Releases
Core Lightning v24.11.1: Xpay Improvements
Core Lightning (CLN) is a lightweight, highly customizable and standard compliant implementation of the Lightning Network protocol.
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News
Chinese Car Company Cango Buys 32 EH/s from Bitmain, Mines 393 BTC in November
Cango, a Shanghai-based NYSE-listed car dealership platform, invested $256 million to acquire 32 EH/s of Bitmain hashrate, shifting to Bitcoin mining and retaining 393 BTC it produced in November.
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El Salvador to Scale Back Bitcoin Policies for $1.4 Billion IMF Loan Deal
El Salvador finalized a four-year $1.4bn IMF deal strained by its Bitcoin adoption. It makes bitcoin use voluntary for the private sector, limits public sector bitcoin activities, and phases out government involvement in the Chivo wallet. It may also unlock extra $3.5bn in development bank funds.
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Releases
LND v0.18.4-beta: Bitcoind v28.0 Compatibility Fix & Optimization for Payment Requests
The Lightning Network Daemon (LND) is a complete implementation of a Lightning Network node developed by Lightning Labs.
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Daily Roundup
Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
'Good Morning, Bitcoin' is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to Bitcoin and freedom tech.
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Releases
Alby Hub v1.12.0: Improved Relay Connectivity & More
Alby Hub is an open-source hub for setting up and/or controlling your Lightning node and wallet from various applications that support Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC).
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Daily Roundup
Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
'Good Morning, Bitcoin' is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to Bitcoin and freedom tech.
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News
Samourai Wallet Pretrial Hearing Moved to March 12, Trial Set for November 3, 2025
The Samourai Wallet case pretrial hearing has been postponed to March 12, 2025, due to an increased volume of discovery, as the prosecution has added two additional discovery batches since September. The trial is now scheduled for November 3, 2025.
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News
Foundation Announces Passport Prime Personal Security Platform
Foundation has introduced Passport Prime, a personal security platform and signing device aimed at both first-time and experienced users that comes with hardware wallet multi-factor authenticator, encrypted flash drive, and secure app platform.
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News
OpenSats Announces 9th Wave of Nostr Grants
Projects included in this wave of funding are AlgoRelay, Pokey, Nostr Safebox, Persian NIPs, and LumiLumi.
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Daily Roundup
Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, December 16th, 2024
'Good Morning, Bitcoin' is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to Bitcoin and freedom tech.
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Releases
Mempal v1.4.0: Tap to Refresh, Multiple Custom Servers & Major Optimizations
Mempal is a Bitcoin mempool monitoring and notification app. It allows users to track real-time fee rates and mempool depth for smarter transaction and fee management. Available on Android.
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