Nostur v1.3.0: Removed Note Zaps, Login with nsecBunker & More
Bolt Card NFC Programmer Is Now Available on iOS
Apple users can now create a self-sovereign Bolt Cards.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bolt-card-nfc-programmer-is-now-available/
Bitcoin UX Research Toolkit Is Here To Aid Human Centric Bitcoin Products
"This toolkit is for builders, founders, devs, designers, and all bitcoiners. The goal is hyperbitcoinization through better products."
The First Nostr Documentary 'Social Media Is Broken. Can We Fix It?' Is Out
"Most people agree that Social Media is broken and that we need to find new solutions. I embarked on a journey to find out more about a new invention called NOSTR. Join me and see how I was able to understand more about that technology."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/the-first-nostr-documentary-is-out/
Bitcoin Optech #259: Proposal to Remove Details from the LN Specification
"This week’s newsletter describes a proposal to remove details from the LN specification that are no longer relevant to modern nodes and includes the penultimate entry in our limited weekly series about mempool policy, plus our regular sections."
Building Blocks of Simplicity: Values and Types
"If you’re a seasoned functional programmer in Haskell, OCaml, Rust, or Scala, chances are you’ve worked with Algebraic Data Types (ADTs) before. But if you’re new to the world of ADTs and looking for a beginner-friendly introduction to Simplicity, this post (and series) is for you!"
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/building-blocks-of-simplicity-values-and-types/
Damus v1.6.(2) Released on TestFlight
- Initial longform note support!
- You can now edit your banner!
- Multi-lingual hashtags!
- Fix many npub mention bugs.
Bitcoin Spot ETF Applications Refilled To Bring Coinbase Surveillance to Next Level
"An important caveat is that an information-sharing request has to be very specific, [similar] to a subpoena, according to a person familiar with the matter.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/spot-etf-coinbase-surveillance-agreement/
f2pool Launched Bitcoin Transaction Accelerator
"f2pool collaborates with multiple mining pools. If any of these pools produces a block, your transaction will be accelerated. Since the time of finding blocks by pools cannot be predicted, the transaction acceleration time cannot be estimated."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/f2pool-launched-bitcoin-transaction-accelerator/
Institutional Investors Are Shunning Self-Custody Solutions - PwC Report
"Institutional investors in Asia are increasingly turning to third-party custody service providers to navigate the complexities of the $1.2 trillion digital asset market, pointing to the limitations of self-custodial solutions."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/institutional-investors-wont-self-custody/
Nostr Wallet Connect App Is Now Live In Umbrel App Store
Nostr Wallet Connect lets you connect your LND node over Nostr to zap directly from within supported Nostr clients.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nostr-wallet-connect-umbrel-app-store/
GrapheneOS v2023071100 Released
GrapheneOS is an open-source, privacy and security-focused mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
Blockstream Satellite Network: Update For Users in Asia-Pacific Region
"The Blockstream Satellite C-band signal transmitted over the Telstar 18V (T18V) satellite will move to a new frequency on July 12 at 13:00 UTC."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockstream-satellite-update-users-in-asia-pacific/
Block Unveils Key Pillars Of Its Mining Development Kit (MDK) Package
"Since the announcement, we have continued work on the MDK. This has included further requirements gathering and definition, as well as engineering of the hashboard, controller board, firmware and API, and work on a single-board system reference design."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mining-development-kit-update-july/
BIP39 Colors Translates BIP39 Mnemonic To Colors & Vice Versa
"Next will be the manual method so that anyone can easily carry out both conversions using their own calculator so you will be sure of not depending on any tool to recover your original mnemonic," said the project's author.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bip39-colors-translates-bip39-mnemonic-to-colors-vice-versa/
Primal App for iOS Now Available on TestFlight
"Primal for iOS is now available on TestFlight. 1000 spots."
The New Phoenix: A 3rd Generation Lightning Wallet
"Splicing changes the game. Phoenix now manages a single dynamic channel, no more 1% fee on inbound liquidity, better predictability and control, trustless swaps."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/he-new-phoenix-a-3rd-generation-lightning-wallet/
Mutiny Node v0.4.0: Subscription & Auth & Encryption
- "Adds in a few of our new services such as an LNURL Auth provider & client, subscription service."
- "Adds the ability to change the encryption password (or set one if there was not one already) with a new method for doing client side encryption."
- "Lastly, testing out an early release of LDK 116 which solves a lot of problems around expired invoices when it should not be expired, plus MPP improvements."
Coldcard Edge v6.1.X: Minscript and MiniTapscript Support
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.
Welcome to the No Bullshit Bitcoin community and open PR desk!
TL;DR:
- Here you can submit your project's press releases, important and interesting updates, research, and other news and developments you deem important or believe they deserve more acknowledgment.
- Submissions that require discretion (like press releases under embargo or confidential news leaks) can still be sent to us via Nostr DMs.
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We've been actively looking for ways to crowdsource our news discovery process and improve our feed. Communities seem like a suitable place - it's somewhat better than a dedicated email and allows for sufficient pseudonymity (e.g. anyone can generate a one-time use pubkey in seconds). In addition, communities can add more transparency to our reporting and news discovery process and open things up for questions and discussions on certain submissions.
As we are 100% AUDIENCE-FUNDED, being open and transparent is at the core of this project.
Our goal here is to create an open space for discussion on what are the most important news and developments in BITCOIN and related FREEDOM TECH. While it is still early days for Nostr communities, innovative Nostr features like upzap and downzap (available on Zappdit) will help us to discover and curate the highest quality signal.
We can't promise that all submissions are going to make it to our main news feed at https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ (priority goes for important developments in Bitcoin, open-source, censorship-resistant, and privacy-preserving initiatives) but that shouldn't stop you from sharing your updates with us and obtaining valuable community feedback.
High-level Bitcoin signal will always triumph fiat-induced noise. Let's get started.