Block 837000: Important News of the Week
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
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News
- Julian Assange Granted Right to Fight Extradition to US (UPDATED)
- Machankura v2.0 to Turn Feature Phones Into Bitcoin Signing Devices
- Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Fraud
- Backdoor Found in XZ Tools Used by Most Linux Distros
- Neutronpay Raises $1.5M Bridge Round for Lightning Network Expansion in Southeast Asia
- 'LinkingLion' Update: LionLink Networks Denies Involvement, Connection Activity Drops
Updates and releases
- RoninDojo v2.1.3: Decentralized Communication Over Soroban for Whirlpool Coordinator
- Blockstream Jade v1.0.28: QR PIN Improvements
- CommerceBlock Introduced Lightning Latch Swap Protocol for Mercury Layer
- Hedgehog: Protocol for Asynchronous Layer 2 Bitcoin Payments
- Alby Extension v3.7.0: Safari Browser Support, NIP-44, New Onboarding Flows
- Fedi Bravo v1.15: Use Actual Funds, Fedi Mods & Fedi Fund
- Casa Launches Inheritance Product
- Cashu Nutshell v0.15.2 Released
- BTCPay Server v1.13.0: Server Branding, Invite New Users via Email/Link, New Roles & More
- Labelbase v2.0.0: Self-Hosted Option, Automated Output Management, Seamless Synchronization & More
- Unchained iOS App Launched
- NDK v2.6.0: Improved Outbox Model's Relay Selection & Other Improvements
- BDK v1.0.0-alpha8 Released
- Nunchuk Updates: New Onboarding Flow, Consolidate Coins, Create Hot Wallet
- New on Geyser: BTC Isla, S19 Hashboardheater MK1, Public Pool for StartOS & More
- Tails v6.1: Updates and Fixes
- Zeus v0.8.3-beta1 Is Available for Testing
- Bitcoin Brainbow v0.1.150: Low-Entropy Warning & Offline Mode
- Bitmain Launches Antminer S21 Pro
Research and guides
- Bitcoin Optech #295: Free Relay Attack, TX Fee Sponsorship Improvements
Mining stats
- Bitcoin mining difficulty has gone down from 83.95T to 83.13T this week.
- The hashrate of the network (7-day SMA) currently is at ~597 EH/s.
Lightning stats
- Lightning network total capacity has grown to ~4630 BTC.
- The number of nodes and open channels remains relatively unchanged.
Nostr stats
- The Nostr protocol added close to ~20k new users last week.
