{"id":559254,"date":"2026-08-31T23:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T22:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=559254"},"modified":"2026-08-31T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:55:16","slug":"ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ontology suspended mainnet block production to investigate a potential security concern, pausing the network while its technical team and validators reviewed the issue.<\/p>\n

A public-node snapshot showed a gap of about five hours and six minutes since the chain's last recorded block.<\/p>\n

The project announced the pause<\/a> at 09:09 UTC on Aug. 31. Ontology called it a preventive measure and said it had not confirmed a security incident or found any indication that user assets had been lost or compromised. Based on the project's assessment at the time, its ONT and ONG crypto assets, along with other on-chain assets, remained unaffected.<\/p>\n

Public node remained at block 20,770,893<\/h2>\n

Ontology's first-party notice<\/a> said it identified the potential concern during a daily security check. The notice did not specify the technical condition under review, which systems might be involved, or what findings would allow production to resume.<\/p>\n

The project said the suspension's duration was undetermined and that it would issue a separate announcement before or when the network resumed. It also said it would not process on-chain transactions while block production remained suspended. Ontology did not disclose a public restart timetable in the notice.<\/p>\n

Those statements keep the episode distinct from a confirmed exploit or attack. The network interruption is clear, but the project's asset-safety statement was a preliminary assessment made while the review was still underway. Ontology did not report a loss, compromise, or active attack in either of its initial updates.<\/p>\n\n

\n \n
\n Related Reading<\/span>\n

MANTRA Chain is back online, but silent code changes spark developer concerns<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/i>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n

Ontology's developer documentation lists dappnode1.ont.io as a public MainNet node<\/a>. A height request<\/a> captured at 13:30:49 UTC returned block 20,770,893.<\/p>\n

The record for that block<\/a> carries a timestamp of 08:24:26 UTC on Aug. 31. The difference between the block timestamp and the later snapshot was five hours, six minutes, and 23 seconds.<\/p>\n

\"Timeline<\/a>
Infographic showing Ontology\u2019s mainnet pause timeline, including the last recorded block, pause announcement, public-node snapshot, and preventive security review.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That calculation measures time since the last block visible through the documented node. The node data does not explain why production stopped, but its unchanged height aligns with Ontology's statement that the mainnet had been suspended.<\/p>\n

The next material update is whether validators resume block production and what Ontology's review<\/a> finds. A restart would establish the final duration, while a later technical explanation could show whether the precautionary halt prevented an incident or addressed a concern that did not develop into one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The project said no incident or asset loss had been confirmed, while a public node remained at block 20,770,893 and no restart time was disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":559349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46940,77968,77494,37],"tags":[],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOntology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The project said no incident or asset loss had been confirmed, while a public node remained at block 20,770,893 and no restart time was disclosed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The project said no incident or asset loss had been confirmed, while a public node remained at block 20,770,893 and no restart time was disclosed.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CryptoSlate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-31T17:55:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ontology-mainnet-red-light.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@akibablade\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/#person\",\"name\":\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/#authorimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\"},\"jobTitle\":\"Editor-in-Chief\",\"description\":\"Liam \u201cAkiba\u201d Wright is CryptoSlate\u2019s Editor-in-Chief, reporter and podcast producer, focused on decentralized tech\u2019s positive impact.\",\"worksFor\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.akiba.gg\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/akibablade\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liamandrewwright\",\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/liam-wright\/articles\"]},\"headline\":\"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/\"},\"wordCount\":422,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"DeFi\",\"Featured\",\"Outage\",\"Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/\",\"name\":\"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"The project said no incident or asset loss had been confirmed, while a public node remained at block 20,770,893 and no restart time was disclosed.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/\",\"name\":\"CryptoSlate\",\"description\":\"Cryptocurrency News and Real-time Coin Data\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"NewsMediaOrganization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CryptoSlate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"CryptoSlate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.substack.com\",\"https:\/\/t.me\/cryptoslatenews\",\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/iq.wiki\/wiki\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKggKIiRDQklTRlFnTWFoRUtEMk55ZVhCMGIzTnNZWFJsTG1OdmJTZ0FQAQ\",\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/media-outlet\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cryptoslatenews\"],\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#editorial-principles\",\"ownershipFundingInfo\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/how-cryptoslate-makes-and-spends-money\/\",\"correctionsPolicy\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#corrections-feedback\",\"ethicsPolicy\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#editorial-principles\",\"foundingDate\":\"2017-08-04\",\"founder\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Nate Whitehill\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matthew Blancarte\"}],\"contactPoint\":[{\"@type\":\"ContactPoint\",\"contactType\":\"customer support\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/contact\/\",\"availableLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ContactPoint\",\"contactType\":\"sales\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/advertising\/\",\"availableLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ContactPoint\",\"contactType\":\"newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#corrections-feedback\",\"email\":\"tips@cryptoslate.com\",\"availableLanguage\":\"en-US\"}],\"masthead\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/about\/#masthead\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2b02b41a7478e18d903ca8eec4979e\",\"name\":\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\"},\"description\":\"Also known as \\\"Akiba,\\\" Liam Wright is the Editor-in-Chief at CryptoSlate and host of the SlateCast. He believes that together decentralized blockchain and AI technology have the potential to make widespread positive change.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.akiba.gg\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/akibablade\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akibablade\"],\"award\":[\"Most improved footballer - 1992\"],\"knowsAbout\":[\"Python\",\"Javascript\",\"PHP\",\"HTML\",\"Agentic Software\",\"Machine Learning\",\"2000s emo music\",\"Manchester United\"],\"knowsLanguage\":[\"English\",\"Spanish\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue","description":"The project said no incident or asset loss had been confirmed, while a public node remained at block 20,770,893 and no restart time was disclosed.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue","og_description":"The project said no incident or asset loss had been confirmed, while a public node remained at block 20,770,893 and no restart time was disclosed.","og_url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/","og_site_name":"CryptoSlate","article_published_time":"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-31T17:55:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ontology-mainnet-red-light.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@akibablade","twitter_site":"@cryptoslate","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/"},"author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/#person","name":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/#authorimage","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam.jpg","caption":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright"},"jobTitle":"Editor-in-Chief","description":"Liam \u201cAkiba\u201d Wright is CryptoSlate\u2019s Editor-in-Chief, reporter and podcast producer, focused on decentralized tech\u2019s positive impact.","worksFor":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.akiba.gg","https:\/\/x.com\/akibablade","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liamandrewwright","https:\/\/muckrack.com\/liam-wright\/articles"]},"headline":"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue","datePublished":"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/"},"wordCount":422,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["DeFi","Featured","Outage","Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2026","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/","name":"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-31T22:40:23+00:00","description":"The project said no incident or asset loss had been confirmed, while a public node remained at block 20,770,893 and no restart time was disclosed.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ontology-halts-mainnet-transactions-as-technical-team-investigates-potential-security-issue\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/","name":"CryptoSlate","description":"Cryptocurrency News and Real-time Coin Data","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization","name":"CryptoSlate","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c-logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"CryptoSlate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/cryptoslate.substack.com","https:\/\/t.me\/cryptoslatenews","https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/iq.wiki\/wiki\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKggKIiRDQklTRlFnTWFoRUtEMk55ZVhCMGIzTnNZWFJsTG1OdmJTZ0FQAQ","https:\/\/muckrack.com\/media-outlet\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cryptoslatenews"],"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#editorial-principles","ownershipFundingInfo":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/how-cryptoslate-makes-and-spends-money\/","correctionsPolicy":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#corrections-feedback","ethicsPolicy":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#editorial-principles","foundingDate":"2017-08-04","founder":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nate Whitehill"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Matthew Blancarte"}],"contactPoint":[{"@type":"ContactPoint","contactType":"customer support","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/contact\/","availableLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ContactPoint","contactType":"sales","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/advertising\/","availableLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ContactPoint","contactType":"newsroom","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#corrections-feedback","email":"tips@cryptoslate.com","availableLanguage":"en-US"}],"masthead":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/about\/#masthead"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2b02b41a7478e18d903ca8eec4979e","name":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam-150x150.jpg","caption":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright"},"description":"Also known as \"Akiba,\" Liam Wright is the Editor-in-Chief at CryptoSlate and host of the SlateCast. He believes that together decentralized blockchain and AI technology have the potential to make widespread positive change.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.akiba.gg","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/akibablade","https:\/\/twitter.com\/akibablade"],"award":["Most improved footballer - 1992"],"knowsAbout":["Python","Javascript","PHP","HTML","Agentic Software","Machine Learning","2000s emo music","Manchester United"],"knowsLanguage":["English","Spanish"],"url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559254"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559351,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559254\/revisions\/559351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559254"},{"taxonomy":"prediction_market_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prediction_market_topic?post=559254"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=559254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}