Heartless trio stabs man, 45, in head during brutal NYC robbery, leaving him critically hurt: cops
The brutes knifed the victim multiple times in the head and all over his body before ripping off his jacket, backpack, watch and cell phone, authorities said.
Ripple CTO Explains Why XRP Ledger Doesn’t Need Miners or Smart Contracts
The post Ripple CTO Explains Why XRP Ledger Doesn’t Need Miners or Smart Contracts appeared com. David Schwartz, Ripple’s Chief Technical Officer, was once again dragged into the public arena to clarify what XRP Ledger actually does and more importantly, what it does not do. The discussion began after a $120 million exploit hit major DeFi protocol Balancer, bringing back to life the criticism that most decentralized platforms rely on complex smart contracts and “middlemen” to keep the system alive. One XRP community member called it Ethereum’s “design flaw,” arguing that XRPL’s 10-year-old architecture was built precisely to avoid it. Who owns XRP Ledger? Schwartz did not just agree. In a detailed thread, the Ripple CTO explained that validators on XRPL “don’t earn from transactions” and exist only to help nodes agree on one global order of transactions to solve the double-spend problem. Contrasting with Bitcoin and Ethereum, where miners or stakers are paid to include transactions in blocks, XRPL validators provide services to the nodes, not account holders, he explains. Thus, as it stands, every XRP Ledger node already knows which transactions are valid, while validators only decide when each should appear on the ledger. You Might Also RPL runs not on trust or reward loops, but on ordered logic a design Ripple believes still separates it from every smart-contract-driven chain trying to fix yesterday’s problems. Source:.
Democrats shut down the government over a piddling price rise — but fight real reform
When thee extra handouts they’re fighting to keep expire at the end of the year, the average Obamacare individual market enrollee will pay just $3 more a week.
Abby Zwerner’s $40M suit over shooting by first-grader hinges on who should have stopped the boy
A jury is set to hear closing arguments in the $40 million civil negligence case brought by former first grade teacher Abigail Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student.
House of Domes presenta cocina toscana con una visión contemporánea
House of Domes presenta cocina toscana con una visión contemporánea
Companies hit the brakes on EVs, laying off thousands of workers
In recent weeks, automakers and other companies in the vehicle space are pulling back their investments in electric vehicles (EVs), including laying off workers in multiple states. The moves come in the wake of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which repealed incentives for consumers to buy electric cars. GM in particular is set to lay off 1, 200 workers from its Detroit plant and another 550 from its Ultium Cells plant in Ohio. Meanwhile, another 850 are being temporarily laid off from the Ohio Ultium Cells plant and another 710 being temporarily let go from an Ultium factory in Tennessee. While those.
Dick Cheney redefined the vice presidency
The late former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died at age 84, will principally be remembered for the Iraq War and the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but his impact on the office he held should not be overlooked. Cheney revolutionized the vice presidency in ways that will long influence major party presidential nominees [.].
SNAP lapse leads to local scaling back, sharing and communing
East Bayers are implementing their own contingency plans as the Trump administration reluctantly agrees to issue half the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for its 42 million recipients on a delayed schedule. Residents are scaling back, going without and leaning on each other. Maribel Flores lives in Concord with her three daughters. Since her [.].
Palantir was the most expensive stock ever for a company of its size — until the selloff
Palantir’s stock fell sharply on Tuesday despite upbeat earnings, while its CEO criticized short sellers.