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StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson stated that he maintains a neutral stance regarding the recent controversy involving the Ethereum Foundation. Eli Ben-Sasson reflected on StarkWare’s journey since 2019/2020 in developing a post-quantum secure ZK STARK system, noting that the team’s technical decisions in directions such as STARKs, zkVM, Cairo, Native AA, and Bitcoin scaling were once seen as misaligned with Ethereum, but have now been adopted by multiple teams. Eli Ben-Sasson called for the Ethereum ecosystem to focus more on technology and capability itself, rather than alignment, and expressed willingness to work more closely with Ethereum if this can be achieved.

As an important gold-producing country in Africa, gold mining and related export trade are key sources of economic income for Guinea. The issuance of this export ban is expected to have a certain impact on the regional gold supply chain and related industry structure.

According to Odaily, on this day in history, 16 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto responded to a community user's question about how to address the issue of lost Bitcoin by stating: "Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone."