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...
Canister Lab
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Sneed DAO Launches Tool to Free SNS Neurons for Trading on...

Sneed DAO has introduced a new tool that allows users to “jailbreak” SNS neurons from their NNS wallets, making them instantly tradable on the...
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Dmail Introduces AI Mail Assistant to Transform Inbox Management

Dmail has launched an AI Mail Assistant designed to streamline email management while keeping user data private. The tool integrates directly into Dmail’s decentralized...
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Plug Wallet Launches Borrow and Lend with Built-In Liquidation Pools

Plug Wallet has gone live with its new Borrow and Lend feature, opening up DeFi capabilities directly through its mobile app, browser extension, and...
Maria Irene

ICP Brings Fully Permissionless IPFS Storage to the Blockchain

A new demonstration is showing how Internet Computer (ICP) canisters can function as a decentralised block store for IPFS, potentially removing the reliance on...
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January Breaks the Pattern for ICP Canister Deployments

January has rarely been an eventful month for canister deployments on the Internet Computer. Over the past four years, activity during this period has...
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Are Blockchains Quietly Becoming the Next Generation of Cloud Infrastructure?

A growing group of technologists are beginning to question whether blockchains should still be viewed mainly as financial rails. Dom’s recent post on X...