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Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023 Livestream - Day 1
Africa Bitcoin Conference 2023 brings together Bitcoin stakeholders from across Africa and beyond for a three-days in Accra, Ghana.
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AntPool to Return 83 BTC Fee to Person Who Signs Message From the Compromised Wallet
AntPool said that it will return the 83 BTC fee if the owner of the compromised wallet comes forward before December 10, though its verification method appears to be far from ideal in the current situation.
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MicroStrategy Added 16130 BTC to Its Stash in November
MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 16,130 BTC for ~$593.3 million at an average price of $36,785 per bitcoin. The company now holds 174,530 BTC acquired for ~$5.28 billion at an average price of $30,252 per bitcoin.
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Releases
Alby Extension v3.4.1: UI Improvements
Alby is a Bitcoin, Lightning and Nostr browser extension that connects to different wallet interfaces and personal nodes. It let's users manage their payments and authentication flows on the web.
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Releases
Blockstream Green Android v4.0.20, iOS v4.0.19 Released
Blockstream Green is a multi-platform, feature-rich Bitcoin wallet with Liquid support.
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Spiral Renews Grant to the Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) Project
VLS separates your Lightning private keys and security rule validation from your Lightning node, into a discrete signing device. This improves LN security for users by reducing the attack surface.
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News
83 BTC Fee Transaction Was a Cold Wallet Hack
Pseudonymous Bitcoin user lost 139 BTC in what appears to be an automated cold wallet hack with an odd fee calculation mechanism.
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Releases
Breez Partners with lipa, SDK Core v0.2.10 Released
Breez SDK enables mobile developers to integrate Lightning and bitcoin payments into their apps with a shallow learning curve.
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Releases
Hodl Hodl Design Improvements: New Contract Flow & More
Hodl Hodl is a no-KYC, non-custodial peer-to-peer bitcoin trading platform.
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Releases
Bitcoin Optech #279: Update to The Liquidity Ads Specification
This week’s newsletter summarizes an update to the liquidity advertisements specification, and includes regular sections of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Releases
Core Lightning v23.11: Dual Funding Cross-Compatibility with Eclair, More Powerful RPCs & More
"After the huge v23.08 release, this update is a bit smaller in scope and mainly offers improvements and follow-ups. Nonetheless, it includes some noteworthy features that we are excited to share with you."
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Eligius Pool Relaunched As OCEAN Pool, Raises $6.2M in Seed Funding
The seed funding will support the launch of OCEAN Pool - a non-custodial Bitcoin mining pool where miners are paid directly by the Bitcoin network. The pool also offers complete transparency into its operations, particularly in the areas of block template creation and reward distribution.
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