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State-Sponsored Bitcoin Burning: Forensics and Implications

State-Sponsored Bitcoin Burning: Forensics and Implications

The March 2025 Oosthoek et al. working paper from Delft University of Technology reveals how unauthorized OP_RETURN transactions burned over 7 BTC, linking the activity to Russian intelligence operations.

Power laws, Pareto distributions and Zipf's law

Power laws, Pareto distributions and Zipf's law

Full article summary: Newman, M.E.J., 2005. Power laws, Pareto distributions and Zipf's law. Contemporary Physics 46, 323-351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00107510500052444

Integrating Bitcoin Mining into Biorefineries: Enhancing Economic Viability and Sustainability

Integrating Bitcoin Mining into Biorefineries: Enhancing Economic Viability and Sustainability

Full article summary: Semaan, G., Wang, G., Vo, Q.S., Kumar, G., 2024. The potential relationship between biomass, biorefineries, and Bitcoin. Sustainability 16, 7919.