Releases
Bitcoin Optech #233
This week’s newsletter describes an idea for allowing offline LN nodes to receive funds onchain that they’ll later be able to use offchain without extra delay.
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News
Researchers Post Analysis of Encrypted Messenger 'Threema': Seven Vulnerabilities Disclosed
Threema is a Swiss encrypted messaging application. It has more than 10 million users and more than 7000 on-premise customers. Prominent users of Threema include the Swiss Government and the Swiss Army, as well as the current Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz.
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News
Gemini CoFounder Cameron Winklevoss Accuses Barry Silbert and DCG of Fraud in Open Letter to DCG Board
Gemini partnered with DCG's Genesis to generate yield for their consumer facing Gemini Earn product.
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Research
NYDIG: 2022 Review and Look Ahead
NYDIG is a subsidiary of Stone Ridge, a holding company that has led the creation of firms across the worlds of technology and finance, including a $13B+ alternatives asset manager.
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Releases
Nostros v0.2.0.1-alpha: Android Nostr Client
Nostros is a Nostr client for android devices.
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Releases
Fountain v0.6: Zebedee is New Custodial Wallet Provider, Activity Feed, Deposit with Bank Card, and UI/UX Upgrades
Top up your Fountain wallet with a bank card or any Lightning Wallet and start streaming money to your favourite podcasts for every minute you listen. You can also send money with a comment (also known as a Boost), which other user can like and reply to.
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Releases
BDK v0.26.0: Improves Fulcrum Electrum Server Compatibility, Enhancements, and Bug Fixes
The bdk library aims to be the core building block for Bitcoin wallets of any kind.
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News
Major Bitcoin Banking Partner 'Silvergate Bank' Lost Over $700M Liquidating Debt to Cover $8.1 Billion in Withdrawals Amid Bank Run
The collapse of FTX sparked a run on Silvergate Capital Corp. forcing the bank to sell assets at a steep loss to cover some $8.1 billion in withdrawals.
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Weekly Digest
Block 770496: Important News of the Week
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
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Releases
Zeus v0.7.1: More Secure Storage Mechanism for Android, Updating Will Require Reconnecting Your Node
Android users required to reconnect your nodes and accounts, and reconfigure your settings, as zues is moving to a more secure storage mechanism.
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Releases
New Whirlpool Client Written in Rust: Compatible with BDK Based Wallets
A Whirlpool client written in Rust brings the promise of more bitcoin wallets supporting the collaborative transaction implementation.
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News
Coinbase Pays $50M to NY Gov and Promises to Surveil Users More
The exchange will pay a $50 million fine for letting customers open accounts without sufficient background checks and spend $50 million to increase surveillance.
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