Block 811118: Important News of the Week

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News

• CEO of Nchain Group Quits, Admits That Craig Wright is a Fraud
• How Bitcoin Blockchain Is Fighting Fraud in Guatemala's Presidential Elections
• ZBD x PlebLab TabConf Hackathon Projects & Panels Released
• X (Twitter) Now Collects More Data Than Ever, Including Biometrics
• Apple Bows to China, Starts Enforcing App Store Regulations in the Country
• US Government Argues That Disclosure of Chainalysis Heuristics Would 'Jeopardize Law Enforcement Investigations'
• Volcano Energy Partners with Luxor to Launch First El Salvador's Mining Pool
• The Bank Runs Continue: Metro Bank Reportedly Trying to Raise £600 Million
• Pacific Bitcoin 2023 Livestream - Day 1
• Uzbekistan Issues Ban on Individual Bitcoin Mining Operations
• Pacific Bitcoin 2023 - Day 2 Livestream
• European Commission Initiates €800k Study on How to Best Address 'Bitcoin's Environmental Impact'

Updates and releases

• Phoenix Wallet v2.0 Upgrade Now Being Deployed to iOS Users, Android v2.0.9 Released
• PlebAI: Access Open Source Large Language Models For Sats
• Nostur v1.7.0: Performance Improvements
• Obscura VPN Announced: Privacy-by-Design
• Primal Android v0.16.9, iOS v0.30.4 Released
• GrapheneOS v2023100100 Released
• Exit.pub v0.3.0: Reliability Improvements, Satellite CDN Support, Service Relay & More
• Citadel v0.2.6 and v0.2.7 Released: Bug Fixes and Updates
• River Lightning Launched LNURL Payments and Lightning Vouchers
• Listr v2.0 Beta: UX Improvements, New List Types
• Peach Bitcoin App v0.3.1 and Public API Released
• Blockstream Jade v1.0.23: Saving Multisig Wallet Configurations
• Mutiny Wallet v0.4.20: Blazing Fast Payments, Easier Self-Hosting
• Bitcoin Core Merged BIP-324 and AssumeUTXO Proposals
• LND v0.17.0 Beta: Simple Taproot Channels
• LDK v0.0.117: Improved Payment Success Rates, Bug Fixes & More
• Nostr Playground: Experiment with Nostr's Multifaceted Features
• Boltz Web App v1.1.0: UX Improvements
• Unchained Introduced Its Enterprise Collaborative Custody Network
• Mutiny Wallet v0.4.21: Introducing Gifts
• Theya Multisig Wallet Is Now In Public Beta
• Parmanode v3.7.5, ParmanodL v2.0 and ParmaZero Released
• Zeus v0.8.0-alpha49 with Simple Taproot Channels Rolled Out to Alpha Testers
• LNbits v0.11.0: Node Management UI for Core Lightning & LND
• Stacker.News Added Nostr Crossposting, Quote Replies & More
• Swan Partners with Blockstream to Launch Swan Vault
• Memestr: Nostr Hub for Memes
• BDK v0.29.0: Maintenance Release
• ESP Miner Firmware v2.0.0 for Bitaxe Max and Bitaxe Ultra Released
• Breez SDK Core v0.2.5: Zero Fee Anchor Channels Support
• Samourai Wallet v0.99.98i: Full PSBT Support, Post-send UI, Batch Spend JSON Import & More
• Smart Vaults for Testnet Available on iOS Testflight
• Amethyst v0.79.2: Performance Updates, Mute Words, Immersive Scrolling
• Strike Private Announced: Strike's White-glove Service
• Shopstr: Decentralized Classifieds Marketplace Using Lightning & Cashu
• Lightning Terminal v0.11.0-alpha Released
• RoninDojo v2.1.0: Handling IP Changes

Research and guides

• Hunting the Real Bitcoin Network Hashrate
• Bitcoin Optech #271: Secure Remote Control of LN Nodes & More
• A Curated List of 150 Bitcoin-only Grassroots Initiatives
• 1.4 Billion People Lack Access to Financial Services - PwC Report
• Drivechains: From A Bitcoin Miners' Perspective

Mining stats

• The Bitcoin network's hashrate (7 day MA) is currently reaching 415 EH/s.
• Bitcoin mining difficulty had a small upwards adjustment t0 57.32T (+0.35%).

Lightning stats

• The Lightning network's capacity has gone up by ~850 BTC, reaching 5338 BTC and thus returning near its all-time highs.
• Despite the increase, the network now has almost 500 fewer nodes (-3.6%), while the number of channels remains largely unchanged (-0.3%).

Nostr stats

• There are now almost 576k users on Nostr, according to Primal.net.
• According to Nostr.Band stats, the number of daily active Nostr users remains above 9000, while the number of weekly active Nostr users remains above 21000.