Developers News

Bitcoin Core developer Jimmy Song said the Taproot upgrade hasn’t lived up to the hype, claiming it has failed to deliver on promised privacy and security features.

Hackers broke into the node package manager (NPM) account of a well-known software developer and added malware to popular JavaScript libraries, targeting crypto wallets.

Bitcoin may be decentralized, but its price isn’t immune to the influence of whales, protocol upgrades, ETF approvals and global regulations.

Over 40% of the lines of code contributing to Coinbase’s systems are now written by AI, more than double the figure in April.

The roughly $43-million Ether sale will be one of the latest actions by the foundation following the rollout of its treasury policy in June.

A sequencer failure froze Starknet block production for nearly three hours, forcing transaction resubmissions and raising new doubts about network reliability.

Ethereum’s largest testnet, Holešky, will be sunset in the coming weeks after two years of rigorously testing Ethereum’s most important network upgrades.

After awarding millions of dollars, the Ethereum Foundation is overhauling its Ecosystem Support Program, shifting from open applications to a curated model.

A plan to halve Tron’s energy costs is winning strong support ahead of Friday’s deadline, with backers betting lower fees will expand adoption.

Developers are sharing stories related to concerning BigQuery pricing strategies, which charged multiple developers with a $5,000 bill for a single query.

Though a Justice Department official did not mention the Tornado Cash developer by name, he made many general references to enforcement cases involving similar allegations.

Ethereum’s future will be dominated by AI agents leveraging a once-dormant web standard to make real-world payments in crypto without human input, two Coinbase devs said.

Ethereum core dev Zak Cole lost funds after a malicious Cursor extension stole his private key, highlighting increasing wallet drainer attacks on builders.

Federico Carrone, an Ethereum core developer, pledged $500,000 to the Tornado Cash co-founder’s legal fund after being detained in Turkey over alleged links to a privacy protocol.

The 2025 roadmap of the blockchain highlights a user-friendly wallet, streamlined developer experience and the shift to become a fully P2P network.