Maria Irene

Maria Irene is a journalist and author covering the Internet Computer Protocol, Bitcoin, DeFi, and the broader decentralised web. She is the founder and editor of LedgerLife.io, an independent, reader-funded publication dedicated to clear-eyed reporting on the ICP ecosystem and Web3 technology. She is the author of two books: Money Without Masters: The Story of Crypto (Amazon) and The World Computer: Decentralised Computing and the Rise of the Internet Computer Protocol (Amazon). Her work focuses on making complex blockchain technology accessible without losing precision or depth.
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ICPay launches on-chain storage alternative to AWS S3

ICPay has launched icBucket, an on-chain storage service designed to give developers, AI agents and decentralised applications an alternative to traditional cloud object storage. Built...

Dvinity DAO opens vote on treasury participation in Menese SNS launch

Dvinity DAO has opened Proposal 19, giving its stakers the opportunity to vote on whether treasury ICP should be used to participate in the...

AI data centre growth faces US power shortfall

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States is facing a growing electricity challenge, with data centre power requirements expected to...

GPT-6 Sol comes to Caffeine for faster app building

Caffeine has added OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol to its lineup of AI models for app development, giving users another option for longer development sessions where...
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ICP community audit corrects tokenomics tracking assumptions

A discussion on the DFINITY Developer Forum has prompted a reassessment of how newly minted ICP enters circulation, after community researchers found that some...
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Internet Identity proposals aim to prepare ICP authentication for AI agent...

Internet Identity, the authentication system used across the Internet Computer network, is undergoing a proposed upgrade that would allow AI agents to interact with...
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Llama_cpp_canister update gives developers a clearer view of AI costs

The latest update to llama_cpp_canister is making it easier for developers to understand exactly how many AI tokens are used in each on-chain AI...
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Liquidium reaches $4.25 million in total deposits as lending activity grows

Liquidium has reached $4.25 million in total deposits, with users increasingly using native digital assets as collateral rather than selling them, according to a...
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Pierre Samaties outlines July progress across the Internet Computer

Pierre Samaties has released a July update outlining a series of product launches, infrastructure developments and ecosystem milestones across the Internet Computer, with projects...
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Caffeine AI lets users query live app data across multiple applications

Caffeine AI has introduced a feature that allows users to ask questions about the live data inside their applications, including information drawn from multiple...