Posts

Showing posts with the label accounts

X user wants 'deceptive' Satoshi and Bitcoin accounts to lose checkmarks

Two popular Bitcoin-related X (formerly Twitter) accounts should have their blue checkmarks removed for using “misleading and deceptive” identities, claims a prominent pro-Bitcoin account. According to @Pledditor, the two profiles are in breach of the platform’s terms of service, specifically those that forbid using someone else’s identity without disclosing that you are, in fact, a parody account .  “It’s no different than making a fake “Tesla” or “Elon Musk” account ,” says Pledditor. Here are the rules they are in violation of. You can't misappropriate someone else's identity without disclosing you are a parody account. It's no different than making a fake "Tesla" or "Elon Musk" account. pic.twitter.com/ErqXJkhDoX — Pledditor (@Pledditor) October 2, 2023 While the identities of the individuals or groups behind these accounts cannot be confirmed, Pledditor seems adamant that they are definitel...

Ethereum ERC-4337 'smart accounts' launch at WalletCon: Account abstraction is here

The long awaited account abstraction standard was believed to be many months off, but will be launched in a surprise announcement at WalletCon in Denver. Smart accounts, enabled by the launch of the new ERC-4337 standard, are now available on Ethereum and are expected to help mainstream adoption by finally making crypto user friendly. Ethereum Foundation security researcher Yoav Weiss will make the surprise announcement at WalletCon in Denver today that the core contracts for ERC-4337 — known by Blockchain developers as “ account abstraction ” — have passed an audit by Open Zeppelin and will be made available on every Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible network including Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche and Gnosis Chain. New users will no longer need to learn about complicated seed phrases or the technical process of setting up a wallet to onboard into the decentralized world of crypto, Weiss told Cointelegraph. “The next billion users are not going to wr...