Block 843173: Important News of the Week

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• Zeus v0.8.4: Select Wallet/Node on Start-up
• Emessbee: Construct Coinjoin Transactions Without a Coordinator
• libsecp256k1 v0.5.0: Faster Key Generation & Signing
• AgoraDesk / LocalMonero P2P Exchange to Shut Down on November 7
• Bitcoin Optech #301: Securing Transactions with Lamport Signatures
• Blockstream Green Desktop v2.0.5: Add Singlesig Watch-only Wallets & More
• Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.6: Canary Wallets to Detect Unauthorized Key Usage
• COLDCARD Mk4 v5.3.0 and Q v1.2.0Q: Shared Codebase
• LDK v0.0.123: 'BOLT12 Dust Sweeping'
• zap.store: Nostr-based Permissionless App Store
• BlueWallet v6.6.5: BIP47 Payment Code Contacts on TX Details & More
• GrapheneOS v2024050900: Preliminary Fix for VPN DNS Traffic Leaks

Mining stats

• Bitcoin mining difficulty had a significant -5.62% downward adjustment. It is currently at 83.15T.
• The network's hashrate (7-day SMA) is at ~594 EH/s.

Lightning stats

• Lightning network capacity has increased by ~50 BTC in last 7 days.

Nostr stats

• The Nostr protocol is almost at 1.6 million users, per primal.net stats.