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The Wall Street Journal recently published a sensational article about a handful of mysterious coders-maintainers who back Bitcoin Core and have the power to crash the network at any time! It turns out that Bitcoin Core only has 5 maintainers, with the sixth leaving the group due to burnout and health issues. And only 17 people had the ability to change the code throughout the entire BTC existence. Furthermore, the code base is hosted on GitHub, a Microsoft-owned website... What? Five cripples decide the fate of the world's most decentralized project? While our editor was getting an indirect heart massage, our techs reassured everyone that this was pure FUD and that there are plenty of ways to avoid any of these guys' tricks. Also, the well-known cypherpunk Adam Back has already come up with a counter-argument. Take a deep breath and relax!

More than 40 blockchain companies have offered the Turkish authorities to create an official crypto wallet to accept donations for the victims of the devastating earthquake. Today about 2 thousand people died due to earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The death toll is expected to rise as hundreds of buildings have been completely destroyed. Cryptocurrency communities always respond instantly to such humanitarian crises. Yes, Ukraine received a lot of donations immediately after the "gas-station" country attack. Turkey, hang in there!

Hivemapper has finished beta testing a recorder that can be used to earn Honey tokens for contributing to the development of a decentralized global mapping. The technology is simple: 📌 You get paid for videos of routes you plot on maps. 📌Others buy these videos if they suffer from complete lack of sense of direction. 📌Founders of the project make money by selling its car recorders at the cost of an airplane wing. We once joked that people would soon start mining with kettles. And we were right, though wrong about the device. - Patrick, Move-to-Earn is off the table! - If not M2E, then what? - Drive-to-Earn.

The new eKinekt Bike Desk turns kinetic energy from cycling into an electrical charge. This technological wonder has two USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port for charging laptops or phones. In addition, the mobile app keeps track of energy generated and calories burned. Acer's training machine is meant to empower a healthy lifestyle. We guess in Ukraine, many people would prefer cycling rather than jogging to the nearest Point of Invincibility to charge their devices. The retail price is $1,000. Unfortunately, for now, it is available in the U.S., Canada, and Taiwan only.

Yesterday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission demanded that Kraken shut down its staking service. And today, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce lashed out at her fellow regulators over their decision on the crypto exchange. According to Peirce, the SEC should develop transparent registration rules, instead of banning a program that served both investors and companies well. "Using enforcement actions to tell people what the law is in an emerging industry is not an efficient or fair way of regulating," the commissioner said. What title is after commissioner? Start a petition!

9 years ago, Vitalik Buterin presented his Ethereum smart contract platform to the world. He officially announced his invention on BitcoinTalk Forum with a post titled "Welcome to the New Beginning!" It’s not an anniversary date, so let’s do without flowers and applause. But one thing that we would like to mention is that everyone who made their first steps at that time became most powerful people in crypto. With its roots in the Ethereum team, crypto mafia has spread across the world: - Charles Hoskinson launched Cardano in 2017. - Anthony Di Iorio launched Decentral Inc. and the Jaxx wallet - Joseph Lubin launched ConsenSys - Gavin Wood created Polkadot and developed the Solidity smart contract language. Our congratulations on these achievements, Vitalik!