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According to CoinDesk, XRP Ledger developers are testing a new feature that aims to allow the creation of blockchain accounts with an initial balance of zero, with existing accounts bearing the reserve required for new accounts, thereby lowering the financial threshold for payment applications and automated software to create wallets on a large scale. This proposal was submitted on October 15 in the form of a SponsoredAccountCreate transaction proposal.According to current XRP Ledger rules, each account must reserve at least 1 XRP as a reserve, meaning that creating 100,000 independent accounts would require locking up 100,000 XRP. The new proposal intends for sponsored accounts to bear this reserve requirement, and a broader fee sponsorship mechanism in the future could also allow applications to pay transaction fees on behalf of users, but the overall reserve requirement for the network will not be eliminated. This feature is expected to lower the usage threshold for scenarios such as embedded wallets, RLUSD stablecoin payments, and AI agent automated payments.However, the related code is still under review, and the sponsorship mechanism it relies on has not yet gone live on the mainnet. As of October 19, the mechanism has only received 11 votes out of the 35 required validator votes, still falling short of the 29 votes needed for approval.

According to "Du Jia," Tencent is currently beta testing "HermitKit," an AI capability plugin for WeChat Mini Programs, providing three levels of access: API, UI components, and Demo. This plugin supports streaming calls to large models through ChatApi, creates and manages Agents using AgentBuilder, and enables multi-turn conversations, with built-in session storage and long-term memory capabilities. Additionally, it can bind remote Agents via QR code scanning through AgentChannel to complete message sending and receiving.Currently, HermitKit showcases 7 types of functional demonstrations, including AI SDK, Agent Channel, Agent Management, Pet Agent, Chatbot, Travel Planning, and Plugin Market. Among them, the AI SDK aligns with cloud development APIs such as createModel, generateText, and streamText; the Pet Agent allows developers to read pet status through interfaces and trigger status changes using props; the Plugin Market enables searching, publishing, and downloading MCP, Skill, and Expert resource packages. This plugin has not officially launched yet, and related capabilities may still be subject to adjustments, with specifics to be confirmed by official statements.

American AI developers can provide the UK government with early access to AI models for security testing without angering the Trump administration. Previously, the Trump administration had requested that developers not share new AI models before their release. This move indicates that the United States has adopted a more moderate stance on international cooperation in AI security.

The core development team of Solana, Anza developer Jacob Creech, stated that unlike some blockchains, Solana users do not need to urgently transfer assets due to AI-accelerated password cracking or quantum computing threats. He explained that Solana uses the Ed25519 signature algorithm, where the signing key is derived from a secret seed through hashing. Even if elliptic curve cryptography is cracked in the future, attackers cannot directly recover the original seed from it.Creech mentioned that theoretically, Solana could introduce a hash-based seed ownership proof through a network upgrade, allowing original holders to verify their identity and migrate to a more secure signing scheme. Anza has developed a related proof-of-concept prototype. He also emphasized that Solana is currently still secure and has a technical roadmap to address future cryptographic threats.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Bitcoin Core 32 is currently undergoing candidate version testing, with the developers aiming to release it on October 10.This version can speed up block validation by reading database data in parallel, but it will not change the block generation speed. Four wallet commands will default to the updated partially signed transaction format, while the old format will still be available as needed. Security patches can prevent custom wallet names from executing commands on non-Windows nodes, and in one test, the memory growth caused by unauthenticated HTTP was reduced from about 3.2 GB to about 3 MB.

Ethereum developers warn: Attackers can exploit free testnet ETH and one-time builder identities to win Sepolia block auctions and withhold transaction payloads during the Glamsterdam testing period.This attack does not threaten mainnet funds but may disrupt infrastructure testing. The Sepolia public test is scheduled to launch on October 6, with the Hoodi test tentatively set for October 27, and the mainnet activation time is still undetermined.

Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev stated that Robinhood Chain is rapidly developing, with the new team launching products every week, and the ecosystem is becoming more integrated.Tenev expressed to developers that if they are engaged in on-chain development, Robinhood wants to hear their voices and welcomes more developers to join the construction of the Robinhood Chain ecosystem.

Less than 24 hours remain until the new pricing for the DeepSeek V4 Flash series takes effect (September 10, 12:00 SGT). With upstream price adjustments imminent, B.AI has prepared an exclusive stacking benefit for global developers to ensure top-tier computing power remains within reach. This upcoming benefit aims to further reduce invocation costs and unleash greater productivity—whether for high-frequency API calls, Agent workflow construction, or large-scale production-level deployments, all can operate continuously and efficiently with a lower burden. Specific benefits will be announced soon, so please stay tuned to B.AI's official updates and don't miss this boost in computing power.

The G7 Cybersecurity Working Group stated in its latest report that quantum computing poses security threats to both public and private institutions, as well as economic threats, and relevant organizations should begin migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) immediately. The working group noted that the migration process could take several years, and attackers can currently collect and store encrypted data to decrypt it once sufficiently powerful quantum computers become available.Quantum computing may also break digital signatures, leading to identity theft and exposing businesses and their supply chains. The report did not mention cryptocurrencies, but similar public key cryptography is used for blockchain wallets and transaction authorizations. Currently, quantum computers are unable to break Bitcoin's cryptography, but developers are considering post-quantum solutions such as BIP-360. Ethereum researchers plan to replace several cryptographic components used by accounts, validators, and applications. The Solana Foundation has tested post-quantum signatures on its testnet and launched an optional hash-based vault. The G7 working group also urged governments to support relevant research, public-private collaboration, and national PQC strategies.

According to a report by Reuters, Apple Inc. is facing a class-action lawsuit in London, with claims amounting to £2 billion (approximately $2.7 billion). The lawsuit was filed today in the London Competition Appeal Tribunal by Ann Pope, a former senior official of the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, representing app developers.The core allegation is that Apple's "App Tracking Transparency" (ATT) feature, launched in 2021, imposes stricter restrictions on third-party developers than on its own services, giving Apple's own advertising ecosystem an unfair competitive advantage. Ann Pope stated that Apple's policies "have caused very significant harm to businesses that rely on Apple as a gatekeeper."Since its launch, the ATT feature has been a focal point of concern for global regulators for several years. Apple's official stance is that the feature is designed to allow users to control whether to permit apps to track their activities across other companies and websites.However, the plaintiffs argue that the actual enforcement of this rule has a double standard—tracking requests from third-party apps require strict pop-up authorization, while Apple's own personalized ads and services can bypass the same restrictions. This lawsuit represents the latest legal challenge Apple faces regarding its ATT policy and is the first large-scale private antitrust lawsuit initiated in the UK market against Apple's app ecosystem rules following scrutiny from regulators in the EU, the US, and several other countries.

GoPlus Security issued a security alert stating that a fraud gang has hijacked the realtrumpcoins[.]com website and the @realtrumpcoins1 account, maliciously issuing GOLD tokens. The gang inflated its market value to approximately $60 million before selling off and executing a Rug Pull, profiting over $8.2 million.On-chain data shows that the developers' initial funds trace back to a KuCoin-associated hot wallet, with another 15 trading wallets funded by Binance-associated hot wallets. These wallets all conducted transactions through the same malicious routing contract.GoPlus Security also pointed out that the gang deployed another malicious meme coin, Trump Digital Platinum (PLATINUM), whose contract can empty any holder's balance at any time, warning users to avoid purchasing and to be aware of the risks.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, realtrumpcoins (@realtrumpcoins1) has launched a token called GOLD, which is followed by @realDonaldTrump. The developers hold 600 million GOLD, and 15 newly created wallets spent $18,700 to purchase 224.5 million GOLD. The team currently controls 82.45% of the total supply of GOLD.

Ethereum developer nixo.eth revealed on the X platform that Ethereum core developers have decided to change the status of the account abstraction proposal EIP-8141 from "under consideration" to "scheduled," confirming that account abstraction will be promoted as a key feature of the Hegotá upgrade.This EIP was proposed in March as a flagship upgrade, and community consensus suggests that even though there are still controversies regarding the specific implementation, account abstraction should be launched in Hegotá. In recent weeks, another proposal, EIP-8130, has emerged as a competitor, planning to be deployed on Base in September, sparking discussions about avoiding a split in account abstraction standards between L1 and L2. The authors of both EIPs and core developers are working hard to reach a unified solution without delaying the upgrade. The status change means that this feature has officially entered the planning for the Hegotá upgrade, but the specific specifications may undergo significant changes, and it is common for implementation plans to change before the official launch.

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum researchers have proposed rebuilding the validator deposit contract to support a new cryptographic system and ultimately stop accepting deposits protected by the existing BLS signatures. This proposal targets the deposit contract, aiming to add a switch that prevents the network from accepting the currently relied-upon signature format.Currently, the contract only accepts BLS keys because their exact size is hardcoded, while the new draft allows for different key sizes, with each deposit tagged by the cryptographic system used, where BLS receives a tag of zero, reserving space for future schemes.If the proposal is approved, it will initially operate with BLS deposits, while other schemes can be registered simultaneously. Future decisions may permanently disable new BLS deposits, at which point validators who have staked using BLS keys will not disappear, but new validators will not be able to join using this method. Ethereum will ultimately need to change separately to inform validators how to check new signatures. This is part of the migration for validators, while another part is already in progress—EIP-8141 framework transaction proposals will allow regular Ethereum accounts to change the cryptographic method for approving transactions without changing their address.The urgency stems from research released in March by Google's Quantum AI research department, which outlined five quantum attack paths against Ethereum, putting over $100 billion in assets at potential risk. The Ethereum Foundation is advancing core protocol changes with a target around 2029. Currently, the amount of ETH staked in Ethereum is approximately 42.4 million, valued at about $10.4 billion.

According to GoPlus monitoring, the VSCode extension Solidity Pro has been poisoned, and historical versions have malicious capabilities such as data theft and remote execution.It is recommended that developers immediately check the relevant extensions they have installed and increase their vigilance towards third-party plugins.

Ethereum developer kevaundray submitted the EIP-12188 proposal, suggesting to shorten the consensus layer block retention window to reduce storage pressure on nodes. The proposal is currently in the public review stage and has received support from some Ethereum client developers.Developer DApplion expressed support for the proposal, while Lighthouse client contributor michaelsproul believes that this adjustment will not significantly impact Lighthouse's operation. The proposal points out that as the demand for Ethereum historical data changes, reducing the retention time for historical blocks in the consensus layer can optimize node resource usage.It was mentioned in the discussion that historical data pruning in the execution layer may affect some long-running nodes' ability to provide old block data, but developers believe this will not threaten network security or the normal operation of nodes. Currently, EIP-12188 has not yet been merged and still requires further review and community discussion.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter stated that the protocol architecture team hopes to prioritize the advancement of Frame Transactions (EIP-8141) and FOCIL (EIP-7805) in the Hegotá upgrade planned for 2027. Frame Transactions can collaborate with Keyed Nonces and Recent Roots (EIP-8272) and Transaction Assertions (EIP-7906) to allow privacy pools to autonomously pay transaction fees and enable wallets to set execution conditions after transaction submission.FOCIL can provide protocol layer inclusion guarantees for eligible transactions. Currently, FOCIL is the only proposal confirmed for inclusion in Hegotá, while the Frame Transactions-related proposals are among the 66 proposals under evaluation. Other candidate proposals involve transaction pricing, state growth, block access lists, and optional zkEVM proofs on the mainnet. Vitalik Buterin previously proposed enhancing Ethereum's privacy, quantum resistance, and reducing reliance on layer two networks. Hegotá will be launched after Glamsterdam, with developers planning to complete Glamsterdam by the end of 2026.