Bitcoin doesn't need 8 billion people to be successful.

8 billion people need bitcoin to be successful.

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✨ALBY HUB, open-source, self-custodial Lightning node, super connectable, easy to use and with nice features, got released with v1.12 🥳

So, what's new at #AlbyHub v1.12 "Michael Froomkin"?

💡 0-amount invoice support

💡 Migration to dynamic backups setup

💡 LND channel notifications

💡Better relay connectivity

💡Interface improvements and minor fixes, all listed at our

GitHub

Michael Froomkin is a renowned legal scholar, professor of law at the University of Miami and a preeminent figure in the fields of Internet law and digital rights.

Froomkin's work significantly influenced the understanding of how the law interacts with cryptographic technologies, bringing clarity and insight into theories of online privacy, cybersecurity, and intellectual property. ⚖️

His contributions to academic discourse and public policy have left a lasting impact, shaping the landscape of modern Internet law, and stressed the importance of maintaining individual digital liberties against increasing surveillance and control, resonating with the foundational ideas behind cypherpunk thought and Bitcoin's ethos! 🫶

Take control of your sats.

Run your own lightning node.

Be sovereign.

💙 #getAlbyHub

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GM! Last week, Chainalysis claimed that Syrian rebels used cryptocurrency to finance its operations leading up to the toppling of the Assad regime.

We identified one of the addresses referenced in Chainalysis' report: it received a total of $807 USD.

Across the Telegram Group we identified, we found that participants had raised around $13,000 USD since November 27th via USDT – it may be arguable whether this amount contributed significantly to terrorist financing within the country.

But here's what's even more interesting:

Chainalysis claims that an OFAC sanctioned btc address shared mutual consolidation addresses with donation campaigns operating on Tron – a technical impossibility, leading us to believe that Chainalysis broadly simplified its depiction of events.

While Chainalysis' report claims to look at funding leading up to and following the events of December 8th, the identified OFAC sanctioned address last transacted in August 2021.

Why does this matter?

Chainalysis, as the primary Government contractor for blockchain surveillance, holds vast influence with both the Government and the public on the perception of btc.

Without regulatory oversight of the technologies Chainalysis uses and the methodologies it applies, the public has no opportunity to fact check whether what the contractor claims accurately reflects reality.

If we want to have an honest discussion on terrorist financing on bitcoin, blockchain surveillance firms need to be held to scientific standards and a minimum degree of transparency in their operations – otherwise, we run the risk of designing policy based on the claims of for-profit surveillance firms that can hardly be held accountable.

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Yemen bombed the bejesus out of the US aircraft carrier and Tel Aviv tonight. Afterwards the Israelis and US bombed themtonighht.