Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published his latest article "The Future of Ethereum Protocol (Part 4): The Verge", which stated that Ethereum plans to improve blockchain verification efficiency through the "Verge" project. Verge initially focused on stateless verification of Verkle trees, and has now expanded to comprehensive resource optimization, including the use of STARK technology to verify the execution layer and consensus layer of the chain. This design will enable ordinary devices such as mobile phones to run fully verified nodes, which is expected to lower the hardware threshold. The current project also focuses on increasing verification speed, reducing data storage requirements, and addressing the possibility of future quantum computer threats.

Sonic Labs CTO Andre Cronje posted on the X platform that the cost of running a Layer 2 or application chain is about $13.2 million, including prepaid and annual expenses such as oracles, stablecoins, RPC services, governance, etc. Cronje also listed the cost centers of the Sonic project in the past year, totaling $35.6 million, mainly including R&D, ecosystem construction, legal and compliance expenses. He pointed out that these costs do not include exchange listing fees, indicating that no related operations have been carried out this year.

OpenAI competitor Anthropic announced that the upgraded version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet has introduced a new "computer use" function, which enables AI to operate computers like humans and complete complex tasks. Anthropic also released a new model Claude 3.5 Haiku, which processes code tasks faster and more cost-effectively, and will be launched at the end of this month.

Tesla will release its third-quarter earnings report after the market closes on Wednesday. The market speculates that Tesla may transfer Bitcoin to a custodian for mortgage loans. Currently, the company is still the world's fourth largest Bitcoin holder listed company.

CloverPool data shows that the difficulty of Bitcoin mining has been adjusted at block height 866,880 (2024-10-23 02:05:01), with the difficulty of mining increasing by 3.94% to 95.67 T, a record high. The current average computing power of the entire network is 706.03 EH/s.

Radiant warns that if authorization is not revoked in time, user funds may be at risk of being stolen. Users can remove permissions by visiting revoke.cash to ensure the safety of their assets. Radiant said the team is working hard to track and freeze the stolen funds and is working closely with security experts and law enforcement agencies to prevent further losses.

The New York Times reported that Bill Gates recently donated about $50 million to Future Forward, a nonprofit supporting Vice President Harris' campaign. He has expressed concern about the prospect of Trump being re-elected as president, although he has stressed that he can work with either candidate.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), sent a "Sweet Sixteen" blessing to the 16th anniversary of the release of the Bitcoin white paper. In the interview, he said that the SEC will continue to maintain its current "law enforcement and supervision" strategy for crypto assets, emphasizing the importance of protecting investors and the healthy development of the market.