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Most blockchains still have a potential degree of censorship and manipulation due to their own middlemen. Let’s see a bit of how they do it.

 


Educational Byte: Why Blockchains Can Be Censored and Manipulated?

Venezuela's government has been clamping down on the internet in an attempt to control what Venezuelans know and understand about the world, including websites.

Websites Censored In Venezuela And How to Access Them

I got sick of all the fake news and harmful conspiracy theories, so I wrote a balanced article that discussed real vs fake conspiracies. It ranked #1 on Google for keyphrases such as "How To Defeat The New World Order". Now, it has been censored from Google.

Google Censored My New World Order Article: WTF Happened To Free Speech?

The post’s been delivered and most of us dread any possible bills lurking inside the mailbox. However, as a security researcher there’s a greater fear. That of legal threats, cease and desists and other angry letters from lawyers, big corporations or nation states. After reading Zack Whittaker’s recent article for Zero Days titled <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/chilling-effect-lawsuits-threaten-security-research-need-it-most/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Lawsuits threaten InfoSec research — just when we need it most</em></strong></a>. A follow up, with strategies from someone who has seen some threats of lawsuits seemed good to share.

Top Strategies for censored and sued security researchers and hackers

Meet the winners of Round 3 of the Spacecoin Writing Contest!  6 categories, 7 winners, 9000 USDT in cash prizes. 

The Spacecoin Writing Contest by Spacecoin and HackerNoon: Final Round Results 🎉

Neo and SpoonOS launch $100K Scoop AI Hackathon across 8 cities to unite AI and blockchain developers building the sentient economy

Neo and SpoonOS Offer $100K to Solve the Problem Centralized AI Cannot Fix

Tired of losing control over your money and media? See how crypto could change ownership in the digital age. What’s your take?

The Problem of Ownership in the Digital Era —and How Crypto May Help

Explore how blockchain mesh networks could make internet shutdowns nearly impossible, creating a freer, more resilient web.

Can a Blockchain Mesh Finally End Internet Shutdowns

The Internet in 2025 is more Balkanized than decentralized, and censorship is taking full advantage of it. 

New Censors and Old Decentralized Internet Dreams

BelNet downloads have surged despite VPN laws tightening across the globe.

UK, EU, India: As VPN Regulations Tighten, BelNet Downloads Surge 

How I Built an AI-controlled AI podcast that also streams over RTMP to YouTube and Twitch.

The Future of News Broadcasting: How I Built an AI-Controlled Podcast

Meet the winners of Round 2 of the Spacecoin Writing Contest! Stories on censorship, space tech, and blockchain innovation took home 3,000 USDT in prizes.

The Spacecoin Writing Contest by Spacecoin and HackerNoon: Round 2 Results 🎉

If you’re holding something like USDT or USDC, your coins can be stopped in their tracks. So, let’s explore what you need to check about your coins.

Educational Byte: Centralized Vs. Decentralized Coins – or Your USDT Can Be Frozen

Some crypto networks need to walk a careful line between regulations and maintaining their open nature. That's where blacklists appear. Do you know  them?

Blacklists Are Eating Crypto Alive. Here’s Why It Matters.

This essay traces the evolution of censorship from Soviet-era suppression to modern, more sophisticated digital manipulation and deepfakes.

Pixels, Paperbacks, and Power

In this post, I'll share a practical overview of the protective measures needed for different components when building robust AI systems.

LLM Security: A Practical Overview of the Protective Measures Needed 

Bitcoin mining is more centralized than ever in 2025, with 6 pools controlling 95%+ of hashrate — raising risks of censorship and double-spending.

Bitcoin Mining’s Centralization Threat: Six Pools Now Control 95% of Mined Blocks

Ian Goldberg has been one of the cypherpunks who have appeared on the TV news —and no, not in a massive legal issue like Julian Assange. Let's learn about him! 

Ian Goldberg, the Cypherpunk Who Hacked Netscape for Fun

Compare custom Polygon RPC nodes vs. public endpoints in terms of performance, cost, decentralization, and developer experience to choose the best setup for you

Inside the Unseen War Between Shared and Custom Blockchain Nodes

Decentralization’s biggest hurdle isn’t code—it’s convincing people they’re being silenced, and that it matters.

Even if Decentralization Could End Censorship, Would We Let It?

Crypto mixers are tools designed to make cryptocurrency transactions more private. Are they legal, though? 

Educational Byte: What are Crypto Coin Mixers? Are They Legal?

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is evolving fast—memory, coding agents, and unbeatable pricing are making it the AI tool to watch (and worry about).

ChatGPT Doesn't Want to be Your Assistant, It Wants to be your Life Partner

The more skilled you become, the harder others try to pull you away from the very craft work that made you valuable in the first place.

Engineers, Stop Getting Promoted — It’s a Trap

Think the dark web is all crime and hackers? Think again. Let’s bust the myths and uncover the truth—once and for all. 

So How Scary is The Dark Web Really?

Our Cloud Security Platform gives protection that is smarter, faster, and safer than is humanly possible

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