Samourai Wallet v0.99.98h: New Tools, JoinBot Promotion, Stability & Bugfixes
"This update mainly focuses on a large range of stability improvements and bug fixes, however we have some new goodies to show you..."
Stratum v2 Reference Implementation (SRI) Roadmap Announced
Developers shared the Stratum Reference Implementation roadmap providing insights into ongoing work and the project's direction. They also published the latest progress on Stratum v2 protocol specifications.
European Bitcoiners Can Still Challenge FATF's Travel Rule on Constitutional Grounds
"I think the international crypto community should realize that is has the opportunity to challenge the travel rule of the FATF here in Europe before the European General Court under rules of annullment. But you must be quick."
Block 801822: Important News of the Week
Azteco 101: Unique, Easy & Private Way to Buy Bitcoin
"Azteco is a service that offers a unique, easy, and private way to purchase Bitcoin. It allows users to buy Bitcoin using a voucher system, like purchasing a prepaid phone card, without sacrificing personal information."
Voltage Partners with Human Rights Foundation to Help Dissidents, NGOs Accept Bitcoin Donations
"The Human Rights Foundation and Voltage are proud to partner on an initiative to help dissidents and NGOs accept Bitcoin donations more quickly, easily, and safely."
Ronin UI v2.2.0: New Features & Improvements
"This release is bringing us closer to our main goal - users not relying on SSH and CLI."
Libfloresta: Lightweight Bitcoin Full Node Library
Libfloresta provides a series of tools for Bitcoin wallet and application developers, to integrate resource efficient Bitcoin full node functionality into their applications.
Primal Android v0.13.2, iOS v0.24.3 Released
"Check out the iOS and Android updates we released this week. Much more to come, stay tuned!"
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/primal-android-v0-13-2-ios-v0-24-3/
Nearly Half of Block's $5.5 Billion Q2 Revenue Came From Bitcoin Sales
Block Inc. reported gross profit of $1.87 billion in Q2 2023 - a 27% year-over-year increase. $2.4 billion of its total $5.5 billion Q2 net revenue came from Bitcoin sales.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/block-q2-revenue-soars-to-5-5-billion/
BDK v0.28.1: Patch Release
"This patch release backports (from the BDK 1.0 dev branch) a fix for a bug in the policy condition calculation and adds a new taproot single key descriptor template (BIP-86)."
Ilya Lichtenstein and Razzlekhan Pleaded Guilty to Bitfinex 2016 Heist and Money Laundering Conspiracy
"Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Morgan pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, each of which carries a maximum penalty of five years of in prison."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitfinex-hacker-and-wife-pleaded-guilty/
Fitch Downgraded U.S. Long-Term Debt Citing Structural Concerns About U.S. Budget Deficits
“The repeated debt-limit political standoffs and last-minute resolutions have eroded confidence in fiscal management,” said Fitch.
Umbrel Nostr Relay App Now Syncs Your Private Relay with Public Relays
"Now you can sync your private relay on Umbrel with public relays, and back up past and future Nostr activity, even if the connection between your client and your private relay goes down."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/umbrel-nostr-relay-app-now-syncs-your-private-relay-with-public-relays/
Tether Bought 1529 BTC in Q2, Holds More US Treasuries Than Australia
Tether Excess Reserves increased by 850M to reach $3.3B as it revealed $72.5B overall exposure in US T-Bills. The company also increased its Bitcoin holdings to more than 54000 BTC.
Coracle v0.3.0: Faster Feeds, Better Navigation, NIP-89 App Store
"After just over a month of no updates, Coracle 0.3.0 is now available!"
Peach Bitcoin v0.2.12: LNURL/BTC Swaps
Peach Bitcoin is a KYC-free P2P Bitcoin marketplace operating in Europe. Open Beta available on Android and iOS.
Lightning Loop v0.26.0-beta: Sweep HTLCs to Addresses Generated from xPub
"This new feature enables loop out and autoloop out operations to sweep htlcs to addresses generated from an extended public key."
Following Scrutiny in Kenya and Europe, Worldcoin Says It Will Let Interested 3rd Parties Use Its ID System
Kenya suspended Worldcoin activities, while the project also has fallen under investigation in France, UK, and Germany. Worldcoin says it will continue rolling out operations in "all the parts of the world that will accept us" and admitted that it plans to sell collected data to interested parties.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/worldcoin-europe-kenya-3rd-parties/
NDK v0.8.0: Data Vending Machines Support & NDK-React v0.1.1 Released
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.