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Decentralized Identity (DID) and KYC in Blockchain Gambling: Privacy vs. Compliance

By @casinosblockchain [ 2 Min read ] Explore how Decentralized Identity (DID) reshapes KYC in blockchain gambling - using ZKPs, verifiable credentials, and real-world pilots to balance privacy. Read More.

You Are Not Your Company - Your Company is Not You

By @drewchapin [ 3 Min read ] About the psychological trap founders fall into, merging their identity with their startup, and why maintaining objectivity is essential. Read More.

Selective Transparency Might Be the Way Forward as Blockchain’s Transparency Woes Mount

By @danstein [ 3 Min read ] Blockchain’s transparency brings risks. DOP’s selective transparency offers privacy, compliance, and security using zk-proofs and indirect transactions. Read More.

Taking Your Phone Off the Grid: A Step-by-Step Guide

By @TheMarkup [ 8 Min read ] While not a path for everyone, this approach paints a vivid picture of the extreme measures individuals are willing to take in the name of privacy. Read More.

Zero-Knowledge, Zero Limits: The Vision Behind Aleo's New Blockchain Paradigm

By @ishanpandey [ 6 Min read ] Aleo Founder Howard Wu on privacy, ZK cryptography, and how compliant confidential computing is reshaping Web3 infrastructure. Read More.

**[Into the Dark Forest: Engineering Working

DeFi Arbitrage](https://hackernoon.com/into-the-dark-forest-engineering-working-defi-arbitrage)** By @SiCo [ 45 Min read ] How to build a working DeFi arbitrage bot exploiting price discrepancies across AMMs. Read More.

MCP + OpenAI Agents SDK: How to Build a Powerful AI Agent

By @brightdata [ 18 Min read ] Let's see how to integrate the OpenAI Agents SDK library with a real-world MCP server for AI agent development Read More.

The 7 Competitors Vying for the Ultimate Quantum Computing Architecture

By @thomascherickal [ 36 Min read ] A deep dive into all the different quantum computer architectures today and the possible future outlook and all the companies using them. Read More.

Breaking Into a Server Using a Hello World Page and a Fake JPEG

By @psychopper [ 15 Min read ] A simple blog and weak protections were all it took to gain root access. Here’s how misconfigurations and a fake image led to full server compromise. Read More.

If We Want More Cybersecurity Experts, We Must Make CTF Competitions an Official eSport

By @yegoraushev [ 4 Min read ] Capture the Flag contests train youth in real cybersecurity skills. Ukraine made CTF an official sport — now it’s time to scale it as a global talent driver. Read More.

OSCP Survivor Reveals Brain Hack Behind Creative Problem Solving Under Pressure

By @ErSilh0x [ 2 Min read ] Struggling with OSCP exam? These brain-based tips and creative thinking strategies might be the edge you need to break through and think like an innovator. Read More.

Ninja Deep Research: The AI Agent Everyone Can Actually Start Using Now

By @ninjatechai [ 6 Min read ] Ninja is proving 2025 is the year of AI agents. Outpacing OpenAI, Google, and others in tackling hallucinations, millions rely on it for coding, writing & more. Read More.

Google Might Be Undervalued In The Tech and AI Race

By @prasannpatil98 [ 7 Min read ] Google might not be in such deep waters as chatter on the internet would have you believe. Read More.

Mastering Asynchronous JavaScript Callbacks, Promises, and Async, Await for Cleaner React Components

By @rowsan [ 18 Min read ] React is fast. But fast doesn’t always mean efficient—especially when it comes to real-world data. Read More.

LLMOps: DevOps Strategies for Deploying Large Language Models in Production

By @bhanusekhar [ 2 Min read ] Learn how to productionize large language models (LLMs) using AWS EKS, Kubernetes, and GPU-backed scaling. This guide covers LLMOps practices, model deployment. Read More.

The AI Search Marketshare Race: OpenAI Accounts for 66.5% of 2.5M+ Monthly Citations to HackerNoon

By @David [ 2 Min read ] AI Search Marketshare based on 2.5M monthly human initiated AI calls for HackerNoon blogs: 1. OpenAI 66.5%, 2. Anthropic/AmazonBot 25.5% and 3. Perplexity 8%. Read More.

Meet PitchBob.io—an AI Co-Pilot for Entrepreneurs & Pitch Deck Generator

By @dimaslennikov [ 6 Min read ] Discover how PitchBob.io is transforming startup creation for students, founders & corporations with AI copilots, white-label tools & innovation insights. Read More.

Bet on the Future of Software Development

By @mbalabash [ 8 Min read ] Replacing people with AI agents can't be a solution for any of today's complexities in software development. Read More.

By @MichaelJerlis [ 5 Min read ] What’s really driving the crypto market in 2025: open ASICs, political memecoins, AI in DeFi, and real-world asset tokenization. Read More.

Turn Your Android into a Cybersecurity Toolkit with Metasploit and Termux

By @terminal [ 7 Min read ] Metasploit is a strong tool used by security experts around the world to find and fix security problems, especially with remote access. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it. See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️