Block 828828: Important News of the Week
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News
- Senator Calls for U.S. Intelligence to Purge All Personal Data About Americans Acquired via Illegal Data Sales
- Nitter Is Shutting Down Following Changes to X Guest Accounts
- Ten31 Announces Public Listing of GRIID, Two New Funds, and a Grant for eCash Developer Calle
- US Department of Energy Announced an 'Emergency' Data Collection Initiative Targeting US Bitcoin Miners
- European Bitcoin Energy Association (EBEA) Launched to Inform Policy Makers About Bitcoin Mining
- Nostriga 2024 to Take Place on August 22-23 Alongside The Baltic Honeybadger Conference
- LN Markets Announces $3 Million Seed Round, Introduces DLC Markets
- First LDK Hackathon Is Happening on March 13-15 at Advancing Bitcoin in London
- Argentina's Milei Scraps Proposed Bitcoin Tax Law Aimed at Incentivizing Citizens to Declare Their Holdings
- btc++ Buenos Aires to Take Place on February 22-24
Updates and releases
- Snort v0.2.0: Worker Relay In The Browser
- Zeus v0.8.1: Nostr Contact Import, Standalone PoS & More
- Base58 Ships Its Crypto + Digital Signatures Course for Bitcoin Developers
- BlueWallet v6.5.0: Crash Detection on watchOS App & Fixes
- Fully Noded - Bitcoin Core v1.0.5 & Tor-Connect v1.0.0 Released
- GrapheneOS v2024012600: Security Enhancements & eSIM Improvements
- RoninUI v2.4.1: UX Enhancements
- Geyser v0.6.7: New Reward Features
- Damus Introduces Purple: Premium Tier For Project Supporters
- BTCPay Server v1.12.5: Fix for Stores Using Kraken as Price Source
- New on Geyser: Interesting Fundraisers and Initiatives
- BitEscrow Launches Beta Version of Its API
- Timechain Calendar v0.3.5.1: Art Galleries
- Hardware Wallet Interface v2.4.0 Released
- Plebeian Market v0.0.2: First Installable Release, CMS Features & UI Improvements
- 10101 v1.8.4: Switch From DLC Channels Embedded in Lightning to Regular DLC Channels
Research and guides
- Bitcoin Optech #287: Kindred Replace by Fee, Opposition to CTV
- Best Lightning Wallet Apps Working with Poor Network Connection As Tested in Zimbabwe 2024
Mining stats
- Bitcoin mining difficulty has reached a new all-time high of 75.5T after rising 7.34%.
- The network's hashrate (7 day SMA) has exploded upwards in the recent days and is currently reaching ~549 EH/s.
Lightning stats
- There are 50 BTC more on the Lightning network compared to last week. Nevertheless, the number of network nodes and channels went down by almost 1%.
Nostr stats
- The number of Nostr users has grown by more than 4000 last week as the network is about to surpass 80 million public notes.
