Network World

A piece of internet history is on the auction block at Christie's: the packet sent in 2001 by the Bergen Linux User Group in Norway during the first real-world implementation of RFC 1149, the humorous protocol for transmitting internet data by carrier pigeon. The experiment famously beat an early internet connection in a latency test, and the artifacts from it are now being offered in a science and manuscripts sale.

A reader has noted that people in their online network are writing more books than they can realistically read, calling it a pleasant first-world problem. They encourage the authors to keep writing, praising the quality and variety of the books and saying they love having the choice, sometimes buying extra copies to pass along to others.

Arbitrum, a leading Ethereum layer-2 network, has announced new tokenized assets alongside a major $500 million solar energy initiative. The move signals a push to bring real-world assets and renewable energy financing onto its blockchain. Observers see it as a notable step linking crypto infrastructure with the green energy sector, though few project details have been released so far.