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Blockstream Names Falcon-1024 Top Quantum-Resistant Signature Pick for Bitcoin
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Blockstream Names Falcon-1024 Top Quantum-Resistant Signature Pick for Bitcoin

Key Highlights: Falcon-1024 outperforms Dilithium in block space efficiency, requiring 3,073 bytes for its combined public key and signature compared to Dilithium’s 5,261 bytes at Category 3. Blockstream identified significant deployment hurdles for Falcon-1024, including a 90 KB signing memory footprint, floating-point math complexity, and a lack of hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallet derivation. While Falcon ...

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Liquid Network Restores Full Bitcoin Backing Following Elements Exploit
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Liquid Network Restores Full Bitcoin Backing Following Elements Exploit

Key Highlights: The Liquid Federation has fully restored reserve collateral, reestablishing a strict 1:1 Bitcoin backing for all circulating L-BTC. A final transfer of 250 BTC confirmed in block 974307 closed the remaining deficit, which stemmed from a September exploit of the underlying Elements software. While 1:1 third-party swap options remain available, direct federation peg-outs ...

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Blockstream Launches Institutional Consulting Division, Opens New Office in Lugano
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Blockstream Launches Institutional Consulting Division, Opens New Office in Lugano

Key Highlights: Blockstream has officially opened a new regional office in Lugano, Switzerland, to expand its European footprint. The company launched a specialized consulting business targeting European financial institutions integrating Bitcoin infrastructure. The advisory services will leverage Blockstream’s proprietary technologies, including the Liquid Network, Core Lightning, and the Jade hardware wallet. Blockstream Expands European Footprint ...

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Crypto Hacks Surge 55% to $1.2B as Private Key Thefts Drop 30%
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Crypto Hacks Surge 55% to $1.2B as Private Key Thefts Drop 30%

Key Highlights: Major September crypto security breaches at Bitget and the Liquid Network demonstrated distinct architectural breakdowns across instruction integrity, proof validation, and release mechanisms rather than direct private-key theft. Bitget suffered approximately $388 million in unauthorized transfers after attackers abused compromised privileged internal credentials to inject forged withdrawal instructions into otherwise secure custody environments. ...

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Adam Back Takes Aim at Ethereum: ‘Almost Like Satoshi Knew Something’
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Adam Back Takes Aim at Ethereum: ‘Almost Like Satoshi Knew Something’

Key Highlights: Blockstream CEO Adam Back defended Bitcoin’s Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) model, asserting that creator Satoshi Nakamoto demonstrated a deep understanding of distributed systems compared to Ethereum’s account-based framework. Ethereum researcher Justin Drake cautioned the cryptocurrency sector to prepare for “bunker mode,” warning that artificial intelligence could breach the cryptographic foundations of Bitcoin and ...

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L-BTC Resumes Trading With Reserves Covering Just 85% of Supply
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L-BTC Resumes Trading With Reserves Covering Just 85% of Supply

SideSwap Reopens Liquid Markets While Bitcoin Peg Remains Suspended SideSwap has reopened trading on the Liquid network even as the bridge back to Bitcoin stays closed, creating a market price for Liquid Bitcoin (L‑$BTC) before holders can redeem it for actual BTC. Reserve Data Shows 85% Coverage and a 627 BTC Gap At 22:55 UTC ...

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Liquid Hackers Call Blockstream ‘Delusional, Greedy, and Arrogant,’ Demand 10% Bounty
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Liquid Hackers Call Blockstream ‘Delusional, Greedy, and Arrogant,’ Demand 10% Bounty

Blockstream-Hacker Dispute Escalates Over Liquid Sidechain Security Breach The conflict between Blockstream and the party claiming to be a white-hat hacker has intensified, according to a recent update from Samson Mow. The hacker has leveled serious accusations against Blockstream, alleging the company dedicated only $1.5 million—or possibly nothing—to secure approximately $5 billion in assets on ...

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