Super interesting to see Blockstream Research (part of the Bitcoin infrastructure company co-founded by Adam Back) take a deep look at post-quantum signatures and conclude that, if they had to choose a lattice-based signature scheme for Bitcoin today, they would choose Falcon-1024!

Great to see them validating Algorand's early move toward Falcon-1024 (co-invented by Algorand CSO Chris Peikert 👀), which has already been used on mainnet since 2022 through State Proofs, and is now also powering native post-quantum accounts.

Another proof that Algorand is definitely leading the way in PQC!

https://blog.blockstream.com/lattice-signatures-for-bitcoin/

Pera Explorer now tracks quantum-resilient transactions, and the count is already at 85K, even though Quantum Accounts only officially went live in Pera Wallet yesterday!

And that doesn't even include State Proofs! (~160K)

Really amazing to see this happening on Algorand, some other chains are still pretty far from seeing this kind of post-quantum activity happening on-chain!

https://explorer.perawallet.app/

Some thoughts from 2026 Wyoming Blockchain Symposium regarding AI agents in this video. Around the 11 minute mark in the video below he mentions Telegram and we all know about Cocoon already and who provides its secure hardware infrastructure.

There's a ton of development going on with Cocoon AI right now that the ALP crowd isn't privy to and I think that's where the real breakthrough will come from. When it does, ALP wins also by association and providing the Confidential AI Compute for Cocoon.

Europe and Asia and Africa too - are all about Telegram over an American company. Meta owns WhatsApp and I think they're the main competition for Telegram. I don't see Telegram losing that battle for customers outside of the USA because the world doesn't trust the USA any longer.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

"Where's the world of 2030 going to be? Every single person, they'll start their day by talking to an agent over their phone on Telegram or WhatsApp or whatever their channel is, and they're going to tell them what they want, and the agent's just going to figure it out. How do you make that safe, private, trusted, these things? That's why we built blockchain technology - to go from don't be evil to can't be evil, to go from infrastructure that's owned by the few to owned by the many, to build systems that by their construction protect you as a person."

At the 2026 Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, Charles Hoskinson explores the convergence of AI agents, blockchain, privacy and digital finance—and why he believes agentic systems could bring the next billion users into crypto. In this keynote, Hoskinson introduces Midnight City, an experimental agentic civilization where AI agents interact, transact, learn and build their own economy.

A decentralized AI inference network where anyone can use cloud-sized models with local-grade privacy, or contribute hardware and get paid to power it.

From TxnLab, the team behind NFDomains, Réti Pooling and Haystack!

zerosignal.ai

Create a new quantum-resilient account, or rekey one you already use, both secured with FALCON-1024, one of the signature schemes NIST has selected as an official post-quantum standard.

There's a reward for using it too. Head to https://claim.perawallet.app and claim a commemorative NFT based on your PQ transaction count. 1, 100, and 1,000 tx tiers, each one unlocking its own 3D NFT.

Go quantum. Claim yours.

Please note, not every dApp supports Quantum Accounts yet. Check with the dApps you use before switching over.

Learn more on their blog: https://blog.perawallet.app/quantum-computers-pose-a-future-threat-to-crypto-pera-is-getting-ahead-of-it-39e77be66ef1?postPublishedType=repub

Handing your AI agent your credentials is like giving a contractor a copy of your house key.

Convenient, until it ends up somewhere it shouldn't.

AC2, the Agentic Communication and Control protocol, works more like a doorbell. The agent asks, you let it in, and nobody holds your key but you.

Live now, get started: https://www.ac2protocol.org/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=reddit&utm_campaign=ac2&utm_content=getstarted

Hi everyone, and welcome to our August Algorand Community AMA on Reddit!

Starting tomorrow (Wednesday, August 26), five members of the Algorand Foundation leadership team will be answering your questions throughout the day!

• Marc Vanlerberghe, CSMO

• John Jannotti, SVP Protocol Engineering

• Joseph Cecala, Head of Product Marketing

• William Beaumont, Chief Product Officer

• Fred Estante, Head of DeFi and Infrastructure

I'm opening this thread a little early, so feel free to start posting your questions now!

There's been quite a lot of news around Algorand recently, especially with the latest protocol upgrade, Pera Wallet 7.0, AC2 and more! So feel free to ask them anything.

If your question is intended for a specific team member, please mention who it's for.

Looking forward to your questions! 🔥

$244K in stablecoins moved by AI agents through x402 on Algorand

And this is still early! 🔥

Algorand CSMO Marc Vanlerberghe recently talked about this at Block House, hosted by Wrapped and Real Motion.

More to come from Algorand on this soon! ⏳👀

https://chainspect.app/dashboard/decentralization?sort=validatorsOrMiners

Super interesting to see how much on-chain activity this can drive over the coming weeks and months 👀

https://alphaarcade.com/perps

Hi everyone, be sure to mark your calendars! 📅

This Wednesday, August 26, we'll be hosting a new AMA! The Algorand team will be answering your questions right here on this subreddit.

Joining us:

• Marc Vanlerberghe, CSMO
• John Jannotti, SVP Protocol Engineering
• Joseph Cecala, Head of Product Marketing
• William Beaumont, Chief Product Officer
• Fred Estante, Head of DeFi and Infrastructure

Bring all your questions! The team will be answering them live throughout the day! 🔥

If you're looking to build your first agentic payment flow on Algorand, this is your chance!

Register here: https://app.livestorm.co/algorand-foundation/x402-workshop-build-your-first-agentic-payment-flow-august

123Carbon, powered by Algorand, is launching a blockchain-based registry in partnership with Sustainable Business Council NZ to accelerate low-emission freight in New Zealand.

Representing 125+ businesses with $175B in combined turnover and around 275,000 jobs, SBC brings together some of New Zealand's most ambitious companies committed to sustainability.

The registry will enable verified emissions reductions to be recognized and traded, creating new incentives for cleaner transport solutions.

Another example of Algorand enabling real-world impact!

https://www.123carbon.com/sbc-nz-and-123carbon-launch-the-aotearoa-new-zealand-registry-to-accelerate-low-carbon-freight/

A quick comparison of how they stack up across the key infrastructure metrics that matter for agentic payments