Maria Irene

Maria Irene is a journalist and author covering the Internet Computer Protocol, Bitcoin, DeFi, and the broader decentralised web. She is the founder and editor of LedgerLife.io, an independent, reader-funded publication dedicated to clear-eyed reporting on the ICP ecosystem and Web3 technology. She is the author of two books: Money Without Masters: The Story of Crypto (Amazon) and The World Computer: Decentralised Computing and the Rise of the Internet Computer Protocol (Amazon). Her work focuses on making complex blockchain technology accessible without losing precision or depth.
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The Jar of DOM reopens with a new on-chain season

The Jar of DOM has reopened for a new season, giving DOM Wallet users another on-chain game built around ICP staking, DOM burns and...

KeyMesh explores confidential and verifiable external compute on ICP

A new experimental project called KeyMesh is exploring whether the Internet Computer can coordinate external computing resources while giving users stronger guarantees around privacy,...

ICPay aims to simplify crypto transfers with username-based handles

Sending cryptocurrency can involve copying and pasting long wallet addresses, a process that can be inconvenient and increases the risk of entering the wrong...

Expired bob.fun domain raises Internet Identity security concerns for users

Users of the ICP-based bob.fun applications have been warned against accessing the services through their former web domains after the bob.fun domain stopped serving...
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Dominic Williams Highlights Internet Computer’s “Chain Key” Vision for Multi-Chain AI...

Dominic Williams, founder of the Internet Computer (ICP), has shared fresh thoughts on where blockchain-based AI agents may be heading, pointing to ICP’s “chain...
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Community Participation Opens for onicai SNS Token Sale on Internet Computer

The decentralisation sale for onicai’s Service Nervous System (SNS) has begun on the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain, offering the wider ICP community an opportunity...
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Plug Wallet adds Dogecoin support with new ICP-native ckDOGE token

Plug Wallet has announced new support for Dogecoin (DOGE) alongside ckDOGE, an ICP-native token designed to track DOGE’s value on a one-to-one basis. The update...
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ICPay launches instant USDT payments with low fees for developers and...

ICPay has announced support for USDT payments, giving developers and automated agents a new way to accept stablecoin transactions with near-instant settlement. The platform says...
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Promptathon winners show how simple chats can turn into creative wellbeing...

The organisers of the “You chat, AI builds” Promptathon have announced the top winners from a competition that invited people to create apps through...
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Security advisory warns of phishing risk in IC wallet sign-in flows

A new security advisory is urging developers and users in the Internet Computer ecosystem to take extra care with certain wallet login methods, after...