Non-Custodial Mining
Mining Pool Wallet Bankruptcy: The $173M Numbers
A mining pool's branded wallet froze withdrawals in 2022. By 2026 that freeze was a Chapter 11 filing. The numbers behind what a balance actually was.
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Bitcoin Mining
Mining Pool Shutting Down? A Step-by-Step Exit
A large exchange-run mining pool stops crediting shares on November 10, 2026. Seven steps to move your rigs, collect your balance and check your next payout.
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Self-Custody
Liquid Froze Bitcoin Redemptions. Check the Reserve
Liquid bitcoin redemptions are still frozen with reserves at 85.77 percent of outstanding L-BTC. Here is how to check the gap yourself.
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Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core 32.0: What Actually Changes
Bitcoin Core 32.0 brings faster block validation and a security fix. A step-by-step look at what changed and what to check before you upgrade.
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Non-Custodial Mining
Top Mining Pool Hit Zero Reserves. Check Yours
The largest Bitcoin mining pool just sold its last reserve coins and its CEO is exiting. What a pool's balance has to do with your own mining payout.
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Self-Custody
FinCEN Drops Its Self-Custody Wallet Rule: What Changed
FinCEN withdrew its plan to track self-custody wallets over $10,000. What actually changed, and what still applies, for solo miners who keep their own keys.
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Self-Custody
MetaMask's Incident: What Non-Custodial Doesn't Cover
MetaMask's September 30 infrastructure incident forced a validator exit while wallets stayed safe. What non-custodial promises, and what it doesn't.
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Self-Custody
The SEC's New Crypto Custody Rule: Myth vs Reality
The SEC proposed new crypto custody rules on Oct. 1, 2026. What the proposal actually changes for investment advisers, measured against the headlines.
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Security
Q3 2026's $1.26B in Crypto Hacks, By the Numbers
CertiK counted $1.26 billion lost to crypto hacks in Q3 2026, up 53.9% on Q2. Here is what the numbers show about custodial risk for miners.
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Stratum V2
How Silent Payments Could Reach Mining Payouts
Bitcoin developers are designing a way to pay silent payment addresses inside a mining coinbase over Stratum V2. Here's the plain four-step mechanism.
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Security
Bitget Hack Explained: Fake Orders, Real Signatures
Bitget says a flaw in a third-party security product let an attacker send fake withdrawals. See the timeline, the gas-limit tell and what a miner can check.
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Bitcoin Mining
Texas Data Center Permit Freeze: What Bitcoin Miners Face
Texas paused new data center permits until an ERCOT audit ends. Here is the timeline, step by step, and what it means for Bitcoin mining in the state.
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Self-Custody
Brazil's $10K Self-Custody Rule: Myth vs Reality
Brazil now requires reporting on crypto transfers of $10,000 or more tied to self-custody wallets. Here is what the new rule actually does, and does not do.
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Security
Bitget's $351M Hack: The Balance That Wasn't There
Bitget lost $351.6M in a hot-wallet hack, no private keys touched. What a non-custodial, coinbase-paid payout looks like instead.
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Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin Mining Pool Concentration: What It Means for You
Two mining pools now build nearly half of all Bitcoin blocks. Here is what that concentration changes for miners and solo miners, and what it never changes.
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Bitcoin Cash Mining
Bitcoin Cash Rose 29%. So Did Its Mining Difficulty
Bitcoin Cash jumped 29% on CME futures news, and its difficulty rose 30% within 36 hours. What that does to solo mining odds, with the chain's own numbers.
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Non-Custodial Mining
BitMEX's Last Days: An 11-Year Custodian Closes
BitMEX shuts down September 23 with a clean 11-year security record intact. Its closure shows custodial risk is bigger than just getting hacked.
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Non-Custodial Mining
Blink Wallet Hack: Custodial Myth vs Reality
Blink Wallet's breach drained custodial accounts but left its non-custodial Spark accounts untouched. Here is what that split actually proves.
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Glass Ledger
iPhone Wallet Key Theft: What To Do, In Order
A full-chain iOS exploit can silently pull crypto wallet keys from Safari alone. Here is the order of checks and fixes to run right now.
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Self-Custody
D'CENT Wallet Hack: The Numbers That Decide Your Exposure
D'CENT's report narrows the app wallet hack to versions before 8.1.0 and addresses that signed. The numbers, and what they mean for a mining payout address.
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Self-Custody
D'CENT Wallet Hack: Find Every Copy of Your Seed Phrase
The D'CENT app wallet hack drained 2.01M XRP from 1,552 wallets. A seven-step audit to find every copy of your seed phrase, mining payout address included.
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Glass Ledger
The Bitcoin Reserve Bill's Custody Promise vs Reality
H.R. 8957 advanced 28-21 and would hold Bitcoin in federal custody for 20 years with an annual audit. What that proof covers, and what it does not.
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Glass Ledger
What a Lightning Node Bug Teaches Solo Miners
A Core Lightning bug tied to reported fund losses shows why self-custody means checking your own software, not just running it. What the advisory says.
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Glass Ledger
A Mining Pool's Bankruptcy, By the Numbers
A pool that once ranked among Bitcoin's biggest owes $173.1M in Chapter 11, mostly to frozen wallet holders. What the numbers mean for your pool.
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CLARITY Act
CLARITY Act Failed: What Bitcoin Miners Still Have
The Senate blocked the CLARITY Act 49-50. See which mining protections died with it, what stays legal, and five checks for your own payout path.
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