ChainCatcher news, Rajiv Khemani, co-founder and CEO of Bitcoin mining chip manufacturer Auradine, stated that the decentralization of the entire Bitcoin stack is a matter of national security.The CEO explained that third-party firmware (which can be updated and changed over time) could theoretically be used to compromise the power grid or launch a 51% attack on the Bitcoin network.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI training network Nodepay has completed a new round of financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, Jump Crypto, Elevate Ventures, OKX Blockdream, Mirana Ventures, NGC Ventures, and others. The specific amount of financing and valuation information has not yet been disclosed.

ChainCatcher news, Grayscale has announced that the decentralized artificial intelligence fund is now open to eligible qualified investors. The fund holds NEAR, RNDR, FIL, LPT, and TAO, diversifying investments in the intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.The Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund is one of the first securities to be fully invested in native tokens of decentralized AI protocols and to derive value from them. Decentralized AI refers to the integration of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. The fund provides access in the form of securities, eliminating the need to directly purchase, store, and custody digital currencies.

ChainCatcher news, UniSat CEO Lorenzo posted on the X platform that over the past year, the decentralization of BRC-20 has been higher than expected. Currently, the community's various views on UniSat's so-called influence in the BRC-20 ecosystem can be temporarily set aside, focusing solely on the technical development and impact of BRC-20. As an index service provider, UniSat's actual impact on the BRC-20 standard can be considered negligible.Over the past year, UniSat's understanding of this has gradually changed, investing a lot of effort to advance the standard through proposals and iterations. However, as observed over the past 12 months, it has proven that UniSat's progress in standardization has been both slow and challenging.

ChainCatcher news, Linea product lead Declan Fox stated in a reply to a user question on X that full decentralization is expected to be achieved by the end of next year.Regarding the timeline provided by Declan, user Freeman, who is concerned about potential airdrop conditions, commented, "Linea is not ready yet, let's disperse, guys." Declan responded, "Full decentralization does not only refer to the decentralization of governance."

ChainCatcher news, Token2049 launched the Decentralized Artificial Intelligence Society (DAIS), aimed at promoting safe and beneficial artificial intelligence by facilitating collaboration between cryptocurrency and other organizations working within the emerging decentralized artificial intelligence ecosystem.With the support of founding members CETI Al, Filecoin Foundation, Bloq, Hypercycle, Morpheus, Hemi, Odyssey, and Lumerin, the nonprofit DAIS will help the industry unite to overcome barriers in capital, engineering, policy, and public education, in order to better compete with centralized models in the AI arms race. DAIS believes that artificial intelligence must be open and decentralized to serve humanity, rather than the interests of a few tech giants.

ChainCatcher news, Solana Foundation Executive Director Dan Albert responded to concerns about the decentralization of the network. He stated that the ability to coordinate patches does not mean that the Solana network is centralized.On August 9, Solana validator nodes discovered a serious vulnerability and coordinated a fix behind the scenes to avoid a network crash. The distribution and coordination of the patches were conducted behind the scenes. Albert emphasized that this should not be confused with centralization. He pointed out that there are 1,500 block production nodes globally, operated by numerous individuals, and the patches are open source, maintaining the characteristics of network decentralization.

ChainCatcher message, TON Ventures posted on social media supporting Telegram CEO Pavel Durov: Today, we need freedom of speech and decentralization more than ever ------ these two causes are at the core principles of Pavel Durov and the spirit of TON. We believe that the TON and TG communities will become stronger from now on.

ChainCatcher message, Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu commented on "Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's arrest" and pinned a tweet: "We are committed to supporting our friends in the TON community in this fight against oppression. Decentralization is the way to combat censorship and uphold our freedom."

ChainCatcher message, Vitalik Buterin responded to a netizen on social media, stating: "The type of applications I want to see are those that operate in a sustainable way; applications that do not sacrifice principles (such as permissionless, decentralized, etc.).I think DEXs are great, and I use them every week. I believe decentralized stablecoins (like RAI) are fantastic. I also think Polymarket is good.I think USDC is not as good as RAI, but as a practical matter, we have to respect that it is very convenient and many people are using it. It is very useful for me personally when making international donations, much more convenient than banks. We are trying to make the global economy and society more open and free, and the ability for people in emerging markets to trade freely with stablecoins is a real use case that is happening everywhere.USDC on Ethereum is also much better than account-to-account transfers within centralized exchanges, which happens often. If we get a lot of people using USDC, it will create a situation where it is easier for people to transition to other more decentralized stablecoins.What I 'do not' respect are basically those things whose appeal comes from some temporary sources, with no sustainability. I am not excited about the liquidity mining craze of 2021 because it was clear that it came from fundamentally temporary token issuance.If someone tells me: 'Put your money here for a good return', my question is always: 'Where does the return come from?' Who is on the other side of the trade, who is paying the return? If there is a concrete answer to this question and a good reason to believe that this answer will still be correct in 5 years, then I would be very excited about it."