Consensus Mechanism

VERAONET: a virtual ecosystem for rewards and archaeological operations network - Nature

Which Cryptocurrency Is More Likely to Be a Millionaire Maker? Ethereum vs. Polkadot - MSN

Heavy Official Announcement: Polygon Consensus Protocol 2.0 RISE Public Beta Launch on the 12th, skyrocketing 4 times within two days! Contract audited + all permissions discarded, creating 'zero risk' clean assets on-chain - Binance

An Introduction to BNB Smart Chain (BSC) - Binance

IsDBI) secures second US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent for innovative “proof-of-use” blockchain consensus mechanism - Realnews Magazine

MicroCloud Hologram Inc. Quantum Intelligent Interconnected Fault-Tolerant Consensus Algorithm Achieves Collaborative Control of Financial Internet Nodes - Yahoo Finance

Show HN: Verify-before-release x402 gateway for AI agent transactions

Hey HN,I built Settld because I kept running into the same problem: AI agents can call APIs, pay for services, and hire other agents - but there's no way to prove the work was actually done before the money moves.The problem in one sentence: x402 tells you "p…

Europe Establishes Its First Clinical Guide for Photobiomodulation in Cancer Care

Chemotherapy and radiation remain central to modern cancer treatment, yet they often place a heavy burden on the body, affecting everything from your ability to eat and speak to the health of your skin and nerves. For patients and clinicians alike, addressing…

SC directs CBI to file status report on Manipur violence

The Supreme Court has ordered the CBI to provide an update on cases related to Manipur violence. Judges are considering moving trial monitoring closer to Manipur. This aims for better supervision as cases progress. The court seeks input from all parties invol…

langchain-pced added to PyPI

LangChain integration for Parallel Context-of-Experts Decoding (PCED) for RAG pipelines

Mapping the evolution of cross-Strait relations via global news big data (2014–2023): An analysis integrating GDELT and machine learning

This study investigates global news media representations of cross-Strait relations from 2014 to 2023 using the GDELT database, framed within the mediatization of politics. Combining large-scale event data and computational text analysis, it offers a multi-le…

Financing STI testing among men in China: A mixed-methods study of pay-it-forward monetary donations

Aim Many STI testing services are underfunded. Pay-it-forward is a strategy to support STI testing that asks participants to donate money to spur others to receive STI testing. To explore factors influencing monetary donations, we performed a secondary analys…

Correcting Russia's false claims about the OSCE: UK statement to the OSCE

Ambassador Holland rejects Russia's false claims about the OSCE, stressing that it is Russia's aggression against Ukraine, refusal to engage with OSCE mechanisms and continued detention of OSCE staff that undermine the organisation. The UK remains ready for m…

Major powers must explore pragmatic cooperation to address Global leadership vacuum: Experts

An international online summit delved into QUADRO, a collaborative framework uniting the US, China, India, and Russia. Analysts engaged in dynamic discussions around practical partnerships in critical fields such as vaccine distribution and environmental data…

XRP Ledger Activates Token Escrow: Here’s What XLS-85 Unlocks

The XRP Ledger has activated Token Escrow (XLS-85) on mainnet on Feb.12, extending the network’s native escrow mechanics beyond XRP to Trustline-based tokens (IOUs) and Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs). The amendment was enabled today with 88% consensus (30/34 val…