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[Mirror] A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy

Vitalik Buterin via the Vitalik Buterin Blog This is a mirror of the post at https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51 Systems like Ethereum (and Bitcoin, and NXT, and Bitshares, etc) are a fundamentally new class of cryptoeconomic organisms — decentralized, jurisdictionless entities that exist entirely in cyberspace, maintained by a combination of cryptography, economics and social consensus. They are kind of like BitTorrent, but they are also not like BitTorrent, as BitTorrent has no concept of state — a distinction that turns out to be crucially important. They are sometimes described as decentralized autonomous

OKX Announces Comprehensive API Key Security Protection Features, Further Enhances User Protection Against External Threats

January 04, 2023 05:33 ET | Source: OKX VICTORIA, Seychelles, Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  OKX, the world-leading cryptocurrency platform, today announced comprehensive API key security protection features, further enhancing user protection against external threats. The features are: Auto expiry after 14 days of inactive API keys with trade and withdraw permissions that aren't bound to IP addresses; A third-party whitelist that enables users to bind their IPs to cooperating third-party platforms and ensures transactions are from the whitelisted platform; Fast API (Fast Connect), which provides additional security for