1. Bitcoin’s Fourth Halving and Its Impact

Amid the current environment of macroeconomic uncertainty—persistent inflation and an impending cut in the federal funds rate, the upcoming election-related ripple effects, geopolitical tensions, and record debt levels—one thing is certain: Bitcoin’s fourth halving. With the mining of the first block (the genesis block) in 2009, Bitcoin was born as a scarce, decentralized digital currency with a predetermined monetary policy, a predictable inflation rate, and a fixed supply of 21 million BTC. This week, the Bitcoin network will usher in its fourth halving in its 15-year history—an event that is critical to its economic policy and global value proposition. Click to read

2. Is EIP-3074 a good idea?

Some chains have introduced account abstraction as a native primitive (e.g. Starknet), while Ethereum is content to let wallet providers create their own smart contract wallet implementations. There are now dozens of smart contract wallets that provide different functionality for different purposes (e.g. Gnosis Safe, Argent, Coinbase Smart Wallet, Immutable Passport). Click to read

3. Is the Bitcoin rally over? 4 reasons why analysts are still bullish on Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $62,000 on Tuesday, down more than 15% from its recent all-time high above $73,000, while popular altcoins Solana (SOL), Pepe Coin (PEPE) and Dogwifhat {{WIF}} plunged 40%-50% from their recent highs.

Despite the sharp drop in the entire market, there are still many reasons to be optimistic about digital assets even if prices fall further or consolidate for a while. Click to read

4. The significance of the RGB++ protocol and the development of the Nervos ecosystem

Last night, @HueHubOfficial Huehub's Fair mint went online, triggering a wave of community Fud and declines. The reasons are twofold: one is that expectations do not match reality; the other is that people do not understand the RGB++ protocol well enough. This thread will talk about where the expectations do not match, where the understanding of the protocol deviates, and why I am more determined to mint after seeing the community sentiment last night.Click to read

5. Halving is coming: what are the developments in Ordinals and Runes?

Bitcoin halving is coming in a few days! The ecosystem is busy, especially with activity around Ordinals and Runes, let’s take a closer look.

Introduced by @rodarmor in January 2023, Ordinals increased the amount of data that can be stored on the blockchain, popularizing inscriptions. This inspired a series of innovations using the system, such as BRC-20 and Runes, the differences between which are shown in the table below.Click to read