# Development Related Articles

HTX News Center provides the latest articles and in-depth analysis on "Development", covering market trends, project updates, tech developments, and regulatory policies in the crypto industry.

From Understanding Skill to Learning How to Build Crypto Research Skill

This article explores the evolution and application of Agent Skill, a modular framework introduced by Anthropic in late 2025, which has become a foundational design pattern in the AI Agent ecosystem. Initially a tool to improve Claude's performance on specific tasks, it evolved into an open standard due to high developer adoption. Agent Skill functions like a "dynamic instruction manual" that AI can reference to perform tasks consistently without repetitive user prompting. It is built using a `skill.md` file containing metadata (name and description) and detailed instructions. The system operates through an on-demand loading workflow: the AI first scans lightweight skill metadata, matches the user's intent, then loads only the relevant skill's full instructions, optimizing token usage. Two advanced mechanisms enhance its functionality: - **Reference**: Conditionally loads external documents (e.g., a finance handbook) only when triggered by specific keywords, avoiding unnecessary context consumption. - **Script**: Executes external code (e.g., a Python script) without reading its content, enabling actions like file uploads with zero token cost. The article contrasts Agent Skill with Model Context Protocol (MCP), noting that MCP connects AI to data sources, while Skill defines how to process that data. For advanced use cases like crypto research, combining both is recommended: MCP fetches real-time data (e.g., blockchain info, news APIs), while Skill structures the analysis and output format. A practical example demonstrates building a crypto research agent using an `opennews-mcp` server. The Skill automates workflows like due diligence on new tokens (pulling Twitter data, news sentiment, KOL tracking) and real-time event monitoring (e.g., ZK-proof breakthroughs) to generate structured reports or trading alerts. This combination creates a powerful, automated research system tailored for Web3 analytics.

marsbit03/10 10:41

From Understanding Skill to Learning How to Build Crypto Research Skill

marsbit03/10 10:41

Chainlink attracts capital as rivals bleed – LINK’s move above $9.17 IF…

Amid a weak crypto market with widespread outflows from major assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana, Chainlink (LINK) demonstrated notable resilience. It attracted consistent capital inflows, recording $1.93 million on March 5 and $935,310 on March 6, while ranking third in development activity. LINK formed an ascending triangle pattern, with key resistance at $9.17 and support at $8.30. Momentum indicators like RSI and MACD showed slight improvement, though a clear bullish signal was not yet confirmed. For the positive momentum to translate into price action, holding above $8.30 is critical, while a break above $9.17 would validate its strength.

ambcrypto03/09 04:01

Chainlink attracts capital as rivals bleed – LINK’s move above $9.17 IF…

ambcrypto03/09 04:01

AAVE jumps 7% on $42.5 mln governance boost – Can it break $130?

AAVE surged 7.5% on March 2, approaching the $120–$130 resistance level not breached since early February. While recent attempts to break this level resulted in bull traps and long liquidations, current on-chain activity suggests a stronger foundation. A major governance-approved proposal allocates $42.5 million to Aave Labs, boosting development funding and returning all revenue to the DAO treasury. This, combined with increased accumulation by large investors and high development activity, reduces the risk of another bull trap. The rally appears strategic rather than speculative, potentially enabling AAVE to decouple from broader altcoin trends and sustain a breakout above $130.

ambcrypto03/04 04:05

AAVE jumps 7% on $42.5 mln governance boost – Can it break $130?

ambcrypto03/04 04:05

Ethereum Roadmap Could Advance Faster With AI, Vitalik Buterin Says

Vitalik Buterin suggests that AI could significantly accelerate Ethereum's development roadmap, citing an experiment where an AI-built client (ETH2030) was created in six days for $5,750. The prototype, covering 65 roadmap items, demonstrates potential but has limitations and bugs. Buterin emphasizes that AI should enhance both speed and security through formal verification and extensive testing. While not production-ready, the experiment highlights Ethereum's ambitious goals, including 10,000+ TPS and faster finality, and underscores that AI could help complete the roadmap faster and more securely than expected.

bitcoinist03/02 16:41

Ethereum Roadmap Could Advance Faster With AI, Vitalik Buterin Says

bitcoinist03/02 16:41

‘Vibe-coding 2030 roadmap within weeks’ – Buterin’s new Ethereum vision

Vitalik Buterin has announced a significant acceleration in Ethereum's development, suggesting its 2030 roadmap could now progress at "AI speed." This follows a breakthrough where AI agents built a working Ethereum client prototype aligned with long-term goals in just 14 days, generating approximately 700,000 lines of code. Buterin expressed excitement but cautioned that AI is not ready to replace human developers, emphasizing that security audits and bug fixing remain critical. He proposes using half the time saved by AI for accelerated development and the other half to strengthen security. This shift coincides with the upcoming Hegota fork in 2026, which will introduce account abstraction (EIP-8141) to enable smart accounts and other advanced features. Despite cautious market sentiment and ETH's modest price gains, development activity has surged to a multi-month high. Buterin reframes the AI-crypto narrative, viewing Ethereum as shared infrastructure for AI agents to operate autonomously without central authority.

ambcrypto03/02 08:02

‘Vibe-coding 2030 roadmap within weeks’ – Buterin’s new Ethereum vision

ambcrypto03/02 08:02

Under the AI Wave, Which Web3 Careers Are Rapidly Disappearing?

The rapid advancement of AI is profoundly impacting the Web3 job market, leading to the decline of several traditional roles while creating new opportunities. Roles such as junior Solidity developers, entry-level researchers, community moderators, crypto traders, and NFT artists are increasingly being replaced by AI, which can perform these tasks faster, cheaper, and often more effectively. Conversely, new Web3 professions are emerging. These include AI-Web3 synergy architects, who design systems for AI and blockchain integration; AI agent training coordinators, managing multi-agent collaboration; advanced prompt engineers crafting behavioral frameworks for AI; on-chain behavioral economists designing anti-AI-exploit tokenomics; Web3 compliance and ethics officers addressing algorithmic bias; and privacy and proof-of-humanity experts verifying human identity in an AI-dominated landscape. The key takeaway is adaptability. Web3 professionals must assess whether their current roles will remain relevant and focus on areas where human-AI collaboration creates value—the intersection of human ingenuity and machine efficiency.

marsbit03/01 03:57

Under the AI Wave, Which Web3 Careers Are Rapidly Disappearing?

marsbit03/01 03:57

Bitcoin Needs Only 2 Steps To Become Quantum-Resistant, Core Dev Says

Bitcoin core developer Matt Corallo refutes claims that developers are ignoring quantum threats, proposing a two-step roadmap for quantum resistance. First, enable post-quantum key commitments using hash-based signatures, a step with growing consensus. Second, decide later when to disable vulnerable legacy spend paths, a more politically challenging move. Corallo argues most wallets already have quantum-safe features at the derivation layer, reducing migration complexity. He emphasizes ongoing work is active, citing research at Blockstream and Chaincode Labs, and disputes the narrative that quantum risk is being neglected. The goal is a low-cost upgrade path that prepares Bitcoin without immediate fee increases.

bitcoinist02/23 17:02

Bitcoin Needs Only 2 Steps To Become Quantum-Resistant, Core Dev Says

bitcoinist02/23 17:02

Zcash’s Original Builders Leave ECC to Launch ZODL Independent Development Entity

The original builders of Zcash have officially separated from the Electric Coin Company (ECC) and formed a new independent development organization called ZODL. This split, the most significant change in Zcash's history, follows a governance dispute between ECC and its nonprofit owner, Bootstrap, regarding control, strategic direction, and development autonomy. The entire ECC staff resigned and regrouped under ZODL. The Zcash blockchain has not forked, and ZEC remains unchanged with normal network operation. However, the core development team behind Zcash's privacy technology and the Zashi wallet (now under ZODL) has moved. ECC continues to exist but without its original team. This shift may influence future upgrades, wallet innovation, privacy features, and governance, but the blockchain itself remains unaffected. The long-term impact will depend on coordination between ECC and ZODL.

TheNewsCrypto02/17 12:41

Zcash’s Original Builders Leave ECC to Launch ZODL Independent Development Entity

TheNewsCrypto02/17 12:41

Bitcoin Developers Kick Off Quantum-Safety Track With BIP-360

Bitcoin developers have advanced quantum-resistance efforts by merging an updated draft of BIP-360 into the official repository. The proposal introduces Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR), a new SegWit v2 output type that removes Taproot’s key-path spend—deemed most vulnerable to quantum attacks—while retaining script-tree functionality. P2MR addresses long-exposure quantum risks, where public keys remain on-chain for extended periods, but does not protect against short-exposure attacks targeting unconfirmed transactions. As a soft fork, it creates a new address type (bc1z) without affecting existing Taproot outputs. Trade-offs include larger witness sizes and reduced privacy, as all spends reveal script usage. The proposal marks a concrete step in formalizing quantum-preparedness, though future work on post-quantum signatures may be needed.

bitcoinist02/13 17:01

Bitcoin Developers Kick Off Quantum-Safety Track With BIP-360

bitcoinist02/13 17:01

Will Ex-Ripple CTO Schwartz Develop Bitcoin Again? His Answer Turns Heads

David Schwartz, former Ripple CTO and key architect of the XRP Ledger, dismissed the possibility of returning to Bitcoin development, calling Bitcoin “largely a technological dead end.” He argued that Bitcoin's success is driven more by social and monetary inertia than by technological innovation at its base layer. The comments emerged from a debate on X (formerly Twitter) about centralization in crypto, where Schwartz defended XRP's early "genesis reset" by pointing to what he called more centralized incidents in Bitcoin's history, such as a coordinated rollback in 2010. Schwartz stated that blockchain technology matters less to Bitcoin’s success than its established monetary status, comparing it to the U.S. dollar. He confirmed he has no plans to develop for Bitcoin again and will instead focus on his own projects on the XRP Ledger. At the time of writing, XRP was trading at $1.38.

bitcoinist02/12 19:03

Will Ex-Ripple CTO Schwartz Develop Bitcoin Again? His Answer Turns Heads