utxo – What is arbitrary witness data and unspent transaction output?
What is arbitrary witness data and unspent transaction output? […] I’m confused what they mean by UTXO Arbitrary Arbitrary means what you think it does – “the data can be anything you choose”. It has to be packaged in an acceptable way and there are limits on size. Part of a Bitcoin transaction input is […]
‘KeyTrap’ DNS Bug Threatens Widespread Internet Outages
Although it’s been sitting there since 2000, researchers were just recently able to suss out a fundamental design flaw in a Domain Name System (DNS) security extension, which under certain circumstances could be exploited to take down wide expanses of the Internet. DNS servers translate website URLs into IP addresses and, mostly invisibly, carry all […]
Justices decline to intervene in another dispute over race and school admissions
SCOTUS NEWS By Amy Howe on Feb 20, 2024 at 10:48 am The court declined to take up Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board on Tuesday. (Abbie Fitz via Shutterstock) Less than a year after its decision striking down the admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina as unconstitutional on […]
Darwin Online has virtually reassembled the naturalist’s personal library
Enlarge / Oil painting by Victor Eustaphieff of Charles Darwin in his study at Down House. One of the many bookcases that made up his extensive personal library is reflected in the mirror. State Darwin Museum, Moscow Famed naturalist Charles Darwin amassed an impressive personal library over the course of his life, much of which […]
Black History Month 2024 #BlackHistoryMonth « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
Adafruit publishes a wide range of writing and video content, including interviews and reporting on the maker market and the wider technology world. Our standards page is intended as a guide to best practices that Adafruit uses, as well as an outline of the ethical standards Adafruit aspires to. While Adafruit is not an independent […]
Feds Seize LockBit Ransomware Websites, Offer Decryption Tools, Troll Affiliates – Krebs on Security
U.S. and U.K. authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit, a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims who didn’t pay, LockBit’s victim shaming website now offers free recovery tools, as well […]
The Bitcoin “Big Money Algos” Are Here: Will BTC Breach $70,000?
Mike Alfred, a Bitcoin investor and crypto commentator, thinks the “big money algos” are back and predicts the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency will rally to record fresh February 2024 highs but retest all-time highs. This uptick, Alfred says, is before the network finally halves its miner rewards. The “Big Money Algos” As BTC Retests $53,000 […]