Releases
Lightning Terminal v0.12.3-alpha Released
Lightning Terminal (LiT) is a browser-based interface for managing channel liquidity.
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Research
2023 Q4 Year-End Review of Global Base Money
According to research by Porkopolis Economics, Bitcoin is now 7th largest base money in the world.
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Releases
Electrum v4.5.3: Fixes and Improvements
Electrum is a lightweight Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for all desktop platforms and Android.
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News
Nigeria Blocks Access to Bitcoin Exchanges in Desperate Bid to Control The Price of Plummeting National Currency
"The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms regulator, late on Wednesday ordered telecoms companies to restrict consumer access to the websites of companies like Binance, Coinbase and Kraken, according to people familiar with the matter," reported Financial Times.
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News
Citrea Raised $2.7M Seed Round to Launch Bitcoin’s First ZK Rollup
Citrea is working on "the first rollup that enhances the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace with zero-knowledge technology, making it possible to build everything on Bitcoin." This requires no changes to the network's consensus rules.
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Releases
COLDCARD Q v0.0.6-beta: Source Code Is Now Public
COLDCARD Q is the higher-end COLDCARD that comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, a larger LCD screen, a real QR scanner and more. The Q uses exactly the same security model as the Mk4 COLDCARD, with dual multi-vendor secure elements.
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Releases
Bitkey Shares Code for Firmware, Mobile App, Server & Hardware Schematics
"Today, we’re taking the next big step in our open development: we’re publishing the code that powers the hardware device, mobile app, and server behind Bitkey, as well as electrical designs for the hardware."
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News
ECB Reports Record Loss for 2023, Publishes Another Hit Piece on Bitcoin
The European Central Bank today reported a record annual loss for 2023 and said further losses were likely as its aggressive interest rate hikes force it to pay out billions of euros to banks. At the same time, the bank also published another opinion piece on perceived 'failures of bitcoin.'
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Releases
Foundation Passport v2.3.0: Full Taproot Support, SeedQR Export & More
Passport is a Bitcoin open source hardware wallet by Foundation. It puts special focus on usability and design.
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Releases
JoinMarket v0.9.11: Wallet Performance & RPC API Improvements
JoinMarket is a Bitcoin CoinJoin implementation with incentive structure to convince people to take part. Widespread use of JoinMarket improves bitcoin's fungibility and privacy. This implementation of JoinMarket also implements PayJoin.
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Releases
Cashu-Address.com Moves to Npub.cash, Integrates NIP-46
Npub.cash is a LNURL service that generates eCash tokens on received payments and holds on to them for a user until they come back online.
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Releases
Braiins Pool Introduces Lightning Payouts
Braiins is working with Voltage to bring about Lightning payouts for miners. The feature is currently in private beta access but public release is expected within weeks.
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