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Browsing early Taproot transactions, I came across this one (block 709,911, ~280 blocks after Taproot activation): What caught my eye: It’s a P2TR keypath spend, single input, single output, dust-level amount (1943 → 1803 sats) The witness signature is 65 bytes ending in 0x02 — i.e., SIGHASH_NONE (not SIGHASH_NONE|ANYONECANPAY which is 0x82) nSequence is 0x9f (= 159), which under BIP68 would imply a relative timelock of 159 blocks Plain SIGHASH_NONE (without ANYONECANPAY) on a 1-input-1-output transaction seems strange to me — the signer is essentially saying “I authorize spending this UTXO regardless of where the output goes,” but there’s only…

Tracking key customer retention metrics is crucial for grasping your business’s health and growth potential. Metrics like Customer Retention Rate (CRR) reveal how well you’re keeping customers over time, whereas Repeat Purchase Rate (RPR) indicates the frequency at which they return. Moreover, monitoring Customer Churn Rate helps identify those who stop using your service. Comprehending these metrics can guide your retention strategies, but there are more factors to reflect upon. Key Takeaways Customer Retention Rate (CRR) measures the percentage of customers retained over a specific period, indicating loyalty levels. Repeat Purchase Rate (RPR) tracks the percentage of existing customers making…

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There’s nothing to see here. Salesforce has laid off employees twice in the past year — around 1,000 in February 2025 and fewer than 1,000 in early February 2026. Now CEO Marc Benioff says he wants to hire 1,000 new grads to prove AI isn’t killing entry-level jobs. Benioff took to X to announce that Salesforce is hiring 1,000 new graduates and interns to work on AI projects, including Agentforce and Headless 360. I’m locked on, @DavidSacks! We’re hiring 1,000 new grads & interns right now to ride the AI exponential. You are right they said AI would kill entry-level…

What Is Quai Network Quai Network is a Proof-of-Work blockchain built around a new consensus mechanism called Proof of Entropy Minima (PoEM). It uses a hierarchical sharded structure — one Prime chain, three Region chains, and nine Zone chains — connected through merged mining, where a single hash secures the entire network. The architecture targets over 50,000 transactions per second across shards, with roughly 5-second block times per shard and around 30-second cross-shard settlement. The network has a dual-token design. QUAI is the EVM-compatible token with a logarithmic, deflationary emission schedule similar to Bitcoin. Qi is a separate UTXO-based token…

TL;DR FIX provides sticky session routing, meaning every message from your session follows the same path to the trading engine, guaranteeing order arrival sequence in a way WebSocket’s load-balanced connections can’t. If your firm already runs FIX on traditional venues, the incremental work to connect Kraken to an existing stack is minimal, the same message types, the same gap-fill and replay mechanics, and a small set of crypto-specific differences to handle. At some point, WebSocket stops being the right answer. Not because it’s slow; Kraken’s WebSocket v2 is competitive for most systematic strategies. But because it doesn’t offer the protocol-level…

Starting a business can be tricky. Not only does it require a lot of time and effort, but it can also be very daunting to consider quitting your 9-5 without knowing whether or not you’ll be successful. With that in mind, I’ve pulled together eight unique side hustles for you to try this year. The aim is to provide you with potential side hustle ideas that you can scale and grow into full-time businesses over time. That way, you can build an audience and an income stream before taking the ultimate leap and laying the foundations for your future success.…

The shares of Twenty One Capital (XXI), the bitcoin-focused firm, are up over 8% in after-hours trading on Wednesday, after majority shareholder Tether Investments proposed a merger with Strike and Elektron Energy.Tether Investment, the independent investment arm of the stablecoin issuer, said it intends to vote its shares in favor of combining XXI with Strike, a global bitcoin financial services company founded by Jack Mallers and Elektron Energy, according to a press release. Mallers is also the CEO of XXI.”If completed, these transactions would position XXI to become the premier listed Bitcoin company in the world: a public company that…

After a multi-week upswing, CAD/CHF is printing bearish candlesticks just ahead of the Bank of Canada (BOC) policy decision. Have Loonie bulls dropped the ball like Klay Thompson fumbled Megan THEE Stallion, or are they just waiting on another bullish catalyst? Here’s what we are seeing on the 4-hour chart: CAD/CHF 4-hour Forex Chart Faster with TradingView The Canadian dollar has been making pips rain against the safe haven Swiss franc for at least two weeks now, helped along by the Swiss National Bank putting its own brand of blockade on further CHF gains. With the Bank of Canada set…

Bitcoin is holding above $76,000 as the market tests resistance, and bulls attempt to build the momentum needed for the next leg higher. The price is constructive. The order book above it is not cooperating. Data from CoinGlass shows that the sell wall between $80,500 and $82,000 has been in place for over 24 hours. The orders are large, evenly spaced at approximately $3.3 million intervals, and they have not moved. In order book analysis, that combination — scale, spacing, and persistence — is the fingerprint of deliberate placement rather than coincidental accumulation. Spoofs disappear within minutes. This wall has…