The Protocol: Nvidia To Manufacture AI Supercomputers in U.S., New Opportunities for Crypto Miners
Plus: Ethereum developers privacy debate reignites, Optimum raises funds in seed round, Noble’s new ‘AppLayer’
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Can Ethereum Be Truly Private? Developers Push for Encrypted Mempool, Default Privacy
Ethereum developers have begun kicking around a series of ideas that could make the Ethereum network private at its core.
How Bitcoin Miners Are Adjusting to the Threat of Tariffs: Blockspace
Before April 9, miners were paying upwards of $3M for chartered flights as they try to outrun the impact of Trump’s import levies. Some miners are comparing the tariffs to China’s 2021 mining ban.
The Protocol: EigenLayer Ready to Launch Missing Feature
Also: Bitcoin L2 SDKs; North Korea’s THORChain Use; and Quantum-Resistant BTC
Bitcoin Developer Proposes Hard Fork to Protect BTC From Quantum Computing Threats
The proposal outlines a plan to enforce a network-wide migration of BTC from legacy wallets to ones secured by post-quantum cryptography.
The Protocol: Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live
Also: Hyperliquid Eases Token Transfers for DeFi With Integration Between HyperCore and HyperEVM; Celo Migration to Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing in New Era for the Blockchain; Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs
The Protocol: Meet Hoodi, Ethereum’s New Testnet
Also: Microsoft Raises Alarm of Malware Targeting Crypto Wallets; Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol; Sam Altman’s World and Razer Want to Defeat Gaming’s Bot Problem.
Elon Musk’s AI Start-Up and Nvidia Join Microsoft, BlackRock, MGX AI Fund
The vehicle, which was created in September of last year, aims to raise $30 billion in funding.
Hello, Hoodi: Ethereum Welcomes a New Testnet
Ethereum’s ‘Pectra’ upgrade will be tested on Hooli following buggy attempts on other testnets, Holesky and Sepolia.
Sam Altman’s World Network and Razer Want to Defeat Gaming’s Bot Problem
The teams are releasing “Razer ID verified by World ID,” which is a single sign-on mechanism that will verify real human gamers from bots.