Releases
Mercury Layer is Now Code Complete and Available For Testing
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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News
New US Tax Reporting Rule Requires an IRS Report for Every $10K+ Transaction
"The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which passed Congress in November of 2021, included a provision amending the Tax Code to require anyone who receives $10,000 or more in cryptocurrency in the course of their trade or business to make a report to the IRS," Coin Center wrote in a blog post.
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News
OpenSats' 2023: Year in Review
"In the spirit of openness, let's take some time to pause and reflect upon the announcements we made [last] year, what we did to pursue our mission, and what kinds of projects we were able to support thanks to the generous donations made by all of you."
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Releases
Bitcoin Optech #283: Past LND Vulnerabilities, Fee-dependent Timelocks & More
The first Bitcoin Optech issue of 2024 is here.
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Releases
Foundation Passport Firmware v2.2.0 and Envoy v1.5.0 Released
"With this version of Passport’s firmware we’ve added the ability to seamlessly switch back and forth between signing via QR and microSD, added the ability to restore from SeedQR, improved the user interface on Founder’s Edition, and added many quality of life improvements across the board."
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Releases
nsecBunker v0.10.0: OAuth-like Flow, LNbits + Nostrdress
nsecBunker is a daemon to remotely sign nostr events using keys. It let's you keep your nostr keys in a single place while providing a fine-grained account access to your team members.
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Weekly Digest
Block 823762: Important News of the Week
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
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Research
2023 Bitcoin Node Performance Tests
"Five years ago I started running an annual comprehensive comparison of various implementations to see how well they performed full blockchain validation. Now it's time to see what has changed over the past year!"
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Releases
Electrum v4.5.0-beta: Send Transaction Change to a Lightning Channel
Electrum is a lightweight Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for all desktop platforms and Android.
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Releases
Loan Shark: Non-custodial, Bitcoin-only Borrow and Loan Tool
Loan Shark offers fully collateralized bitcoin only loans without custodians, escrows, or margin calls.
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News
Argentina's Milei Wants People to Declare Their Crypto Holdings for Lower Tax Rate
The bill called 'the Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines' was introduced to Congress on December 27. The bill offers tax incentives for citizens who declare their 'crypto' holdings 'regardless of their origin.'
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Releases
GrapheneOS v2023123000: Android Auto Support
GrapheneOS is an open-source, privacy and security-focused mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
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