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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Dominic Williams highlights fully on-chain exchange model

DFINITY founder Dominic Williams has highlighted the idea of an open-source order book exchange that operates entirely on-chain, pointing to the potential of blockchain...

Dom Wallet explores self-drawing Bitcoin Bitmaps

Dom Wallet has highlighted a recent development in Bitcoin Bitmap technology that could allow an inscription to build an accurate representation of a block...

Odin.fun outlines locking, staking and V2 migration plans

Odin.fun has provided an update on its roadmap, covering token locking, staking, the planned migration from V1 to V2 and security measures introduced following...

ICPanda explores AI control and human freedom in new sci-fi story

ICPanda has released a new science fiction story exploring the question of whether an artificial superintelligence should have the authority to determine humanity's future. Titled...
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Maria Irene

Juno API Launches as Self-Hosted Service for Developers

A new open-source API service for the Juno ecosystem has surfaced, aimed squarely at developers who want more control over how they run and...
Maria Irene

Dmail upgrades NFT domain sales flow with faster processing and more...

Dmail has rolled out a set of backend and checkout upgrades designed to make buying its NFT email domains quicker and easier, as the...
Maria Irene

DAOs Can Now Run Bluesky Accounts via ICP

Decentralised governance is starting to spill out of the usual on-chain spaces and into public timelines, thanks to a new integration between Bluesky’s AT...
Maria Irene

Tricia Wang on What Autonomous AI Actually Needs

As businesses race to deploy AI agents that can plan, act and execute tasks with minimal human input, a quieter question is starting to...
Maria Irene

Debt Bonanza or Fiscal Headache? US Treasuries Hit $654bn This Week

The United States government sold a huge batch of Treasury securities last week, auctioning a reported $654 billion of bills, notes and bonds as...
Maria Irene

Dvinity Wants to Turn ICP Into a Scratchcard Habit

Dvinity has shared a fresh roadmap for $DVINITY and its decentralised application, leaning into a simple idea with surprisingly sticky potential: if the community...