News
* “Tether has not been contacted by U.S. officials or law enforcement with a request” to freeze transactions with Tornado Cash, Tether’s chief technology officer, Paolo Ardoino, said in a statement, adding that the company “normally complies with requests from U.S. authorities.” * It is not clear whether Tether
Releases
* guide about channel jamming attacks * updates to a silent payments PR * changes to services & client software * adds a silent payments topic https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/08/24/ archive: https://archive.ph/usjJz
News
* Incentivize the research, development, and vetting of Bitcoin Improvement Proposals by implementing a system for crowdsourcing tax-deductible bug bounties https://bipbounty.org/ archive: https://archive.ph/dJSRU
Research
* Taro is a new protocol being developed at Lightning Labs that promises to enable creation and transfer of digital assets on the Bitcoin blockchain and specifically on the Lightning Network. * Any protocol that requires a bitcoin transaction to move another asset will be inherently limited by the block space market.
News
* Intel would fund 51% of the cost of building new chip-making facilities in Chandler, Ariz., and will have a controlling stake in the financing vehicle that would own the new factories, Intel Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner said. Brookfield will own the remainder of the equity and the companies will
News
* "The growing adoption of decentralized technology will certainly raise new challenges for OFAC. Nonetheless, technology is neutral and the expectation of privacy is normal." https://nitter.net/RepTomEmmer/status/1562084891247902721 archive: https://archive.ph/df8dE
News
* class-action lawsuit is asking for $5 million in damages from Coinbase over the exchange’s propensity to crash during market volatility https://www.theblock.co/post/165003/coinbase-faces-class-action-for-crashing-during-volatility-listing-securities archive: https://archive.ph/4AG8v
Releases
* The Fedimint open-source project, so far in 2022, has attracted many new contributors leading to an all-time high in project activity * Lightning has been integrated * Fedi has been founded https://blog.blockstream.com/fedimint-update/ archive: https://archive.ph/M0CP3
News
* Peiter "Mudge" Zatko * a chaotic and reckless environment at a mismanaged company that allows too many of its staff access to the platform's central controls and most sensitive information without adequate oversight https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/23/tech/twitter-whistleblower-peiter-zatko-security archive: https://archive.ph/QuRSG
News
* 38 members, including: Anchorage Digital, Binance, bitFlyer, BitGo, Bittrex, BlockFi, Circle, Coinbase, Crypto(.)com, Fidelity Digital Assetsˢᵐ, Gemini, Kraken, Nexo, Paxos, Prime Trust, Robinhood, sFOX, Shakepay https://blog.coinbase.com/paypal-joins-the-trust-travel-rule-solution-10ac8e6e19ac archive: https://archive.ph/cqLaU
News
* operated by opensats * will support hodlonaut and other open source contributors facing lawsuits https://defendingbtc.com archive: https://archive.ph/mkvoS
* for false and misleading claims https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2022/ftx-harrison-letter.pdf
