Bitcoin Magazine has published an excerpt from Leon Wankum’s Digital Real Estate, laying out a framework that compares Bitcoin to scarce real estate in major global cities. The piece argues that both assets derive value from scarcity and from the people, capital, trust, and economic activity that gather around them over time. It cites Strategy executive chairman and co-founder Michael Saylor, who has likened buying bitcoin to acquiring Manhattan real estate in the city’s early development phase. Wankum draws a line between the two forms of scarcity. In real estate, supply constraints can be sharpened by tax incentives, zoning rules, and limits on building permits, while speculative behavior can make scarcity appear more absolute than it is. Bitcoin, he argues, is different because its supply is fixed at 21 million and sits outside policy decisions or political interference. The excerpt also uses Bitcoin’s UTXO model to extend the analogy. Rather than balances held by a bank, ownership on Bitcoin is represented by direct control over individually defined unspent transaction outputs recorded on the network. Wankum describes that structure as a changing map of property claims secured by cryptography. He adds that Bitcoin does not generate operating cash flow like income-producing real estate, but says it can still function as a long-term savings vehicle and increasingly as collateral in broader credit formation.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said on X that the Bitcoin community deserves credit for advancing technical ideas tied to scalability and state management, including Utreexo and other optimizations built around the UTXO, or unspent transaction output, model. He said Ethereum’s current scaling path is being explored through practical attempts to combine the strengths of different blockchain state models rather than copy a single architecture. According to Buterin, Ethereum wants to capture the benefits of UTXO-style state, dynamic state, and designs that sit between the two. The goal is to let the vast majority of network activity reach what he described as “hyperscale” without giving up decentralization, ease of running nodes, or censorship resistance. He added that Ethereum’s long-term scaling direction is centered on mixing design approaches so the network can raise throughput while preserving openness and security. The post also referenced Utreexo, a state compression proposal from the Bitcoin ecosystem. The approach uses accumulator technology to reduce the storage burden on nodes, making full nodes lighter to run. It is seen as a way to support Bitcoin’s long-term scalability.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said in a post on X that the Bitcoin community deserves credit for advancing related technical ideas, including UTXO-focused state optimization work such as Utreexo. He described Ethereum’s current scaling research as an effort to combine the strengths of different blockchain state models rather than copy a single architecture. According to Buterin, Ethereum wants to capture the benefits of UTXO-style state, dynamic state, and designs that sit between the two. The goal is to let the vast majority of network activity reach what he called “hyperscale” without giving up decentralization, ease of running nodes, or censorship resistance. He also said Ethereum’s future scaling path is aimed at improving throughput while preserving the network’s openness and security. The report added that Utreexo is a state-compression approach proposed in the Bitcoin ecosystem. By using accumulator technology, it reduces node storage requirements and makes full nodes lighter to run, a feature seen as helpful for Bitcoin’s long-term scalability.

According to Bitcoin News, new research by @PraveenPerera details how Coldcard attackers operated: they first identified vulnerable addresses, then sorted them by bitcoin holdings and began transferring funds from the highest-balance addresses. The tool used was rough — in one address with 225 spendable UTXOs, it pulled exactly the 200 newest records, matching a blockchain API's default 200-record limit and suggesting the attacker may not have loaded the next page. The software also spent a 294-satoshi UTXO, increasing transaction fees by around 2,040 satoshis. The researchers conclude the builder understood balance systems better than Bitcoin's UTXO model. Despite the attacker seemingly obtaining full seeds, at least 75 BTC remain in other addresses derived from those seeds; 132.95 BTC still sit in 153 stolen addresses, and the seeds cannot be reproduced, leaving open the possibility of undisclosed private device data.

New research flagged by Bitcoin News shows the Coldcard attacker identified vulnerable addresses, ranked them by bitcoin holdings, and began moving funds from the largest balances first. The transfer tool used appears crude: from one address with 225 spendable UTXOs, it pulled only the newest 200 and left the oldest 25, including a 0.16 BTC UTXO. That matches the default 200-record limit of a blockchain API the researchers looked at, suggesting the attacker may have failed to load the next page of data. The software even spent a 294-satoshi UTXO, reportedly adding about 2,040 satoshis in fees. While the attacker likely obtained full seeds, at least 75 BTC remain in other addresses derived from the same seeds, and 132.95 BTC still sit across 153 compromised addresses. Researchers cannot reproduce the seeds behind those addresses, and have not ruled out access to unpublished private device data or candidate data.

Nakamoto Inc. released its quarterly results for the period ended June 30, 2026, showing a split picture between statutory losses and adjusted operating performance. The Nashville-based Bitcoin operating company reported $35.9 million in total operating revenue, with $25.6 million coming from its media and asset management businesses and $10.4 million from its Bitcoin treasury and derivatives strategy. On a GAAP basis, the company posted a $149.1 million operating loss and a $133.0 million net loss, or $6.65 per diluted share, driven largely by a $105.2 million non-cash goodwill impairment and $48.7 million in mark-to-market losses on Bitcoin holdings. Excluding those non-cash items, adjusted operating income reached $7.3 million, which the company said was its first positive adjusted operating income since becoming a Bitcoin operating company. During the quarter, Nakamoto also closed its legacy healthcare clinics, authorized a $25 million share repurchase, added Chief Investment Officer Tyler Evans to its board, and ended the quarter with 4,467 BTC valued at about $261.5 million.

Bitcoin block 962,142, confirmed on the evening of Aug. 12, contained four transactions from the same address that turned their entire inputs into miner fees. Together, the four transactions paid 177,153,578 satoshis, or 1.7715 BTC, worth about $113,700 at the time, according to the source material. The block included 4,700 transactions in total and collected 1.8189 BTC in fees, which means those four transfers alone made up 97.4% of the block’s fee income. The block was mined by SpiderPool. Each of the four transactions used the same structure: one input and one zero-value OP_RETURN output, leaving no recipient and no change output. In Bitcoin, fees are defined as the difference between total inputs and total outputs, so the entire input value was effectively handed to the miner. The source also said the highest fee rate among the four reached 1,724,128 sat/vB, compared with a block median of 3 sat/vB. The report added that a prior consolidation transaction in the same block had merged scattered UTXOs from 12 addresses into a 1.6034 BTC amount with a normal fee of 858 satoshis, before the subsequent transactions went wrong.

Bitcoin Asia 2026 is scheduled for Aug. 27-28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, with Metaplanet as host and BTC Inc. as organizer. According to the announcement, the event expects more than 10,000 attendees from over 125 countries and will run a dedicated business track alongside the main summit. That track includes Deal Day, an institutional area on the show floor, and the Bitcoin for Corporations Symposium. Deal Day is described as an invite-only program focused on pre-arranged 30-minute one-on-one meetings between Bitcoin companies, banks, funds and research analysts. BTC Inc. said the format builds on a previous Deal Day held during Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, where 23 exhibiting companies and 23 investment partners took part in more than 200 structured meetings. The announcement also positions Hong Kong as a suitable venue because of its virtual asset licensing framework, approval of Bitcoin ETFs, and stated openness to institutional digital asset business. A GA+ business pass priced at $197 will provide access to the networking zone, in-app meeting booking, selected networking opportunities and priority main-stage seating, while access to the Bitcoin for Corporations Symposium requires a business or Whale pass plus an invitation. Deal Day requires a separate application and credentialing process.