 Purchase The reward program was announced Monday in Las Vegas […]
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One month after the Merge, MEV-boost relays expanded its market share as block builders, data shows. One month after the Merge, 51% of Ethereum blocks were compliant with OFAC standards, according to blockchain development Labrys' data, as MEV-Boost relays take over market share. On Twitter, users highlighted how the figures represent a milestone towards censorship, as more blocks are under surveillance:We reached another sad milestone in censorship: 51% This means if the censoring validators would now stop attesting to non-censoring blocks they would eventually form the canonical, 100%....
Days after CZ took to Twitter to announce a new proof-of-reserve system for Binance users, the site went live with public details of its wallet addresses and on-chain activity. In light of the FTX liquidity crisis and the almost-acquisition by Binance, Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao assured his community that his network would provide full transparency on asset holdings.On Nov. 10, Binance published a new page titled “Proof of Assets” on which all details are available of its on-chain activity for its hot and cold wallet addresses. This comes only two days after the initial tweet from CZ....
Jack Dorsey made headlines by leaving Twitter to focus full-time on Square (now Block) and Bitcoin. But how will the company advance the protocol?