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Artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, but one major problem still exists: valuable data is usually controlled by a small number of centralized companies. Projects like @OpenLedger are trying to change this model by creating a decentralized ecosystem where contributors, developers, and communities can participate directly in the AI economy instead of being excluded from it.
What makes OpenLedger interesting is its focus on data attribution and rewarding contributors fairly. In traditional AI systems, people often provide data without receiving long-term value from the models trained on it. OpenLedger aims to build infrastructure where datasets, AI applications, and contributors can all be connected transparently on-chain. This creates a system where participation can potentially generate sustainable incentives instead of one-time extraction of value.
Another important aspect is scalability for AI-focused applications. As AI adoption grows globally, decentralized infrastructure may become increasingly important for privacy, transparency, and ownership of digital assets. OpenLedger’s approach combines blockchain utility with AI development, which places it in a growing sector that many investors and builders are watching closely.
The role of $OPEN within the ecosystem could become significant if adoption increases. Utility tokens connected to real infrastructure often gain attention when they support governance, incentives, and ecosystem growth. While the long-term success of any project depends on execution and community adoption, OpenLedger is positioning itself in one of the most discussed areas in technology today: decentralized AI.
I also think projects that focus on empowering contributors instead of only large corporations could shape the next phase of Web3 innovation. The intersection of AI and blockchain is still early, and it will be interesting to see how @OpenLedger develops its ecosystem over time.
$OPEN #OpenLedger

Today I took a deeper look at what makes Pixels feel “sticky,” and it’s not just the cozy farming vibe—it’s the way progression, social play, and ownership loop together. In many games, you grind resources because the game tells you to. In Pixels, the grind feels more like building a personal story: you’re shaping your land, optimizing routines, and deciding what to keep, craft, trade, or reinvest. That simple cycle creates real player-driven goals, which is why the community layer matters so much.
What I also appreciate is how Pixels makes Web3 elements feel like part of the world instead of a billboard. When ownership and marketplaces are designed around gameplay decisions, they can amplify motivation rather than distract from it. The big question I’m watching is how the team continues balancing accessibility (so new players don’t feel priced out) with depth (so long-term players keep finding new strategies). If they can keep that balance, Pixels can remain one of the most approachable on-chain games that still rewards planning and collaboration.
Shoutout to @Pixels for continuously iterating and keeping the game community-first. I’m keeping an eye on ecosystem growth and how $PIXEL utility evolves alongside new features and economic sinks/sources. $PIXEL #pixel

However, it could cost users between $75 and $150 per transaction in GPU computing power, limiting its practical use.
A Bitcoin researcher has come up with a way that could immediately make Bitcoin transactions quantum-safe without the need for a soft fork.
In a proposal published Thursday, StarkWare chief product officer Avihu Levy proposed a Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) transaction scheme that he said would remain secure “even against an adversary with a large-scale quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm.”
He added that the scheme requires no changes to the Bitcoin protocol and operates entirely within the existing legacy script constraints. The downside is that it is costly and likely is not useful for everyday transactions, he said.
The Bitcoin community has been split on how to tackle the quantum problem. QSB presents a temporary solution while a long-term approach is ironed out.
The scheme’s main feature is replacing the proof-of-work signature-size puzzle with a hash-to-sig puzzle.
Instead of relying on elliptic curve math that quantum computers can break, the spender must find an input whose hash output randomly happens to resemble a valid ECDSA (elliptic curve digital signature algorithm) signature, requiring brute-force work that even a quantum computer cannot shortcut.
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A Bitcoin researcher has come up with a way that could immediately make Bitcoin transactions quantum-safe without the need for a soft fork.
In a proposal published Thursday, StarkWare chief product officer Avihu Levy proposed a Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) transaction scheme that he said would remain secure “even against an adversary with a large-scale quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm.”
He added that the scheme requires no changes to the Bitcoin protocol and operates entirely within the existing legacy script constraints. The downside is that it is costly and likely is not useful for everyday transactions, he said.
The Bitcoin community has been split on how to tackle the quantum problem. QSB presents a temporary solution while a long-term approach is ironed out.
The scheme’s main feature is replacing the proof-of-work signature-size puzzle with a hash-to-sig puzzle.
Instead of relying on elliptic curve math that quantum computers can break, the spender must find an input whose hash output randomly happens to resemble a valid ECDSA (elliptic curve digital signature algorithm) signature, requiring brute-force work that even a quantum computer cannot shortcut.
Far more computing power is required for QSB. Source: GitHub
Quantum Safe Bitcoin not practical for everyday use
The proposal comes with caveats, however. It costs the sender between $75 and $150 per transaction in GPU compute and is more complex than a typical Bitcoin transaction, and thus would only make sense for securing large BTC transactions.
Related: Bitcoin’s quantum challenges are ‘more social than technical’: Grayscale
“This is huge,” said StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, claiming that it essentially makes Bitcoin quantum-safe today.
However, Bitcoin ESG specialist Daniel Batten said it was “an overstatement” because exposed public keys and dormant wallets are “not addressed in the paper.”
Batten was referring to an estimated 1.7 million BTC locked in early P2PK addresses that could be cracked by a quantum computer.
Its existence has led to fierce debate about what to do with the dormant coins, with the community split between leaving Bitcoin as-is to preserve its core ethos, freezing or burning the vulnerable coins entirely or upgrading the protocol to support quantum-safe signatures.
Protocol changes are the preferred solution
The researchers acknowledged that this is a last-resort measure as transactions are non-standard, costs don’t scale to all users and use cases like Lightning Network are not covered.
They concluded that protocol-level changes remain the preferred long-term path.
“While this article describes a solution that works today for quantum-safe Bitcoin transactions, it should be treated as a last-resort measure.”
Google published a paper in March that unsettled the Bitcoin community as it suggested that a quantum computer could potentially crack Bitcoin’s cryptography using far fewer resources than previously thought.
Meanwhile, Lightning Labs chief technology officer Olaoluwa Osuntokun on Wednesday published a quantum “escape hatch” prototype that enables users to prove Bitcoin wallet ownership from the original seed phrase without revealing it, which could serve as an alternative Bitcoin authorization method.