The state Department of State approved a new variance for the proposed Amazon warehouse in the town of Wawayanda. The project has proven controversial, especially after the town board overruled the town zoning board, voting down a height variance for the 3.2 million-square-foot warehouse. The state Department of State is now allowing Amazon to forgo...

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was headed for a third straight month of losses on Wednesday, capping a year defined by record highs and a dramatic crash. On the last trading day of the year, the token hovered near $88,000, after weeks of trading in a tight range. Still, a bounce could be in the cards as early...

The industry is realizing that Bitcoin was deliberately designed to prioritize simple, deterministic validation over complex on-chain execution. This design choice minimizes resource requirements, preserves decentralization, and reduces systemic risk even if it means pushing complex logic, programmability, and heavy computation to higher layers or external systems. How Bitcoin Avoids Complex State Transitions The fundamental...