⌛ Block 871742: Important News of the Week
Another week has passed! Read all about it here.
Shoutout to our top supporters and zappers who are here for us! Your support enables free and independent reporting on the Bitcoin standard.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/871742/
Damus v1.11.0: Multi Image Uploads, Share Sheet Action, Video Player Improvements
This release features the Damus Share sheet action, enabling users to share content and links directly to Damus. It also supports uploading multiple images at once, includes enhancements to the video player, offers smooth scrolling, and introduces many other improvements.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/damus-v1-11-0/
chachi.chat: A Relay-based Group Chat Client for Nostr
chachi is a nostr relay-based (NIP-29) group chat client that is designed to be mobile-friendly, bandwidth efficient and interoperable with all kinds of content.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/chachi-chat/
🗞️ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Friday, November 22nd, 2024
Extra, extra! Latest No Bullshit GM Report is here!
Gary Gensler to step down from the SEC, OpenSats doubles down on Nostr, Bitcoin is (still) near $100k USD, and more! GM! Read all about it here.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-11-22/
Coin Center's Post-Election Policy Outlook: Positive for Securities & Banking; Uncertain on Surveillance Issues
"It’s up to us to make it clear that being “pro-crypto” doesn’t just mean choosing friendlier agency heads or implementing pro-business regulations, it also means something deeply American: standing up for privacy and speech when it’s hardest to do so, when the national security stakes are high and the specters of crime and terrorism ever so briefly appear to eclipse our lasting virtues of liberty, privacy, and openness."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coin-centers-post-election-policy-outlook-positive-for-securities-banking-uncertain-on-surveillance-issues/
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Announces Resignation Effective January 20, 2025
Gary Gensler, the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has announced his intention to resign on January 20, 2025, according to a statement released on Thursday.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/sec-chair-gary-gensler-to-resign-on-january-20-2025/
🔥 Primal v2.0: Reads & Explore Tabs, Feed Marketplace, Advanced Search
Primal now offers a much more comprehensive view of Nostr on its web and mobile apps, with the following additions: a Reads tab, an Explore tab, a Feed Marketplace, comprehensive Advanced Search options, and multiple performance improvements.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/primal-v2-0/
☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
Good morning. Here’s your daily roundup for Wednesday, November 20th, 2024.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-11-20/
Krux v24.11.0: Experimental Tamper Detection Tool & Other Improvements
This release contains a new experimental tamper detection tool, a Flash Map tool for visualizing the regions of device memory, fixes a vulnerability related to the import of Python modules from an SD card, adds a WonderWM simulator, a Japanese translation, and few other reliability and quality of life improvements.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/krux-v24-11-0/
Liana v8.0: Improved Setup Process, New Templates, BitBox02 Support
This release introduces support for Taproot descriptors on Bitbox02 devices and includes a new installation process with setup templates and examples. Additionally, the wallet's syncing state display has been reworked.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/liana-v8-0/
☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
GM. Today is Tuesday, November 12th, 2024. Keep on pushing forward; never stop.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-12/
ZEUS v0.9.2: Export Transaction History, BIP-353, BOLT 12 & Hardware Signer Improvements
This release features the ability to export transaction history, enhanced support for BIP-353 and BOLT 12, and improvements for hardware wallets and external signers.
h/t @ZEUShttps://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zeus-v0-9-2/
☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, November 11th, 2024
GM! Here are some of the latest news and updates that landed on our radar. Have a great and productive week.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-11-11/
Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.18 & Keeper Desktop v0.1.3 Released
"The latest Keeper App release is here, and it’s packed with big updates across privacy, transaction management, and hardware compatibility to help you protect those evermore precious sats."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-keeper-v1-2-18-keeper-desktop-v0-1-3/
RoboSats v0.7.2-alpha: Nostr Order Books
This release lets users test Nostr global orderbooks by enabling the option in the configuration tab. For now, the feature is only available on the web, and will be brought to mobile app in upcoming releases.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/robosats-v0-7-2-alpha/
Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades
A recently publicized paper co-authored by Ren Crypto Fish, Steve Lee, and Lyn Alden provides an analysis of bitcoin’s consensus mechanism, focusing on the roles of various stakeholders, their powers, and the incentives that guide their actions.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bcap-v1-0/
⌛Block 869727: Important News of the Week
We're almost 7 months past the Bitcoin halving of 2024, and things are starting to accelerate. Keep up the good work, legends, and stay focused on what's important.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/869727/
OP_NEXT Bitcoin Scaling Conference Livestream
The event aims to facilitate important philosophical and technical conversations around Bitcoin’s future, including topics like covenant designs, UTXO-based scaling proposals, and philosophical panels on the merits behind activation methods.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/op_next-bitcoin-scaling-conference-livestream/
🌕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Friday, November 8th, 2024
GM. The Nostr protocol celebrated its fourth anniversary yesterday since its first commit. Shoutout to everyone building on this free and open social media protocol for notes and other stuff!
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-11-08/
0xChat v1.4.0: Enhanced UX for Telegram-like Experience
This version improves the app's user experience, updates message and calling sounds, adds support for CashuB tokens in the wallet, ensures compatibility with Android 9, and enables support for 'kind 15' encrypted file messages.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/0xchat-v1-4-0/
RaspiBlitz v1.11.3: Public Pool, Telegraf Metrics & Tailscale
This version is optimized to run on plain Debian 12 Linux for Proxmox/VM and x86 systems.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/raspiblitz-v1-11-3/
🍂 Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
GM. Here are some of the latest stories and updates you may find useful.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-11-06/
Boltz Web App v1.5.0: BOLT 12 Swaps
Boltz is a non-custodial Bitcoin bridge that enables swaps between different Bitcoin layers (on-chain, Lightning and Liquid).
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/boltz-web-app-v1-5-0/
Deutsche Telekom Launches Bitcoin Mining Pilot to Balance Germany's Power Grid
Europe's leading telecommunications provider is launching a Bitcoin mining pilot called 'Digital Monetary Photosynthesis', developed by Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary MMS in collaboration with Bankhaus Metzler. The project aims to provide data for stabilizing Germany's energy grids.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/deutsche-telekom-launches-bitcoin-mining-pilot-to-balance-germanys-power-grid/
libsecp256k1 v0.6.0: MuSig2 Support & Other Improvements
This release adds a musig module, adds a significantly more robust method to clear secrets from the stack, and removes the unused secp256k1_scratch_space functions.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/libsecp256k1-v0-6-0/
OpenSats Announces Eighth Wave of Nostr Grants
OpenSats, a non-profit dedicated to funding free and open-source Bitcoin and broader freedom tech developers, announced the eighth wave of Nostr grants to five Nostr projects: Formstr, Groups, Coop, Nostrability, and the NIP-44 Libraries audit.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-announces-eight-wave-of-nostr-grants/
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, November 4th, 2024
Good morning, Bitcoin! It is Monday, November 4th, and here's your latest daily digest.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-11-04/
RoboSats v0.7.1-alpha: Fixes & Performance Improvements
This version includes multiple performance improvements, better and faster web notifications, a disable notifications button for Android users, fixes for robot avatar generation on the web version, removes Experimental and Satstralia coordinators, and more.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/robosats-v0-7-1-alpha/
⌛Block 868737: Important News of the Week
Happy November, No Bullshit Bitcoiners! Shoutout to everyone who supported us last week, with a special thanks to an anonymous donor who tipped us 1.5 million sats!
Overall, we raised 2.51 million sats ($1,741) in October, making it the project's second-best month since September, when we started sharing more details on the project's financials.
Onward 🫡
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/868737/
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Thursday, October 31st, 2024
GM. "I’ve been working on a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party."
Happy Bitcoin Whitepaper Day!
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-31/
YakiHonne v2.0: Re-engineered Core, Redesign & Lightning Wallet
This update introduces a complete platform redesign, featuring an easier onboarding flow and the ability to create or add multiple Lightning wallets, a new content layout and navigation improvements. The new and improved platform also includes a re-engineered core for better performance and outbox model support.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/yakihonne-v2-0/
Alby Go v1.7.0: LNURL-withdraw Support
Alby Go v1.7.0 implements LNURL-withdraw support, improved currency selection, boostagram information in transaction details, and various bug fixes and improvements.
https://nobsbitcoin.com/alby-go-v1-7-0/
🔥BTCPay Server v2.0: Backend Updates, Full Interface Translation, New Onboarding Flow & More
"BTCPay Server 2.0 realigns the internal architecture with the lessons we’ve learned since 2017, positioning us to better support both plugin developers and ourselves as we implement new features. While it may not seem immediately obvious, we expect users to see the full potential of 2.0 in the upcoming months, as the ecosystem continues to thrive and build on top of it."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/btcpay-server-v2-0/
Haven Relay v1.0.0: Blossom Media & Gift Wrapped DM Support
HAVEN is a personal Nostr protocol relay for storing and backing up sensitive notes, such as ecash, private chats, and drafts. It offers features like web-of-trust, inbox relay, cloud backups, Blastr, old note import, and an integrated Blossom media server.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/haven-relay-v1-0-0/
Athenut: Privacy-preserving Web Search Powered by Kagi & Cashu
"Athenut wraps around the Kagi API and lets you pay for searches with Bitcoin. Every individual search is paid for with ecash which means that you have no account and your payments can't be correlated to your searches."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/athenut-privacy-preserving-web-search-powered-by-kagi-cashu/
☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
GM. It is Tuesday, October 29th, 2024. Here are some of the latest stories and updates to kickstart your day.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-29/
Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.17: Overhauled TapSigner Experience
This update delivers overhauled TapSigner experience, key/signer and wallet data management improvements, and bug fixes with UI updates.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-keeper-v1-2-17/
OpenSats Issues Eight Wave of Bitcoin Grants
"OpenSats is proud to announce its eighth wave of Bitcoin grants, dedicated to supporting innovative open-source projects that enhance the growth and resilience of the Bitcoin ecosystem."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-issues-eight-wave-of-bitcoin-grants/
Lightspark Introduces Spark: Statechain-inspired Solution for Scaling Bitcoin
Lightspark, a startup aimed at facilitating Lightning Network adoption by enterprises, announced the launch of an alpha version of Spark, a statechain-inspired, trust-minimized solution designed to scale Bitcoin and extend the Lightning Network.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lightspark-introduces-spark/
☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Friday, October 25th, 2024
GM and happy Friday! While the fiat world thrives on distractions, here's your daily dose of traction to keep you moving forward. 🫡
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-25/
Envoy v1.8.3: Expanded Buy Bitcoin Feature, Enhanced Tor Connection, UI Improvements
"In Envoy v1.8.3, we’ve continued our focus on refining the Envoy experience you know and love, expanding the Buy bitcoin feature to all 50 US states as well as bolstering the stability of our Tor connection and polishing the UI."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/envoy-v1-8-3/
Wasabi Wallet v2.3.0: Rewrite of Tor Integration, UX Improvements & More
"This release continues our vision of simplifying the codebase and improving the resiliency of the software, while still shipping long-awaited quality-of-life features."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wasabi-wallet-v2-3-0/
Bitcoin Core Development Funded with $8.4M in 2023 - Report
1A1z researchers Dan O'Prey and Mas Nakachi published a comprehensive report exploring the funding of the Bitcoin Core project. The study focuses exclusively on Bitcoin Core and 13 main sponsoring organizations that either actively hire Core developers or have active developer grant programs.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-development-funded-with-8-4m-in-2023-report/
Vitalik Buterin: 'Saylor's Comments are Batshit Insane'
"I'll happily say that I think Michael Saylor's comments are batshit insane. He seems to be explicitly arguing for a regulatory capture approach to protecting crypto. There's plenty of precedent for how this strategy can fail, and for me it's not what crypto is about," Buterin posted to X on Wednesday.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/vitalik-buterin-saylors-comments-are-batshit-insane/
Bisq2 v2.1.2: Optimized Reputation System & Chat Consolidation
This version brings reputation system improvements to enhance security and the overall trading experience, fixes notification issues, and consolidates chat rooms based on user feedback.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bisq2-v2-1-2/
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
GM, the latest daily digest is here!
As always, please share and let us know what else we missed.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-23/
River Introduces BTC Yield on USD Deposits
Bitcoin financial services firm River has teamed up with Lead Bank to launch Bitcoin Interest on Cash product, allowing users to earn bitcoin or USD interest on their cash deposits.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/river-introduces-btc-yield-on-usd-deposits/
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund Invested $25M to Support Free & Open-Source Projects
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) announced it has invested nearly $25 million (€23 million) in 60 global open-source technologies over the past two years. During this time, it received over 500 submissions proposing more than €114 million in work.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/germanys-sovereign-tech-fund-invested-25m-to-support-free-open-source-projects/
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, October 22, 2024
GM.
“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” ― Marshall McLuhan
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-22/
Dutch Bitcoin-only Exchange BL3P to Shut Down by December 20th
"This decision, driven by new regulations such as MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation), will allow us to fully focus on improving the Bitonic platform and its product range. While BL3P has been an integral part of Bitonic and the bitcoin community for over a decade, we believe that this transition will enable us to provide you with better services and new opportunities moving forward."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/dutch-bitcoin-only-exchange-bl3p-to-shut-down-by-december-20th/
Debifi App v0.0.52: Coldcard MK4 Integration
Debifi is a non-custodial Bitcoin-backed lending platform providing institutional-grade liquidity. It lets you borrow against your bitcoin using secure multisig escrow. Available on Android.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/debifi-app-v0-0-52/
Joinstr App v0.1.1: UI Improvements, Testnet & Mainnet Support
Joinstr is a free and open-source coinjoin implementation using Nostr relays for coordinating coinjoin transactions.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/joinstr-app-v0-1-1/
AlgoRelay: Nostr's First Algorithmic Relay
"AlgoRelay is the first nostr native relay capable of serving personalized, algorithmic feeds without the use of external or proprietary APIs or DVMs. It prioritizes surfacing content from the people you care about, based on your personal interactions."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/algorelay-nostr-algorithmic-relay/
Core Lightning v24.08.2: Remember and Update Channel Hints
"This point release addresses few crash fixes and includes an enhancement to remember and update channel hints for payments."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/core-lightning-v24-08-2/
📅 Block 866393: Important News of the Week
It's time for another weekly digest. In the last 7 days, No Bullshit Bitcoin received 183,815 sats from 32 contributors. Thank you to everyone supporting free and independent Bitcoin-focused reporting.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/866393/
ECB Economists: Nocoiners May Be Impoverished by Rising Bitcoin Prices
A new paper by ECB economists describes a 'Bitcoin-positive' scenario as one in which the price of Bitcoin continues to rise significantly and sustainably over time.
"If the price of Bitcoin rises for good, the existence of Bitcoin impoverishes both non-holders and latecomers."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ecb-economists-nocoiners-may-be-impoverished-by-rising-bitcoin-prices/
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Friday, October 18, 2024
GM. The GM report is never late, nor is it early; it arrives precisely when it is needed.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-18/
Stratum v2 SRI v1.1.0: Improved Protocol Crates Documentation, More Testing Abilities
"Kudos to our contributors for making v1.1.0 happen and to all the community testers stress-testing our implementation."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/stratum-v2-sri-v1-1-0/
ESP-Miner v2.3.0: Improvements & Bug Fixes
"New Bitaxe firmware esp-miner v2.3.0 has been released! Lots of bug fixes and improvements, so make sure to give it a try – all single-chip HW versions are supported."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/esp-miner-v2-3-0/
Italy Plans to Raise Bitcoin Capital Gains Tax from 26% to 42%
The new budget measures are still awaiting approval from the Italian parliament, with a final vote anticipated by the end of the year. If enacted, a 42% capital gains tax on Bitcoin would make Italy one of the highest-taxed countries for cryptocurrency in the world.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/italy-plans-to-raise-bitcoin-capital-gains-tax-from-26-to-42/
Foundation Passport v2.3.4: Restored Compatibility with Casa App
"We’ve worked closely with the Casa team on a number of small fixes to restore full compatibility with their excellent multisig service."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/foundation-passport-v2-3-4/
OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for Greenart7c3
Greenart7c3 is the creator and lead developer of Citrine, an Android-based Nostr relay that serves both as a local relay and a shared database, and Amber, an Android-based Nostr signer utilizing NIP-46.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-lts-greenart7c3/
Lightning Dev Kit (LDK) v0.0.125: Bug Fix Release
"This is a bugfix release with no public API changes from LDK 0.0.124. It primarily fixes an issue where channels may be force-closed upon upgrade to 0.0.124."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ldk-v0-0-125/
ZEUS v0.9.1: BOLT-11 Blinded Paths, Inbound Routing Fees & More
ZEUS v0.9.1 features enhancements and new functionality including inbound routing fees, improved receiver privacy, experimental rescans for external wallets, and more.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zeus-v0-9-1/
Fountain v1.1.5: Pay BOLT-11 Invoices, Artist Pages, Library Improvements
This new version features a streamlined content library for better performance, the capability to pay BOLT-11 invoices directly through the podcast app, and a dedicated Artist page where you can view all tracks by a specific artist.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fountain-v1-1-5/
Fedimint Web SDK: Building ecash Into the Web
"The SDK includes a robust and wasm-powered client, zero-setup lightning support, and dead-simple API for web developers."
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fedimint-web-sdk/
bitcoin++ ecash Edition: Talks and Workshops
bitcoin++ is a developer-focused conference series for audiences who are excited to get deeper into the cutting edge of Bitcoin tech. bitcoin++ ecash edition took place in Berlin on October 11-13, 2024.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/btc-plus-plus-ecash-2024/
⏳Block 865474: Important News of the Week
We raised ~150k sats ($100) last week, although a portion of the donations was stifled due to issues with our Lightning node. It should all be working without issues now. Thank you for your support.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/865474/
Guide for Wallets Employing Bitcoin Core 28.0 Policies
Bitcoin Core 28.0 contains new P2P and mempool policy features that may be useful for a number of wallets and transaction types, including simple payments, coinjoins, Lightning Network transactions, Ark transactions, LN splices, and more.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/guide-for-wallets-employing-bitcoin-core-28-0-policies/
🍵 Good Morning, Bitcoin - Friday, October 11th, 2024
GM! That's a lot of updates.
We're currently experiencing some issues with our Lightning node. Please hold on to your sats and instead share this report with anyone who might be interested. Thanks!
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-11/
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