We'd love your feedback. Take a 30-second survey to help improve The Block. Crypto infrastructure provider ChangeNOW has launched a Free Fast-Track Program aimed at early-stage wallet developers. The ...

Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Rub a balloon against your head, and the transfer of charges will make your hair stand on end. Shuffle your feet on a carpet, ...

Stablecoin transaction volumes hit a record $33 trillion in 2025. That figure tends to get buried under crypto price speculation and ETF inflows, but it represents something more consequential than ...

Tackling the technical battle to protect Bitcoin from quantum computers. We explore why quantum-resistant signatures are up to 100x larger than current ones and the impact this has on block space and ...

According to @gdb, GPT-5.2 Pro was used by Neel Somani to solve a second open Erdős problem, specifically problem number 281, with no prior solutions found, source: X post by @gdb on Jan 18, 2026 and ...

In an impressive feat, Japanese startup Sakana AI’s coding agent ALE-Agent recently secured first place in the AtCoder Heuristic Contest (AHC058), a complex coding competition that involves ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The speed and efficiency of traditionally developed software applications is limited by the fact ...

When you rub a balloon on your hair to make it float and cling, you might not think of it as one of the deepest – and strangest – mysteries of science. When you reach out to open a door and your ...

While regulators in Europe and the US debate crypto’s future, young Africans are already using blockchain to solve pressing challenges from unstable currencies to internet access. While blockchain ...

This foreboding city holds many horrors for the Doom Slayer, one of which is a tough block-based puzzle that blocks your progress forward. You’ll encounter the block puzzle after dropping down a long ...