Solana is stepping up its testing of Firedancer, a software upgrade that promises to dramatically increase the processing speed of the blockchain. According to news in the Solana technology Discord server, the Solana core development team hopes that by the end of this week, the "vast majority" of the processing power in the low-risk test network on the chain will be able to run Frankendancer, an earlier version of Firedancer. The call to action for Solana validators marks the biggest test yet fo...
India is teaming up with tech giants Google and Facebook to step up efforts against "romance scams" that use cryptocurrencies for investment fraud. The scams mainly target disadvantaged groups such as unemployed youth, housewives, students and financially disadvantaged individuals, according to the Indian Home Ministry's 2024 annual report. The report highlights the global nature of the problem, which also involves large-scale money laundering and cyber slavery. Cyber scammers often abuse Google...
Codelco, Chile's state-owned copper company, is stepping up efforts to boost copper production in the hope of reaching its 2024 production target, according to foreign media reports. As the world's largest copper producer, Codelco is struggling to recover from its lowest output in 25 years and hopes to reach about 1.331 million tons of copper by the end of this year, up 0.5% from last year and at the lower end of its target range. Official data will be released in the next few days. Codelco's of...
On November 21st, a ministerial-level meeting between China and the members of the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) was held during the APEC ministerial meeting. Today, at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Commerce, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce, He Yongqian, said that all parties have in-depth conferred on the progress made in the negotiations and the next work plan. Under the framework of China's accession to the DEPA working group, China and DEPA membe...