April 18, 2026

The Block Runner Blog

SpiderPool Pays Miners in Bitcoin AND NAT — What That Actually Means for Bitcoin's Future

The Moment Everyone in NAT Has Been Waiting For On this week's Block Runner Podcast, William and I-man opened with a topic they could barely contain: SpiderPool, the fifth-largest Bitcoin mining pool by hash rate, has announced it will begin distributing both Bitcoin and NAT

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What the SEC’s Crypto Staking Ban Means for Ethereum and the Web3 Space

The SEC wants to crack down on crypto staking warns Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase. What will this do to the web3 industry if it is true?

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Is the Start of the Crypto AI Revolution Here?

AI is taking over the tech world and speculation is it will inevitably spill over into the web3 industry and become a main driver for a new wave of market euphoria. What will it take for this to happen and how is a company called personal.ai leading the charge.

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South Korea’s Metaverse Project: A Giant Step Forward

A big development for the adoption of the metaverse has just been announced by Seoul, a city in South Korea. They have plans to develop their own virtual world project that grants citizens access to critical government services. How will this change the sentiment for the utility that the metaverse has to offer the world.

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Web3 Gaming - What is the Way Forward?

Web3 gaming showed a massive amount of promise in the last bull cycle, what are the ways to bring back positive sentiment for the space? Some say hiding blockchain components from the consumer is the way, others think that the web3 components should be highlighted since it is a new innovation.

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The Abstraction Layer of the Metaverse

The metaverse needs a new technology infrastructure layer to enable digital content to traverse across virtual realms and still maintain its programmed logic and function. How is MetaZone working to build this technology and how will this change the metaverse future?

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