Mercado Bitcoin pauses withdrawals after wallet drain
Mercado Bitcoin paused deposits and withdrawals after assets moved from wallets across many networks. Estimates differ, customer impact is disputed, and the entry method remains unknown.
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Guides
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Deep Dives
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- The 2018 hash war, and what hashrate cannot decide
- Bitcoin has no balances, only unspent outputs
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- The block size war, and what it settled
- Nobody is in charge of Bitcoin, which is the hard part
- Why You Should Accept Bitcoin at Your Beachfront Business
- Texas passes a Bitcoin reserve law: what changes