Block 830000: Important News of the Week

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News

• Nayib Bukele Re-elected as President of El Salvador in Landslide Win
• BitcoinSeoul 2024 to Take Place on May 29-31
• AI-Powered Service Churns Out Pictures of Fake IDs Capable of Passing KYC/AML for as Little as $15
• COPA vs Wright: The Trial That Could End Faketoshi's Satoshi Claim
• 0xB10C Receives Long-Term Support via OpenSats
• Spiral Renews Grant to Christoph Ono
• MicroStrategy Now Owns 190K BTC, Moves Closer Towards Acquiring 1% of Current Bitcoin Supply
• Bitcoin Developer Mailing List Migrates to Google Groups
• iOS v17.4 Beta 2 Nerfs (Some) Progressive Web Apps for EU Users

Updates and releases

• Lume v3.0.1: OAuth-like Flow, Search, Performance Improvements
• YakiHonne Introduces Flash News and Uncensored Notes
• Cashu-Address: Cashu Mints as Better Lightning-Address Custodians
• MyNode v0.3.26: Updates & Fixes
• Anser: Liquid Companion for Alby
• zkBitcoin: Zero-Knowledge Applications for Bitcoin
• Parmanode v3.26.0: Ordisrespector, Coldcard Firmware Wizard & More
• Mostro Network Completes First Trade on Mainnet, Invites Users for Testing
• Mutiny Wallet v0.5.8: Fedimint to Lightning Swaps
• Primal Android v0.91.2 Released
• Nunchuk Updates: Byzantine Improvements, Cancel via RBF, Other Fixes
• LND v0.17.4-beta: Bug Fix Release
• Fountain v1.0.6: Background Audio Downloads
• GrapheneOS v2024020500: February Security Patch
• macadamia v0.1.0: a Native iOS Client for Cashu
• Unleashed.Chat v0.1.13 Released
• LNbits v0.12.0: Powerful Login System, Improved Tools & Workflows
• Citrea Announced Building Bitcoin’s First ZK Rollup
• 0xChat v1.2.6: Integrated Cashu Wallet
• BDK v1.0.0-alpha.5 Released
• NDK v2.4: 'Safely Embrace the Chaos'
• Mostr Bridge Now Supports Zaps Between Nostr and Fediverse
• Satcom: A Collaborative Layer for Internet Browsing Experience
• 10101 v1.8.7: Show DLC Channels in Settings, In-app Surveys
• Gordian Seed Tool v1.6.0 Released
• noStrudel v0.38.3: OAuth Flow, Offline Mode & More
• Nostur v1.12.0: UI & Performance Improvements
• Lightning Loop v0.27.0-beta: Sweep Batcher

Research and guides

• When Do Bitcoin Node Operators Upgrade?
• How to Get Started with Zeus Mobile Node
• Bitcoin Optech #288: Block Stalling Bug in Core, Zero-conf Channels with v3 Transactions & More

Mining stats

• Bitcoin mining difficulty is estimated to have another significant upwards adjustment in less than 600 blocks (~3 days).
• The Bitcoin network hashrate (7-day SMA) is currently at a record~568 EH/s.
• Next Bitcoin halving is expected to occur in ~69 days or just 10000 blocks.

Lightning stats

• Lightning network node and channels count has dropped by ~2-3% this week, and there is a ~150 BTC drop in capacity.

Nostr stats

• The Nostr protocol has added over 5000 new users this week. More than 17 BTC has already been zapped via Nostr as the network surpassed 80 million public notes milestone.