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This week’s Optech summarizes discussion about LN anchors and elements of the v3 transaction relay proposal and announces a research implementation of LN-Symmetry.
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Bitcoin Victoria Falls is officially launched in Zambia, bringing financial empowerment and Bitcoin education to the region.
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An unknown actor gained access to the US Securities and Exchange Commission's unsecured X account via a sim swap attack and made a fake Bitcoin spot ETF approval announcement, causing a stir in the markets a day before its much-anticipated decision on spot Bitcoin ETFs.
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Unleashed.chat provides access to uncensored FOSS AI models for sats. It is designed with privacy in mind and supports live Nostr data querying.
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The new FCA rules for promoting bitcoin and 'crypto assets', categorizing them as 'restricted mass market investments,' came into effect on October 8, 2023. These regulations include a 24-hour cooling-off period for first-time buyers, client appropriateness testing, and categorization requirements.
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Rust-payjoin is a library and a client binary for bitcoind implementing BIP78 Payjoin. PDK makes Payjoin support easy for any wallet or service and save significant fees as a result.
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Mercury Layer is a Layer 2 protocol for Bitcoin that enables the self-custodial transfer of coins (UTXOs) without on-chain transactions.
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FiatLink is a free and open source API specification for bitcoin on and off ramps. The goal of this project is to provide a unified API specifications for Fiat on-ramps to create interoperability and easier integration of multiple on and offramps into apps.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria reversed its prohibition on local banks and financial institutions serving Bitcoin firms.
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Amethyst is a free and open source Nostr client for Android devices.
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The BDK libraries aims to provide well engineered and reviewed components for Bitcoin based applications. The Bitcoin Dev Kit developers are in the process of releasing a v1.0 which is a fundamental re-write of how the library works.
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