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Astar's Runtime 2000 Upgrade Referendum Is Now Live
The Astar community has opened voting on a significant protocol upgrade proposal. Runtime 2000 brings a suite of technical enhancements to strengthen the network's foundation. The upgrade includes integration of the latest Polkadot SDK, which ensures compatibility with broader ecosystem standards. Beyond that, the proposal tackles runtime cleanups aimed at improving code efficiency and reducing technical debt. Notably, it also addresses a bug within the dApp Staking mechanism—a critical component for the platform's incentive system. Community

Is the real-time world model really coming?
There was an AI video tool that stayed quiet for a long time, but this update is truly eye-opening. During the upgrade from v4.5 to v5 and v5.5, the team has been working on details—improving clarity, optimizing motion effects, and refining camera language. At this pace, most people would expect them to continue pushing for better quality and faster rendering.
Unexpectedly, this round has directly changed the game. No longer focusing on how to generate more beautiful videos, but flipping the entire approach—turning the generated videos into a real-ti

The quantum computing threat demands action now, not later. While most blockchain networks fixate on near-term updates, Ethereum is plotting a different course—one measured in decades. Through rigorous testing frameworks, Ethereum is charting a path toward quantum resistance and protocol stability. The distinction matters: short-term thinking locks in technical debt; long-term architecture prevents it. As quantum capabilities edge closer, proactive protocol hardening becomes critical infrastructure work. Ethereum's approach reflects a fundamental philosophy—sustainable security beats reactive

The traditional App Store model is heading toward obsolescence. Over the past month of intensive AI OS experimentation, a striking pattern has emerged: the future looks nothing like sci-fi visions. No polished interfaces mimicking human assistants. Instead? Command-line simplicity. Pure, efficient DOS-era aesthetics powering next-generation AI systems. This shift will fundamentally reshape how developers approach software architecture. The question isn't whether this transformation happens—it's already underway. What does the next generation AI Operating System actually become?

Curious about the mechanics behind KERI-backed metadata attestations powering Reeve's infrastructure? Thomas Kammerlocher and Fergal O'Connor unpack the technical details of CIP-170, exploring how this standard shapes metadata validation and verification in the ecosystem. A deep dive into one of the critical protocols driving the next generation of decentralized authentication.

Want to move your assets to Nibiru? You've got multiple pathways depending on where you're coming from. Bridge directly from Ethereum—the largest and most established blockchain. Or hop over from Base, which has become a popular Ethereum Layer 2 option. Arbitrum One offers another solid route with solid liquidity. And if you're sitting on Polygon, that connection is available too. Multiple entry points mean you can choose based on gas fees, speed, or which network you're already comfortable with.

On-chain finance has always faced a tough choice: either sacrifice privacy or lose the ability to build trust. But what if you didn't have to pick?
The real breakthrough lies in creating an identity framework that's simultaneously trustworthy, portable across platforms, and genuinely privacy-preserving. That's not just theory anymore.
Zero-knowledge based identity solutions are stepping in to crack this. By introducing a cryptographic identity layer, projects are now tackling one of decentralized finance's most stubborn problems head-on. Think verifiable credentials that don't leak your data,

Privacy protection in Web3 may seem complex, but the core contradiction is simple— you want to hide your identity, but also need to be trusted. How can these two be coordinated?
Complete invisibility is not difficult. The challenge is to make others believe you without revealing personal information. For example, in bank loans, you don't need to disclose all your account data, but you can prove that you meet the lending requirements; for property ownership verification, you don't need to publicly disclose all assets, just demonstrate your purchasing ability. The same applies in Web3.
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What is the most difficult issue in the Web3 world? The opposition between compliance and privacy.
Recently, Miden's collaboration with a privacy protocol team gave us a new perspective. They integrated zero-knowledge proof (ZK) identity verification solutions into the Miden ecosystem. The core idea is simple—allow users to complete identity verification without exposing any personal data.
This is the true "privacy-first" approach. In traditional models, compliance often means "opening the box," where users must hand over various information to the platform for approval. But doing so fundament

Lately, I've noticed something interesting about how my design process has shifted. AI generation tools now handle the heavy lifting on initial concepts—yeah, the first batch is usually rough—but it's fundamentally changed my role. I'm running things like a design director would: brief the AI on what I need → examine multiple outputs → give detailed feedback → loop back until the result clicks.
The mechanics are cleaner now. Instead of starting from a blank canvas, I'm curating and refining. Initial outputs might feel sloppy, but that's actually efficient—the tool explores variations at scale

We have previously mentioned the importance of privacy. Today, let's talk about a hardcore topic—the Miden project.
To be honest, privacy computing has always been a pain point in the blockchain field. Most public chain transactions are transparent, which is not very friendly to user privacy. Miden's approach is to enable on-chain transactions using zero-knowledge proofs and privacy computing mechanisms, allowing you to hide transaction details.
Simply put, it aims to solve the contradiction—achieving both on-chain security and transparency, as well as user privacy protection. This direction i

Privacy in Web3: A Rare Conversation
January 15, 6pm UTC—a livestream bringing together some fascinating minds to tackle one of crypto's thorniest questions: why does privacy keep losing ground, and what can we actually do about it?
The panel includes Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, alongside science fiction author and historian Ada Palmer, and renowned security researcher Sherri Davidoff. The discussion, moderated by ML Sudo, centers on three distinct theories explaining privacy's ongoing struggles in the digital age.
This isn't your typical panel. You've got a technologist, a historian-

Ethereum's cryptographic security is entering a critical discussion phase. There's a growing perspective that implementing quantum-resistant cryptography shouldn't be postponed for efficiency optimization—it's worth doing sooner rather than later. The argument centers on Ethereum's ability to establish and maintain a 100-year cryptographic security guarantee from this point forward. This shift reflects broader industry thinking about blockchain resilience: rather than treating quantum-resistant protocols as a future consideration, they're increasingly viewed as a foundational priority that str

True privacy protection should be verifiable in real-time on-chain, rather than making you blindly trust a project's promises. Building a complete end-to-end solution and giving developers full freedom—that's what Web3 should look like.

Can AI models trade better with just charts or full market data?
We ran a practical test on this question. Four leading frontier AI models—along with their vision-only variants—were given real capital to execute trades on ETH on Aerodrome, a popular DEX.
The results told an interesting story:
Sonnet 4.5 with full data came out on top, delivering +0.06% returns. Not massive gains, but it outperformed every competitor.
Gemini 3 Pro Vision followed close behind, managing -0.20%—impressive for a vision-only model working with just chart data.
Grok-4 with data access fell further behind at -0.99%.

Critical security alert: Fortinet has released a patch for a severe vulnerability (CVSS 9.4) in FortiSIEM. The flaw resides in the phMonitor service running on TCP port 7900 and permits unauthenticated remote code execution. Attackers can send specially crafted network requests to trigger OS command injection, potentially write files with administrative privileges, and escalate to root access through scheduled task manipulation. This poses significant risk to infrastructure hosting sensitive data. Users running FortiSIEM should prioritize applying the latest security patch immediately.

Tether's wallet development tools receive another update. According to industry insiders, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino recently announced that the company's Wallet Development Kit (WDK) ecosystem is continuously improving, with the latest development being added support for the RGB protocol. This move means that wallet applications developed based on WDK can now better support the features of the RGB protocol, providing developers with more flexible technical solutions. As an important innovation in the Bitcoin ecosystem, the integration of the RGB protocol into WDK is expected to promote the expa

Security researchers have always been critical to the crypto ecosystem, but what happens when they get superpowered by AI? The answer is already taking shape. Autonomous agents are beginning to reshape how the industry handles security—from managing bug bounties to conducting smart contract audits and powering security-as-a-service platforms. These intelligent systems don't replace human expertise; they amplify it, handling repetitive analysis at scale while researchers focus on complex threat scenarios. We're watching the birth of a new security paradigm, where human intelligence and machine

The foundational elements that originally sparked the Web3 vision have materialized and continue evolving stronger every day. From robust infrastructure to improved scalability solutions, the pieces are finally in place. This is the moment—not to wait, but to actually build. And critically, to build with decentralization as the north star, not an afterthought. The infrastructure's ready. The question now is: who's stepping up to construct the truly decentralized applications this ecosystem deserves? The window's open.

What Sentient is actually building: a closer look.
Think beyond simple text generation—Sentient's real focus lies in reasoning capabilities. Their ROMA and ODS frameworks dig into how complex problems get broken down, processed in parallel streams, and then synthesized back together. It mirrors how human thinking actually works, not just pattern matching.
Then there's the multi-agent angle. Rather than betting everything on one monolithic model, Sentient explores how specialized agents can work in tandem. Each brings its own expertise, and the magic happens when they collaborate.