3 Key Facts On August 9, 2015, Day 3 of Ethereum mainnet, someone deployed what appears to be the first lottery smart contract in blockchain history. Contract address: 0x7af6af3d4491a161670837d0737bada43ffbb992. The developer’s first attempt self-destructed 42 minutes before this one was…
DeFi’s $292M KelpDAO Stress Test: Standard Chartered Says ‘Bent Not Broken,’ JPMorgan Disagrees
At 17:35 UTC on April 18, 2026, an attacker tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group sent a single forged cross-chain message through KelpDAO’s LayerZero bridge. The bridge accepted it, releasing 116,500 rsETH tokens, roughly 18% of the entire restaked-Ethereum supply,…
Vitalik Buterin Unveils Kohaku: The Game-Changing Privacy Framework Revolutionizing Ethereum Wallets in 2025-2026
Buenos Aires, Argentina – In a highly anticipated keynote at Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2 on November 16, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin introduced Kohaku, a bold new privacy framework designed to make private transactions the default experience for Ethereum wallet users.…
