Decentralizing telecom benefits small businesses and telcos — Web3 exec

Decentralizing telecom benefits small businesses and telcos — Web3 exec

Small businesses and telecom giants gain financially from decentralizing infrastructure, Nova Labs chief operating officer Frank Mong said. Decentralizing telecommunication networks financially benefits small businesses and telecom corporations alike, according to Frank Mong, the chief operating officer (COO) of Nova Labs, the founding team behind the Helium wireless decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) network. In an…

Read More
Decentralized OORT AI data hits top ranks on Google Kaggle

Decentralized OORT AI data hits top ranks on Google Kaggle

OORT’s AI image data set reached Kaggle’s front page in multiple categories, highlighting rising demand for high-quality, community-sourced training data. An artificial intelligence training image data set developed by decentralized AI solution provider OORT saw considerable success on Google’s platform Kaggle. OORT’s Diverse Tools Kaggle data set listing was released in early April; since then, it has…

Read More
Ethereum's new staking limit is not a risk to decentralization, says Consensys researcher

Ethereum's new staking limit is not a risk to decentralization, says Consensys researcher

The increase in Ether’s staking cap from 32 to 2,048 ETH could make the feature more attractive to institutional participants. Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade doesn’t pose a threat to decentralization, according to Mallesh Pai, senior research director at blockchain software firm Consensys, describing the update as a cleanup of the behind-the-scenes “busy work” currently handled by…

Read More
Research DAO claims paralyzed rats recover after spinal cord fix

Research DAO claims paralyzed rats recover after spinal cord fix

Crypto-funded DeSci group HydraDAO said its researchers restored mobility in rats with severed spines within five days using a novel PEG-chitosan compound. Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) HydraDAO claims that its researchers were able to use a novel technique to repair severed spines in rats. In a May 5 X post, decentralized science (DeSci) project HydraDAO…

Read More
Ethereum to simplify crosschain transactions with new token standards

Ethereum to simplify crosschain transactions with new token standards

Ethereum devs propose ERC-7930 and ERC-7828 to unify crosschain address formats and improve multichain UX. Ethereum developers are working to improve blockchain interoperability with two new token standards: ERC-7930 and ERC-7828. “There’s no standard way for wallets, apps, or protocols to interpret or display this information,” decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem development organization Wonderland wrote in…

Read More
AI has a trust problem — Decentralized privacy-preserving tech can fix it

AI has a trust problem — Decentralized privacy-preserving tech can fix it

Decentralized privacy-preserving tech can resolve AI’s trust deficit, as verifiability and more substantial data protection won’t compromise AI’s growth. Opinion by: Felix Xu, co-founder of ARPA Network and Bella Protocol AI has been a dominant narrative since 2024, but users and companies still cannot completely trust it. Whether it’s finances, personal data or healthcare decisions,…

Read More