Bitcoin Mempool Overwhelmed With 134,000 Unconfirmed Transactions Amid Price Volatility
Amidst the buzz surrounding bitcoin’s latest price surge, a significant number of transactions are currently clogging up the mempool. As of writing, 134,986 unconfirmed transactions await confirmation, and block times are lingering above the usual ten-minute mark. Bitcoin Transactions Backlogged as Mempool Reaches Higher Levels On the morning of Wednesday, Bitcoin.com News brought to light the decrease in Bitcoin’s global hashrate...
Movie & TV Giants Want Australia to Introduce DNS Blocking to Prevent Piracy
The Australian government’s review of copyright enforcement measures aims to ensure that responses to infringement are “appropriate, effective and proportionate.” The Attorney-General’s Department released an issues paper for public consultation late 2022, presenting a golden opportunity for rightsholders to explain why measures they fought so hard for are no longer fit for purpose. Or at least that’s how things usually play out....
Run a virtual conference using only open source tools
Run a virtual conference using only open source tools mairin Thu, 04/27/2023 – 03:00 The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why using open source tools to run it was important to us, and the specific tools and configurations...
3 key open source challenges in developing countries
3 key open source challenges in developing countries Ahmed Sobeh Thu, 04/27/2023 – 03:00 When I go back home and talk to people in the tech industry, or any other industry for that matter, about what I do and the topics I’m involved in daily, I’m usually met with bemusement at the idea of an Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). The concept of a company contributing to an open source project without obvious immediate...
