CivKit Roadmap: BOLT12 Offers, Staking Credentials, Mainstay & More
- "The main service supported by the CivKit node is a market board, where multiple connected nodes can form a peer-to-peer market system."
- "CivKit aims to offer good interfaces for clients softwares, where they can access market board services over standard Nostr or Lightning communication channels."
- Expected delivery at the end of Q4 2023.
US Homeland Security Returns $314K of $3.6B Stolen in 2016 Bitfinex Hack
"The U.S. government continues to make progress in prosecuting individuals involved in the Bitfinex security breach and in seizing funds associated with the theft," Bitfinex said.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/us-homeland-security-returns-bit-of-bitfinex-hack-money/
Amethyst v0.66.1: Communities, Live Streaming Browser & More
LNDg v1.7.0: Faster Dashboard Loads, Updated AutoFee Logic & More
LNDg is a lite GUI web interface to analyze lnd data and leverage the backend database for automation tools around rebalancing and other maintenance tasks.
Unchained Launches Signature For Premium Private Client Experience
"With Unchained Signature you get a combination of institutional-grade security and exceptional financial services," the company said.
Lightning Labs Releases Developer Tools for Powering APIs and Large Language Models
"We’re excited to announce the release of a new set of developer tools to enable the Lightning and AI developer communities to build global, inclusive, and out-of-the-box cost effective LLM (Large Language Model) tooling which seamlessly incorporates Lightning and bitcoin."
Zapple Pay: Zaps From Any Nostr Client
"Just react to a UnLoCkAbLe dIgItAl cOnTeNt with a ⚡️ emoji and Zapple Pay will notify your lightning wallet over NWC to pay the zap."
France Passes A Bill Allowing Police to Spy on Suspects Remotely
"The bill allows the geolocation of crime suspects, covering other devices like laptops, cars and connected devices, just as it could be remotely activated to record sound and images of people suspected of terror offences, as well as delinquency and organised crime."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/france-passed-a-bill-allowing-police-to-spy-on-suspects-remotely/
Potential Vulnerability in Lightning Backends: BOLT-11 'Payment Hash' Does Not Commit to Payment
"There is someone going around attempting to exploit this on various services, be sure you are not vulnerable."
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on Bitcoin, Regulation and ESG
- BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, who used to call Bitcoin an “index of money laundering,” said that Bitcoin is “digitalizing gold” in a Fox Business interview on Wednesday.
- “What we’re trying to do with crypto is make it more democratized, and make it much cheaper for investors.”
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-on-bitcoin-regulation-and-esg/
P-38: Using Lightning Network to Send Satellite Messages with Blockstream
P-38 lets you use Lightning Network to send satellite messages with Blockstream.
Bitwage Disables USDC Payouts For US Residents Due To 'Strict Regulatory Climate'
"If you are a US resident with a USDC allocation, please remove it completely."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitwage-to-disable-usdc-payouts-for-all-us-residents/
LND v0.16.4-beta: Memory Leak Fix
"This is a minor release created to fix a memory leak introduced by a CPU optimization to the recently introduced mempool scanning logic."
Bitcoin Mining Around the World: United Arab Emirates
- Hashrate Index produced a comprehensive report on Bitcoin mining in the United Arab Emirates - one of the fastest-growing bitcoin mining hubs in the Middle East.
- "In 2021, the UAE's combined power and desalination plants wasted 20 TWh, equal to approximately $600 million."
- "The UAE will become an increasingly important bitcoin mining country over the next couple of years and could provide a case study for other Middle East countries to follow."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-mining-around-the-world-united-arab-emirates/
Nostrcheck.me API Open Source Code Released
Nostrcheck.me API is a nostr backend server for media upload, NIP05, validation and much more. Written in Typescript.
Wasabi Coinjoin v1.0 To Be Discontinued In Next Release
Wasabi Wallet is about to remove support for deprecated version 1.0 of coinjoin, users are urged to upgrade.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wasabi-coinjoin-v1-0-to-be-discontinued-in-next-release/
Lightning Orb v0.21.16 Released
"Orb is a cross-platform (Mac / Windows / OSX / IOS / Android) application for managing an LND / CLN Lightning node. It features bulk payments, an editor, API, App Store, node automation engines and more."
Mutiny Node v0.3.16: NWC Profiles, BDK Core Alpha1 & More
ESP Miner Firmware v1.0 for Bitaxe v2 Open Source Miner Released
- "Very excited to have the first release of esp-miner! This is a fully open source bitcoin miner firmware for the Bitaxe ASIC miner."
Huobi Data Breach 'Almost' Leaked KYC Information of 4960 'Whale' Users
Huobi accidentally exposed a set of credentials that enabled access to the crypto exchange’s cloud storage, putting user data at risk for prolonged period of time.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/huobi-data-breach-leaked-kyc-data/
Fully Noded - Bitcoin Core v1.0.0 Released
Fully Noded - Bitcoin Core is a simplified version of Fully Noded wallet that works only with Bitcoin Core. Available on iOS.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fully-noded-bitcoin-core-v1-0-0/