Block 790600: Important News of the Week
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News
- MicroStrategy's Bitcoin & Lightning for Corporations 2023 Sessions Available Online
- Fake Trezor Wallets Designed to Steal Bitcoin Spotted in the Wild
- DOJ's Head Of Crypto Promises A Crackdown On Exchanges, Mixers, Tumblers and Scams
- Fold Expands to El Salvador as Base for Latin American Operations
- Ledger Launches Distributed, KYC-Based, Cloud Seed Recovery Service Then Quickly Deletes It
- US Senators Reintroduce Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act
- River Raises $35M Series B Funding Round Led By Kingsway Capital
- Block's Bitkey Will Not Require Customers to Hold Onto Seed Phrases, Will Not Have A Screen
- EU Council Signs On MiCA Regulation, New Reporting Requirements on Crypto Assets
- Start9 Launches Community Tech Program Paying $21/Hr for Customer Support
- Tether To Invest Up To 15% Of Monthly Operating Profits In Bitcoin
- Bitcoin 2023 Industry Day: Livestream, Agenda, Notes
- Azteco Raises $6M In A Seed Funding Round Led By Jack Dorsey
- Lightspark Unveils Wallet SDK, New Partnerships with Compliance, Surveillance Firms
- Brink Partners with Marathon Digital Holdings to Raise $1M For Bitcoin Core Development
- FATF Pushes Pakistan To Ban Bitcoin, Urges G7 to Enact Stricter Financial Surveillance
- IBEX Mercado Partners with Grupo Salinas To Integrate Lightning Payments In Its Products
- Spiral Adds, Renews Developer Grants, Counts At Least 6000 Developers Building with LDK
- Bitcoin 2023 General Assembly Day 1: Livestream & Agenda
- Mempool.Space Announces Transaction Acceleration Marketplace
- Strike Goes Global, Expands to 65 Countries to Reach 3 Billion People
- Bitcoin 2023 General Assembly Day 2: Livestream & Agenda
Releases and updates
- Tor Browser v12.0.6: Bug Fixes, Security Updates
- Nostream v1.23.0 Released
- Snort v0.1.8: Wallet Connect, Trending Notes & More
- Nutminer: Proof-of-Work Based Cashu Faucet
- Whirpool Surge Rounds: If Mining Fee Is Higher Than Needed Additional Remixers May Be Added
- libsecp256k1 v0.3.2 Released
- ZEBEDEE Opens Its API, SDK & API Dev Playground
- Nostr App Manager: Discover Nostr Apps
- Plebstr Now Available on App Store and Google Play
- Bitcoin Tribe v2.1.7: Backups with Bitcoin Keeper
- Keet v1.2.1: Faster Rendering of Chat Messages
- Storm: Protocol Suite For Decentralized Storage and Messaging
- MyNode v0.3.17 Released
- Taproot Assets v0.2: Taro Rebranded
- Mutiny Node v0.3.3: Mainnet Touchups
- Sphinx Relay v2.3.2 Released
- Bitcoin Optech #251: Testing HTLC Endorsement
- Envoy Wallet v1.1.3: Standalone Wallet Functionality, Magic Backups
- GrapheneOS v2023051600 Released: Contact Scopes
- Stack Duo v1.0.6: Redone Themes, Custom Block Explorers
- Nostrrr: Simple Nostr Relay Explorer
- Amethyst v0.50.4: Reaction Watch & Other Improvements
- Lightning Terminal v0.10.0-alpha: Taproot Assets Daemon
- Bitcoin Core v24.1 & v23.2 Released
- Wasabi Nostr: Find WabiSabi Coordinators Over Nostr
- MicroBT Releases New Line of Whatsminer M50 Series
- BitResolve: Bitcoin-Native Dispute Resolution for FOSS Bounties
- Blockstream Green Desktop v1.2.0: Improved Stability
- EttaWallet: Open Source Non-Custodial Lightning Wallet
- Core Lightning Umbrel App Gets A Major Facelift
- TBD Launches Initial Web5 SDK For Decentralized Applications
- LNbits v0.10.7 Released
Research
- Countries Where Internet Access Has Been Restricted At Least Once
- Bitcoin, CTV Covenants, and The Enigma Network
- Proposal For A New Mempool Design
- Screens Are Not a Panacea: Server as a Screen
Mining stats
- Bitcoin mining difficulty adjusted upwards by 3.22% and reached a new all-time high of 49,55T. on May 19.
- The average 7-day moving average hashrate reached ~355 EH/s, per Mempool.space.
- Bitcoin network fees remain elevated but were relatively stable last week. Currently, ~40 - 60 sat/vB should be sufficient to get your transaction confirmed within the next few blocks.
Lightning stats
- The Lightning Network capacity has went down by approximately 70 BTC in last 7 days, along with more than 1600 channels. There are 10 more nodes on the network, per Mempool.space.
