Core Scientific Restructuring Plan Includes Equity Stake For Bitmain and Anchorage
The world's largest mining machine maker is set to take a $54 million stake in Core Scientific in exchange for 27,000 S19j XP Miners and $23 million in cash as the miner emerges out of Chapter 11 proceedings.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/core-scientific-files-updated-bankruptcy-plan/
Bitrefill Partners with eSIM Go to Offer eSIMs in Over 160 Countries
“You can just get an e-SIM from the airplane wifi, install it in a minute, and be online from the moment your plane touches down on the tarmac, without worrying about getting a massive surprise bill from your telco," Bitrefill CEO Sergej Kotliar said.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitrefill-now-offers-esims-in-160-countries/
Binance Becomes 'The First Fully Licensed Exchange' in El Salvador
"These licenses allow Binance to expand the products and services offered, including options tailored to the needs of our customers in El Salvador. It is also a great opportunity to collaborate closely with government authorities to support the adoption of crypto assets in the country, foster financial inclusion and innovation, and ensure customer protection," Daniel Acosta, Binance General Manager for Colombia, Central America, and the Caribbean, was quoted as saying.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/binance-fully-licensed-in-el-salvador/
Core Lightning v23.08rc1 Comes with Experimental Anchors, Splicing and Renepay
Core Lightning open-source development community is inviting individuals to test new and experimental features before before its next major release.
Bitcoin Optech #263: DoS Protection Design Philosophy
Stacker.News Adds Nostr Login, Zap Metadata & More
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/stacker-news-update-nostr-login/
Milk Sad: Wallet Theft Enabled By Bad Cryptography
"We discovered a cryptographic weakness in the widely utilized Libbitcoin Explorer (bx) cryptocurrency wallet tool while following up on mysterious wallet thefts. The bx seed subcommand for generation of new wallet private key entropy is flawed and produces insecure output."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/milk-sad-vulnerability-disclosure/
Iraq Blocks Telegram Access In The Country Citing 'Privacy Concerns'
The ministry said in a statement it had asked the app to close down "platforms that leak the data of the official state institutions and the personal data of citizens... but the company did not respond and did not interact with any of these requests."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/iraq-blocks-access-to-telegram-due-to-privacy-concerns/
Snort v0.1.12: nsecBunker Support
RoninDojo v2.0.1 Released
- Removed an obsolete permissions check that unnecessarily caused a redundant dojo stop during a RoninDojo update;
- Added exposing Fulcrum indexer to the LAN by default;
- Added connection info to Fulcrum credentials menu for the local connection.
StartOS v0.3.4.4: UI Improvements & Bug Fixes
This release includes:
- Https over Tor for faster UI loading times
- Change password through UI
- Use IP address for Network Folder backups
- Multiple bug fixes, performance enhancements, and other small features
Iris Received Half of HRF's Secret Nostr Group Chats Bounty
- "It's a quick & dirty solution, but works. A shared nostr account is created for the secret chat / group. Its nsec can be shared via link, qr code or invite message from a single-use anonymous account," Martti Malmi explained.
- "Martti's submission with Iris did not qualify for the full bounty asonly Iris users can initiate a group chat," was clarified in the announcement.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/iris-gets-half-of-secret-group-chats-bounty/
GrapheneOS v2023080700: August Security Patch
Ai4ALL Hackathon Wrap Up: 44 Projects From 173 Participants
"After an exciting couple of weeks that saw the submission of 44 different projects from a total of 173 participants, the AI4All Hackathon has wrapped and the winners have been selected."
PayPal Stablecoin News is a Paxos White Label Branding Play
A PayPal-branded stablecoin by Paxos has been announced today and will be rolled out to U.S. customers in the coming weeks.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/paypal-stablecoin-news-is-a-paxos-white-label-branding-play/
Kenyan Police Raided Worldcoin's Warehouse and Seized 'Machines That Store Data'
A team of police officers raided a warehouse run by the Worldcoin cryptocurrency in Nairobi and left with machines they believe stores data gathered by the firm, reported local media outlets.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/worldcoin-warehouse-raided-in-kenya/
Liana v1.1: Patch Release
Liana is a Bitcoin wallet that features a timelocked recovery path for all your coins. It can be used for inheritance, decaying multisigs or safer backups.
BitMEX Research on Drivechains
"In this piece we evaluate Paul Sztorc’s BIP-300 and BIP-301 Drivechain proposals."
StaticWire: Rent Internet Protocol Subnets Using Bitcoin's Lightning Network
"Using the bitcoin lightning network for payments allows for completely automated machine to machine negotiation of payments and IP address delivery. In order to keep the internet decentralized, StaticWire aims to be a standard protocol that anyone who has spare IP addresses can subrent them."
Amethyst v0.72.1: New Memory Management, Caching Improvements