Block 827827: Important News of the Week
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
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News
- 26+ Bitcoin Companies Sign a Letter to FinCEN Against Proposed Surveillance Rules
- OpenSats Announces Long-Term Support to René Pickhardt
- Trezor Warns of Unauthorized Email Impersonating Trezor Sent via Its Third-Party Email Provider
- Bitwise Becomes First U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF to Disclose BTC Holding Addresses
- Swan Bitcoin Launches Swan Mining Out of Stealth Mode
- Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2024 Conference - Day 1 Livestream
- Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2024 - Day 2 Livestream
- iOS v17.4-beta Introduces Permissioned Alternative Marketplaces in the European Union
Updates and releases
- BoltCard Tools Terminal App v1.0.2 Released
- RoboSats v0.5.4-alpha: Enhancements & Bug Fixes
- Whirlpool GUI v0.10.4 & CLI v0.10.17 Released
- Aqua Wallet v0.1.19: Open-Source Code, Dark Mode & More
- Formstr v1.0: Complete UI Overhaul
- Primal Android v0.90.1: Integrated Lightning Wallet
- Samourai Atomic Swaps Are Now In Public Beta
- BitKit v1.0.0-beta.98: Pay to Lightning Addresses, In-App Support & More
- Breez SDK Core v0.2.14 Released
- SeedHammer v1.2.0: Seed-First UI, Engrave Wallet Titles & More
- Clark Moody Dashboard v2.0-beta: Sign In with Nostr, Themes & More
- Boltz Web App v1.3.0 & Backend v3.4.0: Taproot Swaps
- BTCPay Server v1.12.4: Bug Fixes & Improvements
- Unleashed.Chat v0.1.10: Import Git Repositories
- Damus v1.7.2: New Full-text Search Engine & Other Improvements
- Mutiny Wallet v0.5.7: Payjoin Support, NWC Improvements
Research
- Bitcoin Optech #286: btcd Consensus Failure Disclosure, LN Changes, BINANA
Mining stats
- Bitcoin's hashrate (7-day SMA) is increasing again. It is currently at ~516 EH/s.
- Next mining difficulty adjustment is expected to occur in 748 blocks or ~5 days.
Lightning stats
- There are ~7 BTC more on the Lightning network compared to last week. The number of Lightning nodes has increased by 91, while the number of active channels remains relatively unchanged, according to mempool.space.
Nostr stats
- The Nostr protocol added over 9000 new users in the last 7 days, according to primal.net.
