Bitcoin Bolt Ring: Contactless Lightning NFC Payment Ring
The Bolt Ring is an NFC enabled ring that can be tied to a lightning wallet and used to make small payments with a simple tap.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bolt-ring-tap-and-pay-instantly/
Adopting Bitcoin Conference 2024 Will Take Place on January 26-28 in Cape Town
"Early bird registration have opened! Follow us on social media and visit our website to stay informed."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/adopting-bitcoin-conference-2024-cape-town/
CivKit Orage: LN Node with Focus on Availability, Modularity & Security
"The project is built on the Lightning Development Kit (LDK) and aims to provide the necessary tools, simplicity, and infrastructure to ease the integration of both individual users and enterprises into the ecosystem."
Envoy Wallet v1.3.0: Redeem Azteco Vouchers with a Single QR Scan
"In this version of Envoy we’ve implemented the ability to redeem azte.co vouchers with a single QR scan in Envoy directly to your mobile wallet, added the ability to cycle through units by tapping on amounts, the ability to update Founder’s Edition devices directly from Envoy, and focused heavily on refining user experience for Envoy mobile wallet users."
Spiral Quarterly Update Q3 2023
Spiral, an independent, bitcoin-focused entity within the Block ecosystem of companies, had quite an eventful quarter.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/spiral-quarterly-update-q3-2023/
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From now on, anyone who zaps or has zapped us at least 10k sats will receive an *exclusive* No Bullshit Bitcoin Supporter badge!
You'll be able to claim it at https://badges.page.
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Primal Android App Is Officially in Beta, No Longer Read-Only
Primal Android app is no longer read-only, while iOS app got an update, too.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/primal-android-v0-12-4-ios-0-23-1/
Geyser Integrates Zaps, Launches Grant For Bitcoin Educational Communities
Users can now zap Geyser projects on Nostr from any Nostr client that support zaps and get recognized in the project's leaderboard.
CalyxOS New Available For Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold
"They are currently marked as beta out of an abundance of caution. Everything should be working."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/calyxos-new-available-for-pixel-tablet-and-pixel-fold/
GrapheneOS Foundation's PayPal Account Used For Donations Permanently Locked
"PayPal has locked our account with almost $4000 in donations after we added the GrapheneOS Foundation bank accounts on 2023-07-27," said the organization.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/grapheneos-foundations-paypal-account-locked/
BTCPay Server v1.11.0: Reporting, PoS Cart Redesign, Payment Sounds & More
- "This release introduces an exciting new reporting feature and significant improvements to the Point of Sale (PoS), including the addition of product categories and redesign of the cart view."
- "Alongside these enhancements, we've also addressed various bugs and made further optimizations to ensure a smoother user experience."
HRF Launched 20 BTC Bounty Challenge for Improvements Requested by Activists
"HRF announces the Bitcoin Bounty Challenge. 20 BTC up for grabs for 10 UX improvements to Bitcoin (mainly focused on mobile wallets) requested by dissidents and human rights groups from across the world."
Arcade v0.3.2-beta: AI Chat, Performance Upgrades
"The app is now stable enough we feel confident releasing this to the Play Store beta program which we'll do this week."
Mostro v0.7.8: Fixes & Improvements
Mostro is a non-custodial Lightning Network peer-to-peer exchange platform on Nostr.
FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Decentralized Platform Users and Hosts
"It’s a chillingly familiar story which should serve as a reminder for the hosts, users, and developers of decentralized platforms: if you care about privacy, you have to do the work to protect it."
Cashu Nutshell v0.13.0: Ecash Seed Phrase Backups
"In this update, we introduce BIP32 secret derivation and BIP39 mnemonics. You can write down your 12-words and store them safely just like a Bitcoin seed phrase."
GrapheneOS v2023072400 Released
GrapheneOS is an open-source, privacy and security-focused mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
Bitcoin Optech #261: Simplified LN Closing Protocol
"This week’s newsletter describes a protocol for simplifying the communication related to mutual closing of LN channels and summarizes notes from a recent meeting of LN developers."
Head of Chainalysis Investigations Admits There's No Scientific Evidence Proving Their Surveillance Software Works
Elizabeth Bisbee, head of investigations at Chainalysis Government Solutions, testified that she was 'unaware' of scientific evidence for the accuracy of Chainalysis’ Reactor software used by law enforcement.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/chainalysis-investigations-lead-declaration/
SimpleX Chat v5.2.0: Message Delivery Receipts
"Our pledge to our users is that SimpleX protocols are and will remain open, and in public domain, - so anybody can build the future implementations of the clients and the servers. We are building SimpleX platform based on the same principles as email and web, but much more private and secure."