A 51% attack is a malicious action where an individual or group gains control of more than 50% of a blockchain network’s total computing power, known as its hash rate.  This majority control allows the attacker to compromise the integrity...

The BIP39 word list is a standardized set of 2048 English words that forms the foundation for your crypto wallet’s seed phrase (also known as a recovery phrase).  The list is the key to modern wallet security, and it allows...

Blind signing is the practice of signing a smart contract without fully understanding its contents. It’s one of the most common tools for cryptocurrency scammers — and if you lose your crypto due to blind signing, you don’t have much...

Losing access to a Bitcoin seed phrase usually means that you’ve lost access to valuable digital assets (and if you haven’t had access to the crypto wallet for quite a while, the value of those assets might be very high)....

Target Disk Mode is a special boot mode for Intel-based Macs (and an option in macOS Recovery on Macs with Apple silicon) that allows you to connect one Mac to another and use the first Mac as an external storage...

Bitcoin transaction fees rose to an all-time high on Saturday, April 20, 2024, reaching an astounding $128.45 USD before dropping back down to around $35 USD on Sunday.  Transaction fees — also called network fees — are small amounts of...

Bitcoin halving is a built-in feature of Bitcoin that cuts the rewards for mining by 50%. This occurs after 210,000 blocks of mining — or approximately every four years.  In 2024, Bitcoin halving day is expected to occur around April...

If you’re considering an investment in cryptocurrency, make sure you’re purchasing through a trusted resource — and if a new “friend” tells you about a trading site, be extremely careful.  Over the past four years, security experts have seen a...

FixedFloat, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, has confirmed an attack that compromised millions of dollars in Ether and Bitcoin.

According to a report from Fox Business, the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) is on the verge of approving a “spot” bitcoin exchange-traded fund. A bitcoin spot ETF (exchange-traded fund) would allow stock market investors to peg their money...