Block 816434: Important News of the Week
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
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News
- PayPal Subpoenaed by the SEC Over Its PYUSD Stablecoin
- 85% of Whirlpool Users Are Using Self-Hosted Solutions
- Gemini UK to Block Bitcoin Transfers To and From Non-Approved Exchanges
- Adopting Bitcoin 2023 Livestream - Day 1
- Blink Introduces Blink API, Fiat Integration & Partnership with Distribuidora Morazán
- Athena Bitcoin To Integrate Lightning Network to Its ATMs Starting with El Salvador
- Fake Ledger Live App on Microsoft App Store Used to Steal 16.8+ BTC
- Adopting Bitcoin 2023 - Day 2 Livestream
- BitBanana v0.6.8: Stealth Mode & UX Improvements
- LNeSIM: Buy Travel eSIMs Over the Lightning Network
- Sparrow Wallet v1.8.0: Transaction Diagram Captions, Open Wallets Search & More
- Roman Sterlingov's Defense To Examine Chainalysis Heuristics Under Protective Order, Trial Moved to February
- Swan Bitcoin to Limit Customers Interacting with Privacy Services Due to Partner Policy
- Coin Center's Tornado Cash OFAC Sanctions Lawsuit Dismissed Due to DAO Structure and TORN Shitcoin
Updates and releases
- MyNode v0.3.23: Software Updates & Fixes
- Geyser Is Migrating to Nostr
- Zaprite Launched Integration with Alby
- Strike Added Direct Deposits, Wires, Cards & More
- Fulcrum v1.9.5: Hotfix Release
- Electrs v0.10.1 Released
- BitEscrow: Non-Custodial Escrow for Bitcoin Transactions
- Stacker.News Added Image Uploads
- StartOS v0.3.5: Performance & Reliability Improvements
- Blixt Wallet v0.6.9: Simple Taproot Channels, Persistent Mode & More
Research
- Durabit: Bitcoin-native Incentive Mechanism for Data Distribution
- Bitcoin Optech #276: Bitcoin-Dev Mailing List Hosting
- Scionic Merkle DAG Trees: Backwards-Compatible Integration with Nostr for Multimedia Hosting
Mining stats
- Bitcoin mining difficulty is set to adjust higher in ~50 blocks today.
- The network's hashrate (7 day MA) is at ~461 EH/s.
Lightning stats
- Lightning network capacity is at 5342 BTC, while the node count is back above 14000.
Nostr stats
- The Nostr protocol has added over 12000 new users last week, per stats by Primal.net.
