Dzengi.com: the market for tokenised assets is booming
At the end of 2023, the Belarusian cryptocurrency exchange Dzengi.com announced its expansion into the markets of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Dzengi.com: the market for tokenised assets is booming
At the end of 2023, the Belarusian cryptocurrency exchange Dzengi.com announced its expansion into the markets of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
‘The market is a computer’: how Friedrich von Hayek reached that conclusion
The publisher Individuum has released the Russian translation of philosopher of science Matteo Pasquinelli’sMeasure and Impose: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence. ForkLog publishes an excerpt on Friedrich von Hayek’s connectionism and the debates over the role of computing machines in a market economy. Data: Individuum. Neural networks as a model of the mind How […]
‘I am sure who hacked The DAO’: an interview with Laura Shin, host of Unchained
Laura Shin is an American journalist specialising in the crypto economy and host of the popular Unchained podcast. In 2021 she published The Cryptopians, about Ethereum’s early history, which is now available in Russian. ForkLog spoke with Laura about the lessons the community failed to learn from The DAO’s collapse, how Vitalik Buterin has changed […]
Singlesig or multisig: what should bitcoin holders choose?
How to self-custody bitcoin? First, choose a reliable non-custodial wallet, then decide how many keys will sign transactions. With the team of the bitcoin mixer Mixer.Money, we outline the advantages of multisignature and explain how to create a multisig wallet. What singlesig and multisig are Синглсиг — a transaction-signing scheme using a single private key. […]
Decentralised society and its enemies: Can DeSoc replace X, Facebook and YouTube
In May 2022 a paper, “Decentralised Society: Finding Web3’s Soul”, by Vitalik Buterin, Glen Weyl and Puja Ohlhaver set out the idea of soulbound tokens (SBTs) and called for the creation of a decentralised society (Decentralised Society). The term is widely thought to have entered public discourse then. As the crypto community embraced the idea, […]
Opinion: KYC is no upgrade, but a security hole
In March 2024, the European Parliament’s lead committees approved a ban on anonymous transfers of digital assets. The new laws will take effect in three years if adopted by the EU Council and the Parliament.
Buckle up, humans: why driverless cars matter
The idea of a fully autonomous vehicle, driven without human involvement, lingered for decades in science fiction and engineers’ daydreams. Yet rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and computing in recent years have brought that future closer than ever. Today, leading carmakers and young start-ups are actively developing and testing driverless cars, while […]
How the EU AI Act will affect industry and people: a briefing
On 13 March, the European Parliament adopted the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The measure became a legislative saga: for years, opponents of regulating the AI industry vowed to block it, yet a compromise was ultimately reached. ForkLog asked participants of Privacy Day 2024 how the act will affect the AI industry overall, why France and […]
Bitget’s COO: We will ramp up expansion in the CIS and Ukraine in 2024
At the start of 2024, the cryptocurrency exchange Bitget significantly increased its presence in the CIS market: in January the share of clients from Russia rose to 11%. In February the platform’s total number of users exceeded 25 million. We spoke with Bitget’s chief operating officer, Vugar Usi Zade. He discussed expansion in the CIS […]
AI chips in 2024: what Sam Altman wants to spend trillions on
Artificial intelligence is already becoming integral to most spheres of activity. Alongside advances in algorithms, hardware—especially specialised chips—plays a decisive role. Modern AI methods depend on computations at a scale that was impossible only a few years ago. Training cutting-edge algorithms can take months and cost tens of millions of dollars. Such colossal compute is […]
Which bitcoin wallet to choose in 2024 — a beginner’s guide
A wallet is software for storing, receiving and sending the original cryptocurrency. Since the genesis block was mined, a profusion of bitcoin wallets has emerged — standalone devices as well as apps for computers and smartphones. Together with the team behind the bitcoin mixer Mixer.Money, we survey the most popular options and explain why bitcoin-only […]
Distributed knowledge: how DeSci works—and whether decentralised science has a future
Decentralised science (DeSci) is a movement that brings together researchers, philanthropists and Web3 enthusiasts to build a level playing field for creating, verifying, storing and disseminating knowledge, underpinned by transparent funding of scientific discovery. DeSci borrows the best from other decentralised strands. From ReFi it takes a more diverse mix of funding sources: DAOs, quadratic […]We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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