10101 v1.0.20: Beta Testing Back on Mainnet
10101 (Ten-Ten-One) is an open-source, non-custodial on-chain and off-chain Bitcoin wallet infused with trading using discreet log contracts (DLC).
Bitcoin Optech #256: Extending BOLT11 Invoices to Request Two Payments
"This week’s newsletter summarizes a discussion about extending BOLT11 invoices to request two payments. Also included is another entry in our limited weekly series about mempool policy, plus our regular sections..."
Brink Renews Sebastian Falbesoner's Grant For His Work on BIP-324
"One of Bitcoin’s key properties is censorship-resistance...I’m convinced that BIP324 is one of the most important proposals to work on to make Bitcoin future-proof with regard to censorship-resistance on the P2P layer," said the grantee.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/brink-renews-grant-for-sebastian-falbesoner/
CivKit Node v0.0.1 Released: Basic NIP-01 Support
"It contains several bugs and unfinished tasks, and extensive testing across different platforms is yet to be conducted."
Nostur v1.1.0: Performance Improvements, Fixes & More
A Non-Custodial Exchange Backed By Citadel, Fidelity and Schwab Launched
- "EDX’s launch and the announcement of EDX Clearing come as the company recently closed a new funding round that welcomed additional strategic investors, including Miami International Holdings, DV Crypto, GTS, GSR Markets LTD, and HRT Technology."
- These firms join a coalition of founding investors, including Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, Fidelity Digital AssetsSM, Paradigm, Sequoia Capital, and Virtu Financial.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/a-non-custodial-exchange-backed-by-citadel-fidelity-and-schwab-launched/
Electrum v4.4.5 Released: Bug Fixes
Electrum is a lightweight Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for all desktop platforms and Android.
Fake Trezor Wallet App Tops Search Results For Trezor in Apple's App Store
"The first search result for "Trezor" in the Apple App Store is a malicious application that will request your seed phrase, allowing its operators to steal all of your crypto."
Voltage Launched Surge Node Monitoring Tool
"Surge works by getting your node's information using a Voltage developed communication program called the Agent. The Agent is a continuously running program that communicates with your node via a read only macaroon. The Agent collects various node data and metrics. Voltage then processes this data and presents it to you through the Surge dashboard."
Direct Messages, Custom Notifications Are Now Live on Primal
Some users also reported testing Primal on iOS and Android - these appear to be invite only for now, but public beta may be opened soon.
Binance Confirms It Is Working on Lightning Network Integration
"There's still more tech work to be done. We'll update once Lightning is fully integrated."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/binance-confirms-its-lightning-node/
Appothica - App Store for Progressive Web Apps Is Now Open Source
"Appothica is a progressive web app store for PWAs. The code needs work to make it easier to use."
SimpleX Server Now Available for StartOS
SimpleX Chat is a messaging platform that has no user identifiers and is 100% private by design.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/simplex-server-now-available-for-startos/
NDK v0.5.4 Released + Video Tutorials
"NDK is a nostr development kit that makes the experience of building Nostr-related applications, whether they are relays, clients, or anything in between, better, more reliable and overall nicer to work with than existing solutions."
Eclair v0.9.0: Dual Funding, Splicing Prototype, Bolt 12 & More
- "This release contains a lot of preparatory work for important (and complex) lightning features: dual-funding, splicing and Bolt 12 offers."
- "These features are now fully implemented in eclair, but we're waiting for the specification work to be finalized and other implementations to be ready for cross-compatibility tests."
- "You should only activate them if you know what you're doing, and are ready to handle potential backwards-incompatible changes!"
Block 794754: Important News of the Week
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
JoinInBox v0.8.0: Standalone Updates
- "JoininBox v0.8.0 is released with an improved ability to start a pruned full node within minutes with the help of Ketominer of host4coins."
- "There are other updates for the prebuilt images for RPi, amd64 and now running the latest Bitcoin Core v25.0."
RGB Core v0.10.4 Released
RGB provides confidential and scalable, client-validated smart contracts for Bitcoin and Lightning Network.
Alby v2.1.0: Maintenance & New APIs
"v2.1.0 is a maintenance release with fixes and some minor improvements.
Most notable are the new APIs to make it easier to add accounts to the Alby Extension."
Floresta v0.4.0: New Features and Bug Fixes
Floresta is a user-friendly and resource-efficient implementation of an Electrum Server, powered by utreexo.