TBD Launches Initial Web5 SDK For Decentralized Applications
- "The Web5 tech preview is now ready for developers to start building decentralized applications that return ownership and control over identity and data to individuals."
- "The full Web5 platform is expected to launch later in 2023, but with this initial release, developers can start building decentralized applications on TBD’s developer platform."
Core Lightning Umbrel App Gets A Major Facelift
Core Lightning Umbrel App is now officially built and maintained by Blockstream.
EttaWallet: Open Source Non-Custodial Lightning Wallet
EttaWallet is a reference open-source non-custodial lightning wallet with a strong bias towards usability, accessibility, and good UX. It was inspired by Bitcoin Design Community.
Screens Are Not a Panacea: Server as a Screen
Bitcoin 2023 General Assembly Day 1: Livestream & Agenda
Proposal For A New Mempool Design
The proposed solution involves maintaining a total ordering of the mempool's transactions, which would be used to implement symmetrically opposite mining and eviction algorithms.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/proposal-for-a-new-mempool-design/
Spiral Adds, Renews Developer Grants, Counts At Least 6000 Developers Building with LDK
- Spiral announced new grantee, John Moffett, and also renewed its grant for Bitcoin Zavior.
- According to Spiral, there are no less 6000 developers currently building Lightning Wallets and apps with LDK.
Blockstream Green Desktop v1.2.0: Improved Stability
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockstream-green-deskpto-v1-2-0/
IBEX Mercado Partners with Grupo Salinas To Integrate Lightning Payments In Its Products
"The partnership kicked off with one of Mexico’s largest internet providers, Total Play, partnering with IBEX to integrate bitcoin Lightning payments."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ibex-mercado-partners-with-grupo-salinas/
FATF Pushes Pakistan To Ban Bitcoin, Urges G7 to Enact Stricter Financial Surveillance
Pakistan government is set to ban bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in the country following FATF's guidance, while FAFT urges more countries to adopt its surveillance regime.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fatf-urges-g-7-for-more-kyc-aml/
BitResolve: Bitcoin-Native Dispute Resolution for FOSS Bounties
"By outsourcing bounty review to a panel of third-party neutrals that trigger automatic payment, we can eliminate donor discretion and provide assurances to developers that they will be compensated for compliant work product."
MicroBT Releases New Line of Whatsminer M50 Series
"MicroBT introduced three new models of the WhatsMiner M50 series: the air-cooled M50S++, the hydro-cooled M53S++, and the immersion cooled M56S++."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/microbt-releases-new-line-of-whatsminer-m50/
Brink Partners with Marathon Digital Holdings to Raise $1M For Bitcoin Core Development
"Brink has partnered with Marathon to raise $1,000,000 for funding Bitcoin Core development. Marathon will be matching all 501c3 tax deductible donations to Brink up to $500,000 starting today!"
Wasabi Nostr: Find WabiSabi Coordinators Over Nostr
"Wasabi Nostr simple application that allows you to discover WabiSabi coordinators over Nostr and quickly configure your Wasabi wallet to use them."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wasabi-nostr-find-wabisabi-ccordinators/
Bitcoin Core v24.1 Released
"This release includes various bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations."
Lightning Terminal v0.10.0-alpha: Taproot Assets Daemon
"This release packages LND v0.16.2-beta, Taproot Assets Daemon v0.2.0-alpha, Loop v0.23.0-beta, Pool v0.6.2-beta and Faraday v0.2.11-alpha."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lightning-terminal-v0-10-0-alpha/
Lightspark Unveils Wallet SDK, New Partnerships with Compliance, Surveillance Firms
"We're excited to launch our wallet SDK to enable any wallet platform, exchange or company to easily implement a fully functional Lightning wallet on their stack. Also thrilled to unveil new partnerships," said Lightspark CEO David Marcus.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lightspark-wallet-sdk-partnerships/
Azteco Raises $6M In A Seed Funding Round Led By Jack Dorsey
“My contribution to Azteco comes out of a deep respect for their mission. The unbanked population is immense. We have the technology and resources to close this gap, but until now, no one has taken that important next step. Azteco is providing so much more than just access to a secure financial system; it is building an ecosystem of financial self-determination that is secure and supported by local communities. I am honored to support them.” - nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m
Amethyst v0.50.4: Reaction Watch & Other Improvements
Nostrrr: Simple Nostr Relay Explorer
Nostrrr provides a way to browse and discover Nostr relays and their specifications.
Block's Bitkey Will Not Require Customers to Hold Onto Seed Phrases, Will Not Have A Screen
"We're building Bitkey with a focus on security, resilience, and simple user experiences for a broad audience."
River Raises $35M Series B Funding Round Led By Kingsway Capital
This series B funding was led by Kingsway Capital. Other investors included Peter Thiel, Goldcrest, Cygni, M13, Valor Equity Partners, Esas Ventures, and Alarko Ventures.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/river-raises-35m-series-b-round/
Ledger Launches Distributed, KYC-Based, Cloud Seed Recovery Service Then Quickly Deletes It
- Previous articles state that Ledger Recover service splits a wallet recovery phrase into three encrypted shards and distributes them to three custodians. The service is supposed to cost $9.99 per month.
- “A lot of people say they cannot enter crypto because they can’t manage the recovery phrase. It’s the industry problem. Making that pain point go away will trigger a lot more people to join the space,” Ledger CEO Pascal Gaunthier was quoted as saying.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ledger-to-launch-kyc-cloud-based-recovery-service/
Nostr App Manager: Discover Nostr Apps
Nostr App Manager is a way to discover Nostr apps and switch between them.
Fake Trezor Wallets Designed to Steal Bitcoin Spotted in the Wild
"The fake cryptowallet would operate as normal, but the attackers had full control over it from the very beginning. The owner had no protection whatsoever: the game was lost from the very moment the money first arrived in the Trojan wallet."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fake-trezor-wallets-designed-to-steal-bitcoin-spotted-in-the-wild/
Whirpool Surge Rounds: If Mining Fee Is Higher Than Needed Additional Remixers May Be Added
- Whirlpool surge cycles have been activated - if incoming UTXOs overpay miners fees the coordinator may select additional remixers.
- "Post-mix utxos safely separated from unmixed change. Post-mix utxos and unmixed change cannot be spent together thanks to Tx0. Each cycle extending forward-looking anonymity of post-mix coins whether they remix or not."
- "No client software was affected by this change. Java & Rust libs required no modifications."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/whirlpool-implements-surge-rounds/
Nutminer: Proof-of-Work Based Cashu Faucet
"Nutminer is a difficulty-adjusted proof-of-work based Cashu faucet that emits a constant rate of tokens, no matter how many people use it."
Magic Webstore (ex-Superstore): Ecommerce Simplified
- "Magic Webstore is proudly built on bitcoin, the money of the internet, and nostr, a distributed data caching protocol."
- "With Magic Webstore, your entire store is contained in your magic string, like a genie in a lamp. You just need to save that one string (back it up and store it safely) and you can do everything you need: add products to your store, manage your inventory, track your income, and keep you money safe."
- Magic Webstore is completely free and open source.
Edge Firmware for Coldcard Mk4 - Developer Preview
Edge is an experimental firmware for Coldcard Mk4, dedicated to developers who might want to play around with the latest up and coming Bitcoin tech that is not fail-proof yet.
Relayable.org: Global Nostr Relay Network
"Most relays are a single point of failure servers. Relayable.org fixes this."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/relayable-org-global-nostr-relays/
Binance Closes Down in Canada
The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume is leaving Canada due to new guidance related to stablecoins and investor limits.
BlockFi Users Can Withdraw $300M From Custodial Wallets But Not $375M From Interest-Bearing Accounts - Judge
"$375 million that users tried to transfer out of interest-bearing accounts after Nov. 10 still belongs to the estate, Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan said."
Cashu Nutshell v0.12.0: Wallet REST API, TokenV3, Coin Selection
Cashu is a Chaumian Ecash wallet and mint for Bitcoin Lightning. Cashu Nutshell is the reference implementation in Python.
Summer of Bitcoin 2023 Received 10357 Student Applications From 74 Countries
45 students from 8 countries were selected to contribute to 24 open source bitcoin projects.
ZeroSync: Introducing Validity Proofs to Bitcoin
The paper authored by Robin Linus and Lukas George discusses the implementation of the chain state proof and presents zkCoins, a client-side validation protocol combined with ZKPs, improving on RGB and Taro.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zerosync-introducing-validity-proofs-to-bitcoin/