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A controversial Bitcoin proposal is drawing fire in the crypto community. Developer Paul Sztorc insists he has no way — and no intention — of touching Satoshi's coins. But critics argue that reassigning balances on forked chains, even symbolically, at addresses someone else controls crosses a line that shouldn't be crossed in any form.
Meanwhile, a significant shift is underway in how Americans may identify themselves to their government. A DOGE-affiliated official named Greg Hogan is now overseeing Login.gov, the federal identity platform. The service is moving toward integrating driver's licenses and passport data, prompting at least one insider to call it plainly what it may become — a national ID system.
And in the race to power artificial intelligence, Meta is looking well beyond the ground beneath its data centers. The company has secured up to one gigawatt of solar energy generated in orbit, betting that space-based power collection can meet the staggering electricity demands that AI infrastructure continues to place on the grid.
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