ChainCatcher news, according to Protos, Bitcoin developers recently disclosed details of a high-risk software vulnerability named CVE-2024-35202. According to senior core developers, over 13% of home and commercial computers executing Bitcoin rules globally are affected by a remote shutdown vulnerability.The vulnerability affects nodes running versions of Bitcoin Core prior to 25.0, allowing attackers to crash nodes by manipulating block transaction messages. The vulnerability originates from Core's compact block protocol, which uses shortened transaction identifiers to reduce internet bandwidth usage. Attackers can trigger conflicts in these identifiers, causing nodes to request complete blocks. While requesting complete, untruncated blocks is a security precaution, versions of the software prior to 25.0 have flaws in the logic for handling subsequent blocktxn messages.In short, nodes can be forced into an invalid state by manipulating logic gates, leading to a complete crash. Although there is no economic incentive for ordinary attackers, developers strongly recommend that node operators update to the latest version. The credit for discovering and disclosing this vulnerability goes to Niklas Gögge, and Bitcoin Core 25.0 has resolved this issue.

According to ChainCatcher news and data from DePINscan, the AI Layer2 project Network3 has reached a new global node count high of 340,000, with nodes distributed across 185 countries and regions including Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.Additionally, Network3 has secured $5.5 million in pre-seed and seed round financing, and the next round of financing has already begun, with several leading institutions confirming their participation. The official statement claims that Network3 has currently initiated the process for the above.

ChainCatcher news, according to DePINscan data, the AI Layer2 project Network3 has reached a total of 330,000 global nodes, with devices widely distributed across 185 countries and regions including Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.Additionally, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Network3 has achieved $5.5 million in seed pre-round and seed round financing, with the next round of financing already underway and several leading institutions confirming their participation. The official statement claims that Network3 has now initiated the above process.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Tranching Protocol announced that network nodes will officially be activated on October 3, 2024.This move marks a key step in the decentralized development of the Tranching Protocol network. Node holders will be able to actively participate in the operation of the protocol by contributing computing power and storage resources, and will receive token rewards based on their contributions.The node system of Tranching Protocol will provide strong support for the entire network, making the future of decentralized finance more stable and reliable. Participants will not only be able to earn returns within the network ecosystem but will also become the driving force behind the development of the protocol.In the future, Tranching Protocol will release more detailed node operation guidelines and reward mechanism explanations.Tranching Protocol reminds users: Please be sure to obtain information through official channels to ensure operational security. Avoid participating in any content that has not been officially verified to ensure asset safety.

According to ChainCatcher news, data from DePINscan shows that the AI Layer2 project Network3 has reached a total of 320,000 global nodes, with nodes distributed across 185 countries and regions including Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.Previous news reported that the physical mining machine "N3 Edge V1" released by Network3 sold out lightning-fast on the first day of its presale. Currently, this product requires 94 days to reach the breakeven point, ranking first in daily returns among many DePIN projects.Additionally, according to RootData, Network3 has achieved $5.5 million in seed pre-round and seed round financing, with the next round of financing already underway and several leading institutions confirming their participation. The official claim is that Network3 has now initiated the above process.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the blockchain-based video conferencing project Huddle01 will conduct a public sale of nodes on November 6, aiming to raise $37 million through this sale.It is reported that Huddle01 has previously raised $6 million in funding from investors such as Hivemind, Balaji Srinivasan, Stani Kulechov, Dan Romero, and Juan Benet, aiming to provide a virtual meeting experience with lower latency than Zoom and Google Meet. The "dRTC Chain" supporting the project is a new EVM network built using the Orbit software stack technology from Arbitrum.

ChainCatcher message, Arbitrum Developers stated that Arbitrum One, Nova, and Sepolia have completed the ArbOS 32 upgrade. Node operators need to upgrade their nodes to at least Arbitrum Nitro v3.2.0, and validator nodes need to upgrade to v3.2.1.This upgrade was coordinated with its Security Council, which approved an emergency action to address: the mispricing issue in Arbitrum Stylus that could lead to denial-of-service attacks; the issue that allows malicious contracts to cause node crashes; and the mispricing issue where Stylus contracts are overcharged due to SLOAD operations. No funds are at risk. Additionally, the team is about to release a comprehensive analysis report.

ChainCatcher news, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas disclosed on the X platform that BlackRock operates its own blockchain nodes, extracting Bitcoin balances from Coinbase Prime's wallet address every night to verify the Bitcoin held by IBIT. If institutional clients request, they will show this data, but they will not make it public to the world, as they have already received a lot of spam (such as sanctioned Bitcoin and NFTs), and making this information public would only lead to a surge in spam.Balchunas stated, "What needs to be understood is that this is by no means an amateur operation. BlackRock manages about 500 ETFs, and the assets of these ETFs are held by custodians, which have not had any issues for decades. This is also why they and other ETF issuers are so trusted by U.S. advisors."

ChainCatcher news, according to Protos, Bitcoin Core developers have issued a new high-risk warning, stating that one in every six Bitcoin nodes has a software vulnerability. On Thursday, the staff responsible for maintaining the open-source Bitcoin Core project, which runs on over 98% of reachable full nodes, disclosed that the software running on 17% of the nodes in the network has significant security issues. Specifically, all software versions below Bitcoin Core 24.0.1 are at risk. According to monitoring estimates from Bitnodes, this denial-of-service vulnerability affects approximately 3,330 of the 19,200 self-identified user agents of accessible Bitcoin full nodes.In Bitcoin Core software prior to version 24.0.1, malicious actors could spam nodes with low-difficulty header chains. By forcing nodes to download and store extremely long header chains, the attack could crash nodes by consuming excessive bandwidth or device storage space. Developers fixed this vulnerability in Bitcoin Core pull request (PR) number 25717 and merged it into production with the release of v24.0.1 on December 12, 2022. The current version of Bitcoin Core node software (now 27.1) includes fixes for this vulnerability and others.Although this vulnerability is quite serious, there are few known cases of attacks exploiting it in public records. The cost of generating and broadcasting block header chains to execute a denial-of-service attack is relatively high, making the vulnerability of little economic benefit to attackers.

ChainCatcher News: The Beijing Municipal Committee has issued implementation opinions to carry out the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization," which points out that it will promote the construction of national blockchain hub nodes in Beijing and enhance the efficiency of computing power infrastructure. It aims to build a first-class information infrastructure system focused on blockchain and other technologies. Efforts will be made to expand the application scope of digital renminbi and support qualified foreign-funded institutions to participate in financial business pilot projects.

ChainCatcher news, Superfast founder Martin Tromp has launched a Solana validation node at the Teraco data center in Johannesburg. Solana is a fast, scalable blockchain platform that competes with Ethereum, and as a proof-of-stake (PoS) system, validation nodes play a key role in network security and transaction validation.Tromp initially deployed the node in Cape Town, but moved it to Johannesburg due to network latency issues caused by a submarine cable break. Despite being further from the coast, performance has improved at the new location thanks to hardware upgrades.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Lufthansa and Deutsche Telekom announced the launch of DePIN blockchain nodes to support the Peaq network, which is a Layer 1 network built for DePIN and real-world assets (RWA).It is reported that the Lufthansa Innovation Hub, Deutsche Telekom, Bertelsmann Investments, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have all launched their own Peaq nodes.

ChainCatcher news, Sun Yuchen stated on social media that recently, the Tron network received community feedback regarding front-running trades. After investigation, it was found that the Tron network does not have an MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) mechanism. Overall, Tron is significantly ahead of Ethereum and Solana in preventing bot front-running, with an interception rate of around 98%.Tron’s SR (Super Representative) nodes have not implemented any MEV mechanism, and no one can prioritize their transactions on-chain through price manipulation or manipulate blocks by rearranging, inserting, or deleting transactions to gain extra profits.Investigations show that Tron super nodes have not accepted bribes to facilitate front-running trades, and the official stance strictly prohibits any form of assistance for front-running.The so-called MEV trades identified by the community involve a large number of failed scenarios, where bots are using probabilistic methods to exploit victims.Front-running is a strategy employed by bots on every blockchain, and Tron is no exception. However, Tron’s design eliminates privileged mechanisms, such as prioritizing on-chain transaction senders. Additionally, the decentralized voting system supervises SR behavior, significantly reducing the likelihood of front-running and making the market fairer.

ChainCatcher news, the privacy cryptocurrency project Firo has determined a new token issuance and block reward distribution plan through a community governance process. The new plan includes three main points:A fixed issuance of 6.25 FIRO per block until the total supply reaches 21.4 million;After that, a tail emission of 1 FIRO per block will be implemented;The block reward distribution ratio is 70% for masternodes, 5% for miners, 15% for the development team, and 10% for the community.The Firo core team stated that no further changes to the token economics will be proposed before the tail emission to ensure stability. These changes will take effect at block height 958655, and the team will soon release an urgent update.

ChainCatcher message, Gaia announced on X that its nodes now support Cursor for localized running of LLM frameworks.Unlike GitHub Copilot, Cursor allows for alternative LLMs. Through Gaia, users can create local LLM services using their private knowledge bases and share them on the Gaia network. Cursor can be used as a backend to maintain the privacy of all data and fine-tune it on the user's private codebase.User Guide: https: //shorturl.at/otlZlGitHub Node Configuration: https: //shorturl.at/aBz8C

ChainCatcher message, TON Status announced that mainnet validators with an index less than 100 have not yet had enough validators restart their nodes using the correct flag. It urges participants who have not yet restarted their nodes with the new flag to do so as soon as possible.

ChainCatcher message, TON stated on its official social platform that the TON blockchain is currently experiencing interruptions in block production. TON Core has requested validators to restart at 4 AM today (UTC time). If enough validators restart, consensus will be reestablished.As of the time of writing, according to Tonscan, the TON network has not yet resumed block production.

ChainCatcher message, TON Foundation member Justin stated on his social platform that the TON network paralysis may be caused by DOGS triggering network overload, and garbage collection has overloaded many validators to the point where they lose consensus.In addition, the validating nodes will restart at 12:00 PM Beijing time.

ChainCatcher news, according to DePINscan data, the AI Layer2 project Network3 has surpassed 290,000 global nodes, with devices distributed across 185 countries and regions including Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.Previously on August 23, the AI Layer2 network Network3's physical mining machine N3 Edge V1 sold out lightning fast on the first day of its presale.It is reported that Network3 has completed a $5.5 million financing round, with participation from Borderless Capital, EV3, and others. The next round of financing has already begun, with multiple institutions participating.