DigiByte Alliance

Happy 11th Anniversary, #DigiByte! ?? Celebrating eleven years since its launch from an Idaho garage, #DigiByte remains a decentralized, open-source blockchain championing security, accessibility, and freedom. Today marks the official launch of v8.22, heralding a new era for one of the most secure, scalable, and #decentralized blockchains. Key highlights of this milestone release include: - Integration of Taproot & Schnorr for enhanced security and functionality, with delayed activation for testing purposes. - Fee adjustment: Minimum transaction fee now established at 0.1 DGB per kilobyte. - Introduction of upgraded features from Bitcoin Core versions v0.18-v0.22, featuring Descriptor wallets, Multi-wallet support, and improved hardware wallet integration. - Enhanced RPC commands to streamline the developer experience. Over the past decade, DigiByte has evolved into a secure and scalable blockchain, supported by a global community dedicated to driving innovation. Its architecture continues to adapt to the demands of a dynamic digital landscape, showcasing the benefits of decentralized, collaborative development. Cheers to 11 years of progress and to the exciting future ahead! ?? #Blockchain #DigiByte11Years #Decentralization #Innovation For detailed release notes, visit: https://lnkd.in/e5WWcwuF

In our March 2023 response letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information regarding Digital Assets Research and Development, the DigiByte Alliance identified government inefficiencies as a focus point for the future research and development of digital asset technology: "DGBA believes it is essential to develop a public framework and common lexicon among public and private stakeholders regarding the key challenges and impediments to the wider adoption and public trust of digital asset technology. Specifically, those areas where a lack of transparency, efficiency, and security cause the greatest misallocation of resources, fraudulent activities, and system exploitation. Expert insights from private and public stakeholders, including the various agencies (e.g., Offices of Inspector General and cybersecurity-related agencies) about current system or operational vulnerabilities within the Federal Government and beyond should be gathered in parallel. Such a survey would better inform federal resource allocation and priorities for future development of digital asset technology solutions and applications within the Federal Government, and beyond." While it has not been confirmed that research funding for #blockchain technology will be part of the newly declared Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE), one would assume that it might, given its alignment with the goals of efficiency, transparency, and accountability. By targeting areas where lack of transparency, efficiency, and security contribute to resource misallocation, fraud, and exploitation—and gathering insights from both public and private sectors—the incoming administration could guide R&D toward impactful #blockchain solutions, with the potential to achieve government efficiency in the newly proposed department by #DonaldTrump, #ElonMusk and #VivekRamaswamy. Should cost savings be realized by this Department, it would make sense to allocate resources to open-source public blockchains as transparent public ledgers that can drive government efficiencies. #Blockchain #DigiByte #DigitalAssets #GovTech