**Alby Extension v2.0.0: Significant UI Upgrades**
Alby is a Bitcoin Lightning and Nostr browser extension that connects to different wallet interfaces, including personal nodes. It let's users manage their payments and authentication flows on the web.
**High Fees Force Binance To Rediscover Bitcoin, Explore Lightning Withdrawals**
Surging Bitcoin network fees have caused Binance to look into Bitcoin scaling solutions as well as implement fee bumping techniques.
**Ephemerelay: Nostr Relay That Doesn't Care About The Past**
Emphemerelay is a Nostr relay without a dedicated database.
**Summer 2023 Bitcoin Industry Apprenticeship Program Announced**
"The program is expected to provide students with hands-on experience in the Bitcoin industry, industry exposure, skill development, an in-depth understanding of Bitcoin and networking opportunities."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-industry-summer-apprenticeship-2023/
**Bitcoin Optech #249: MATT-based Vaults, Signature Adaptor Security Analysis**
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter reviews new releases, proposals, release candidates, and notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
**Blixt Wallet v0.6.7: Fee Estimation, Passphrases**
Blixt Wallet is an open source Lightning Bitcoin Wallet for Android with focus on usability and user experience, powered by lnd and Neutrino SPV.
**Kind3: Replace Your Nostr Follow List**
Kind3 allows you completely replace your follow list and follow someone else's, as well as backup your lists and restore them with a single click.
**Bhutan Plans a $500 Million Fund for Bitcoin Mining in the Himalayas**
Bitdeer Technologies Group and Druk Holding & Investments, the commercial arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan, announced a strategic partnership to develop environmentally sustainable, carbon-free digital asset mining operations in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bhutan-plans-a-500-million-fund-for-bitcoin-mining-in-the-himalayas/
**Sphinx Relay v2.3.1 Released**
Relay is a Node.js wrapper around LND, handling connectivity and storage for Sphinx.
**Parmanode v2.3.4: BTCPay with Linux Desktop**
Parmanode is an automated Bitcoin node installation wizard and menu for Linux, Mac and Raspberry Pi computers with Electrum Server (Fulcrum), BTCPay Server, Docker, Tor, and educational material by Parman.
**Fedi Raises $17 Million in Series A Round**
"Fedi aims to provide a resilient, privacy-protecting, and simple way for people who don’t have access to or don’t trust centralised alternatives to secure and use their data and money."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fedi-raises-17-million-in-series-a-round/
**nblog v0.4.0: New UI and Authors Page**
nblog is a self-hosted Ghost blog on Nostr.
**Biden Administration Proposes A 30% Tax on Bitcoin Mining**
The President's Council of Economic Advisers released a blog highlighting a new tax in the President’s budget, equal to 30 percent of the cost of the electricity cryptominers use once fully phased in.
**Nostr-tx-broadcast: Bitcoin Transactions Over Nostr**
"Nostr-tx-broadcast is a tool that listens to nostr relays for bitcoin transaction events and broadcasts them to the bitcoin network."
**Coinbase Launches Offshore Derivatives Exchange**
Coinbase launched its international exchange in the Caribbean nation of Bermuda on Tuesday, two weeks after receiving regulatory approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coinbase-launched-offshore-derivatives-exchange/
**Stacker.News Launches Subs For Bitcoin & Nostr**
Stacker.News is like Hacker.News but pays its users in Bitcoin.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/stacker-news-introduces-mvp-of-subs/
**OstrichGram: A Chat Software for Nostr Network**
"With OstrichGram, you can join group chatrooms on Nostr, and message your friends too." Available on Linux and Windows desktop.
**Who Benefits From The New York Times' Attacks on Bitcoin?**
"Is it a coincidence that The New York Times attacked Texas Bitcoin mining at just the right time that it could benefit one of its largest shareholders?"
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/who-benefits-from-the-new-york-times-attacks-on-bitcoin/
**Alby Launches Nostr Wallet Connect, Now Available on Umbrel**
"Our new addition to the Nostr ecosystem, Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) is aiming at being the unifying standard for wallet-app connections."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nostr-wallet-connect-by-alby-now-available-on-umbrel/
**Bitcoin Network Reaches New Transaction All-Time High As Fees Surge Due To BRC-20 Tokens**
BRC-20 token hype is flooding into Bitcoin.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-network-activity-ath-fueled-by-brc20/