Releases
Operated by the same team as successful bitcoin art marketplace Scarce City. The marketplace does not use logins, bank accounts or a registration process.
Releases
Sparrow is a modern desktop Bitcoin wallet application supporting most hardware wallets and built on common standards such as PSBT, with an emphasis on transparency and usability.
Weekly Digest
Important News of the Week.
Releases
Blixt Wallet is an open source Lightning Bitcoin Wallet with focus on usability and user experience, powered by lnd and Neutrino SPV.
News
The interest bearing Earn product offered by Gemini relies on lending user money to Genesis. Genesis released a statement today that they are halting withdrawals due to "liquidity issues." Due to the issues at Genesis, Gemini has halted withdrawals for Gemini Earn users.
Releases
This week’s newsletter describes a proposal to enable generalized smart contracts on Bitcoin and summarizes a paper about addressing LN channel jamming attacks.
News
Block (formerly Square) will be manufacturing their upcoming hardware wallet in Austin, Texas. This post highlights the process they took when making this decision.
News
BitMEX has extended Rene Pickhardt’s Bitcoin developer grant until May 2023, a six month extension from the previous grant. This is the third consecutive time BitMEX has provided Rene a grant and BitMEX continues to support his work for the long term.
Research
This report reviews recent market dysfunction, broadly assesses relevant industry policies and practices, and examines potential benefits of expanded Proof of Reserves assurances.
News
As FTX Contagion Spreads, More Custodians Expected to be at Risk: Withdraw Bitcoin to Self Custody ASAP.
News
Due to FTX relationships throughout the industry many more custodians could be at risk. BlockFi which was bailed out by FTX earlier in the year has already halted withdrawals.
News
"Given the lack of clarity on the status of FTX.com, FTC US, and Alameda, we are not able to operate business as usual."
