Crypto stories

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology generate some of Hacker News's most polarized discussions. This archive collects technical posts about protocols, DeFi mechanics, and the engineering challenges of decentralized systems.

Whether you are skeptical or curious, the technical threads here go deeper than price speculation.

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Definium says LSD-based pill reduces anxiety in late-stage study

reuters.com · 10 points · 0 comments

Why You Shouldn't Build a Blockchain

olshansky.substack.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Defining Taste

twitter.com · 3 points · 1 comments

Controversial Bitcoin fork BIP-110 mines two blocks, then stops

coindesk.com · 10 points · 1 comments

Sanders urges OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta to pause AI develpmnt amid regulatory push

cryptobriefing.com · 11 points · 2 comments

Coldcard hardware wallet firmware flaw sees 2k BTC (~$130M) drained

web3isgoinggreat.com · 16 points · 2 comments

Opus5/low can do CryptoNote base58 decoding toolless, in working memory alone

bsky.app · 12 points · 8 comments

LLMs won't break symmetric crypto

bfswa.blog · 75 points · 103 comments

"No KYC" Crypto Cards Tap Corporate Issuing Loopholes

fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com · 5 points · 2 comments

The Story of Mac: A Just-So Story

gigamonkeys.com · 30 points · 6 comments

Bending Spoons acquires Airtable for $1.25B

businesswire.com · 15 points · 3 comments

'This is insider trading by definition': Trump sells $100k monthly subscription

msn.com · 22 points · 2 comments

Bending Spoons entered definitive agreement to acquire Airtable for $1.28B

businesswire.com · 29 points · 8 comments

Has the Bitcoin Moved?

hasthebitcoinmoved.com · 8 points · 2 comments

Crypto miners are stealing power in Southeast Asia

dw.com · 13 points · 0 comments

Bitcoin cold-wallet attack spreads to 4,500 addresses as losses near $89M

coindesk.com · 44 points · 23 comments

Trump Crypto Tie-Up Fueled Family Windfall, Investor Losses

bloomberg.com · 26 points · 2 comments

Coldcard wallet RNG flaw likely linked to $88M Bitcoin theft

bleepingcomputer.com · 20 points · 0 comments

Coldcard Bitcoin Exploit Balloons to $88M as Attackers Keep Draining Wallets

decrypt.co · 6 points · 1 comments

Btfy – a blockchain that uses weather observations

github.com · 10 points · 7 comments

U.S. sanctions Iranian firms for Bitcoin maritime insurance operation in Hormuz

home.treasury.gov · 7 points · 2 comments

What is distributed Key Generation (DKG)?

stoffelmpc.com · 8 points · 0 comments

Trusted URLs via Cryptographic Signatures

blog.certisfy.com · 29 points · 13 comments

C++ float-to-int conversion can be undefined behavior

kttnr.net · 63 points · 67 comments

C++ float-to-int conversion can be undefined behavior

kttnr.net · 14 points · 20 comments

Some thoughts about Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results

blog.cryptographyengineering.com · 187 points · 116 comments

Robust Blockchain Infrastructure

onfinality.io · 2 points · 2 comments

Anthropic publishes a practical key-recovery attack on HAWK-256

github.com · 57 points · 2 comments

Vyne – Zapier for DeFi users, run from any LLM or the workflow builder

app.vyne.finance · 2 points · 0 comments

Discovering Cryptographic Weaknesses with Claude

anthropic.com · 229 points · 188 comments