I built a cryptocurrency from scratch with 83,000 lines of original C++ code. It uses Equihash for mining and the Keccak-256 hash function. I chose Keccak after my own analysis found weaknesses in SHA-256's early rounds. The network has a fixed supply and uses an actor model for peer-to-peer connections. It's already live with nodes worldwide and a community-made block explorer. This project was created with AI help.
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Hannibal is a polarizing film. Yet a quarter century ago, it proved Ridley Scott's return to form. He was back in the director's chair, fully committed and hard at work. It marked a significant comeback moment.
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Bhutan just moved a big chunk of Bitcoin, its second transfer this week, worth $22 million. This has dropped them to the world's seventh-largest national holder of Bitcoin. Their holdings have fallen sharply from over 13,000 BTC last October to just 5,700 now.
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