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What Happens When a Bitcoin Block Is Full? Every Byte Sparks a Live Fee Auction

When Bitcoin traffic gets heavy, a full block does not stop the network; it turns the next available space into a live auction where urgency has a price. Key Takeaways Bitcoin blocks cap at 4 million weight units, forcing lower-fee payments to wait. Bitcoin Core 31.0 can evict weak packages when a node’s 300 MB

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Shares Jump on $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Deal

Bitcoin miner Hut 8’s shares rose Monday after the Toronto Stock Exchange- and Nasdaq-listed firm said it had signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion for its AI data center.  Hut 8 shares peaked as high as $106 a pop before dropping to around $101. They closed Monday up over 10%.  The deal will

The Download: longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite. —Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this week, my editor forwarded me a video of the leaders of Russia and China talking about immortality. “These days

The Download: sustainable architecture, and DeepSeek’s success

Plus: A judge has ruled that Google won't have to spin off Chrome This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Material Cultures looks to the past to build the future Despite decades of green certifications, better material sourcing, and

The Download: therapists secretly using AI, and Apple AirPods’ hearing aid potential

Plus: The MAHA movement is splitting This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered. Declan would never have found out his therapist was using ChatGPT had it not been for a technical

The Download: Ukraine’s Starlink repair shop, and predicting solar storms

Plus: Google's new phones are AI-first This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. On the ground in Ukraine’s largest Starlink repair shop Starlink is absolutely critical to Ukraine’s ability to continue in the fight against Russia. It’s how troops

The Download: pigeons’ role in developing AI, and Native artists’ tech interpretations

Plus: Anthropic's AI models will start to cut off harmful conversations This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs People looking for precursors to artificial intelligence often point to science fiction

The Download: how AI is improving itself, and hidden greenhouse gases

Trump's latest tariffs are here This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta aims to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems to have a recipe

The Download: AI agent infrastructure, and OpenAI’s ambitions

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. These protocols will help AI agents navigate our messy lives A growing number of companies are launching AI agents that can do things on your behalf—actions like sending an email, making a

The Download: what’s next for AI agents, and how Trump protects US tech companies overseas

Plus: the UK wants to use AI to estimate the ages of child asylum seekers This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Navigating the rise of AI agents AI agents is a buzzy term that essentially refers to AI

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What Happens When a Bitcoin Block Is Full? Every Byte Sparks a Live Fee Auction

When Bitcoin traffic gets heavy, a full block does not stop the network; it turns the next available space into a live auction where urgency has a price. Key Takeaways Bitcoin blocks cap at 4 million weight units, forcing lower-fee payments to wait. Bitcoin Core 31.0 can evict weak packages when a node’s 300 MB

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Shares Jump on $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Deal

Bitcoin miner Hut 8’s shares rose Monday after the Toronto Stock Exchange- and Nasdaq-listed firm said it had signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion for its AI data center.  Hut 8 shares peaked as high as $106 a pop before dropping to around $101. They closed Monday up over 10%.  The deal will

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Japan Announces Plan to Scoop Up Coins Despite Market Downturn 

Bitcoin Magazine Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Japan Announces Plan to Scoop Up Coins Despite Market Downturn  Metaplanet subsidiary Bitcoin Japan is starting a crypto treasury.  This post Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Japan Announces Plan to Scoop Up Coins Despite Market Downturn  first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo...

Bitcoin-Treasury Capital B Plans 10-for-1 Reverse Stock Split for September

Capital B, the Paris-listed bitcoin treasury company once known as The Blockchain Group, will combine every 10 existing shares into one new share beginning September 8, according to a regulatory filing the company published Monday. The consolidation reduces the number of outstanding shares from 300,650,632 to 30,065,063. Each new share will carry a par value