Block 838000: Important News of the Week
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
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News
- Bull Bitcoin's 'In Person Bitcoin Purchases via Canada Post' to Require Identity Verification
- Tether Purchased Another 8888 BTC in Q1
- Argentina Creates Mandatory Registry for Bitcoin Service Providers Operating in the Country
- HRF Launches Webinar to Help Nonprofits Integrate Bitcoin
- Tether Awards $100K Grant to BTCPay Server Foundation
- Tuscany Lightning Summit 2024 - Day 1 Livestream
- Coinbase Partners with Lightspark for Lightning Network Integration
- Casa Acquires Applied Cryptography Team Chamber
- Tuscany Lightning Summit 2024 - Day 2 Livestream
- Ecash Hackday V2 to Take Place in Berlin on June 20-21
- HRF Is Sponsoring 4-Month Research Fellowship on the Future and State of CISA
- Paraguay Mulls 'Temporary' Bitcoin Mining Ban Citing Energy Issues
- Bhutan to Ramp Up Bitcoin Mining Capacity to 600MW as Halving Looms
Updates and releases
- Primal Android v0.96.10, iOS v1.4.7 Released
- Citadel v0.3.5: Switch Between Core or Knots
- GrapheneOS v2024040300 Released
- Mutiny Wallet v0.6.1: New Home Screen, Nostr Profile Setup, Federation Discovery & Recommendations
- Bitcoin Core v26.1: Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements
- Fedimint v0.3.0: Improved Version Compatibility, New Features & Fixes
- Bisq v2.0.2: Fixes & Improvements
- Liana v5.0: Coldcard & Experimental Taproot Support
- Citrine v0.2.0: Nostr Relay in Your Phone
- COLDCARD Q1 Firmware v1.1.0 Released
- Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.1: Taproot Wallets Support
- NDK v2.7: Massive Performance Improvements
- Amethyst v0.86.1: Draft Support
- PayPerQ: ChatGPT4 Pay-per-Query Over Lightning Service
- Unleashed.Chat v0.1.19: Nostr DVM, Bugfixes
- RoninUI v2.5.0: New Troubleshooting Page, Enhanced Whirlpool UI
Research
- The Bitcoin Revolution in Iran - Report
- Bitcoin Optech #296: Revisiting Consensus Cleanup, Choosing New BIP Editors
Mining stats
- Bitcoin hashrate (7-day SMA) is currently at ~602 EH/s.
- The fourth Bitcoin halving is set to happen in approximately 2 weeks.
Lightning stats
- The total capacity and active node count of the Lightning Network remains relatively unchanged. However, the network has 500 fewer open channels compared with the previous week.
Nostr stats
- There are almost 5000 new users on the Nostr protocol this week.
