Major milestone for the Espresso Network!
Espresso is going permissionless. With the PoS upgrade, it transitions from a permissioned validator set to decentralized consensus secured by $ESP, giving small teams & enterprises a more trustless foundation to build their chains on.

Today, the Espresso Network began its upgrade to proof-of-stake.
By March 4, the network will be fully running PoS w/ the stake table active and staking rewards accruing.  Mainnet 1.0 is here.
Here's what's changing & why it matters 🧵

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Just now, a historic "closed-door" event occurred in the AI community.

Anthropic has officially banned access to OpenClaw using its own subscription plan!!!

Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, announced: Starting at 3 PM EST on April 4th (3 AM Beijing time on April 5th), Claude will block all third-party tools; access to these tools will only be available through additional subscription plans or APIs.

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Anthropic officially blocks OpenClaw, causing a global developer crisis within 24 hours.

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Boris Cherny, head of the Anthropic Claude Code, announced that starting in April 2026 [...]
The article, "Anthropic Subscribes to Claude Code and Bans OpenClaw Lobster! From Now On, Third-Party Tools Will Only Be Available with Paid Quotas," was originally published on BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain ABMedia media.