How Bitcoin Helps Civilians Escape The War in Sudan "Years of economic marginalization and monetary inflation, which rose to over 350% in 2021, have fueled the conflict. As the Sudanese banking system collapsed, bitcoin offered a lifeline to escape the war."

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How Bitcoin Helps Civilians Escape The War in Sudan

"Sudan has been under transitional military rule since 2021, when Sudan’s revolutionary government was overthrown in a military coup."

Cashu Nutshell v0.12.3: Pay To Pubkey (P2PK) - "This Nutshell release introduces a new token lock type called Pay-to-Pubkey or P2PK. - "This allows you to create ecash tokens that can only be spent by their designated recipient. A token locked with P2PK can be posted online without any third party being able to spend it." - "In an upcoming upgrade we will also add DLEQ proofs (PR) which allow anyone to check the validity of the mint's signature on a token without having to contact the mint." - "These two features combined, P2PK and DLEQ proofs, allow for a very interesting use case: publicly verifiable payments to a pubkey in the form of ecash."

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Cashu Nutshell v0.12.3: Pay To Pubkey (P2PK)

Cashu is a Chaumian Ecash wallet and mint for Bitcoin Lightning. Cashu Nutshell is the reference implementation in Python.

IMF Paper on Taxing Bitcoin Sees 'Quasi-Anonymity' as Greatest Challenge - "The good news for tax authorities, and regulators, is that contrary to the vision of the original [Bitcoin] designers - a core role has emerged for centralized institutions of various kinds in the transacting of crypto assets, notably exchanges through which they are bought and sold." - "Working in [tax administrators'] favor is the vast amount of information publicly available in unpermissioned blockchains. This provides scope for the application of techniques that have been developed for the forensic analysis of blockchain structures." - "More speculatively, miners - who do see every transaction in non-stablecoins- might in principle be given a role in tax reporting/withholding, consistent with the general principle of tax administration favoring collection, where possible, at a relatively small number of upstream points."

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IMF Paper on Taxing Bitcoin Sees 'Quasi-Anonymity' as Greatest Challenge

"Policymakers are struggling to accommodate cryptocurrencies within tax systems not designed to handle them; this paper reviews the issues that ari...

Machankura Clans Feature Lets Africans Send & Receive Bitcoin as a Group Machankura allows Africans to send and receive Bitcoin without internet access. It combines USSD technology with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Available in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia.

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Machankura Clans Feature Lets Africans Send & Receive Bitcoin as a Group

Machankura allows Africans to send and receive Bitcoin without internet access. It combines USSD technology with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Ava...

RFK Holds Up to $250K BTC In A Brokerage Account, Financial Records Show On his June 30 financial disclosure report, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listed a brokerage account that held between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of bitcoin.

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RFK Holds Up to $250K BTC In A Brokerage Account, Financial Records Show

On his June 30 financial disclosure report, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listed a brokerage account that held between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of bitcoin.

BitBanana v0.6.4: Support For New LNURL Schemes

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BitBanana v0.6.4: Support For New LNURL Schemes

BitBanana (ex-Zap Android) is a native Android app for Lightning node operators focused on user experience and ease of use.

BRICS Gold-Backed Common Currency To Be Introduced In August An official announcement in this regard will be made at the bloc's summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August.

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BRICS Gold-Backed Common Currency To Be Introduced In August

The BRICS countries could soon launch a viable alternative to the U.S. dollar, Russia confirmed this week.

Block 797797: Important News of the Week News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.

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Block 797797: Important News of the Week

News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.

Wallby Wallet Launched For Beta Testing Wallby app aims to be the place where you can access Bitcoin and all its layer2 networks as well as sidechain protocols, including Liquid, Rootstock, Lightning, and RGB.

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Wallby Wallet Launched For Beta Testing

Wallby app aims to be the place where you can access Bitcoin and all its layer2 networks as well as sidechain protocols, including Liquid, Rootstoc...

Brazilian Bitcoin Startup Bipa Raised $1.4M In Seed Round "Notable investors include New Form Capital - a venture capital fund focused on early-stage startups involved with blockchain technology and the financial market and Hivemind Ventures, which invests in startups with a Bitcoin focus, which both made their first investment in the Brazilian market through this round."

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Brazilian Bitcoin Startup Bipa Raised $1.4M In Seed Round

"Founded in 2020 by Luiz Parreira, Bipa seeks to eliminate entry barriers and promote the use of bitcoin by providing a user-friendly digital accou...

Peach Bitcoin v0.2.10: RBF Support

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Peach Bitcoin v0.2.10: RBF Support

Peach Bitcoin is a KYC-free P2P Bitcoin marketplace for Europe. Open Beta available on Android and iOS.

Stack Duo v1.0.10 Released

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Stack Duo v1.0.10 Released

Stack Duo is an open source, privacy-friendly Bitcoin and Monero wallet.

OpenSats Announced Long-Term Support Program For Bitcoin Developers & First Wave of Nostr Grants OpenSats marked the launch of its new long-term support program for Bitcoin developers and related 'internet people' by issuing first grant to Bitcoin Core maintainer Marco Falke, and also announced the first round of Nostr grants.

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OpenSats Announced Long-Term Support Program For Bitcoin Developers & First Wave of Nostr Grants

OpenSats marked the launch of its new long-term support program for Bitcoin developers and related 'internet people' by issuing first grant to Bitc...

Bitcoin Startup Lab's Fall 2023 Cohort Is Open For Applications "With a focus on collaboration and mentorship, the pre-accelerator program aims to enable founders to create innovative solutions on Bitcoin."

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Bitcoin Startup Lab's Fall 2023 Cohort Is Open For Applications

"With a focus on collaboration and mentorship, the pre-accelerator program aims to enable founders to create innovative solutions on Bitcoin."

Primal Open Sources Its Web App Under MIT License The Primal web app has been open sourced under the MIT license.

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Primal Open Sources Its Web App Under MIT License

The Primal web app has been open sourced under the MIT license.

Nostur Becomes Next Nostr App Heading to Apple's Zap Jail For 'Selling Digital Content' "Just received a call from Apple, I have to remove zaps from posts in the next version," said the app's developer Fabian.

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Nostur Becomes Next Nostr App Heading to Apple's Zap Jail For 'Selling Digital Content'

Nostur iOS app joins ranks with Damus in being coerced by Apple to remove note zaps from its Nostr client.

GrapheneOS and CalyxOS July Security Updates Released Most popular privacy-focused mobile operating systems just got their July security updates along with other fixes.

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GrapheneOS and CalyxOS July Security Updates Released

Popular privacy-focused mobile operating systems just got their July security updates along with other fixes.

CivKit Roadmap: BOLT12 Offers, Staking Credentials, Mainstay & More - "The main service supported by the CivKit node is a market board, where multiple connected nodes can form a peer-to-peer market system." - "CivKit aims to offer good interfaces for clients softwares, where they can access market board services over standard Nostr or Lightning communication channels." - Expected delivery at the end of Q4 2023.

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CivKit Roadmap: BOLT12 Offers, Staking Credentials, Mainstay & More

"The CivKit Node is an experimental Nostr relay, complemented by the ongoing development of communications gateways for BOLT8 Noise transport and B...

US Homeland Security Returns $314K of $3.6B Stolen in 2016 Bitfinex Hack "The U.S. government continues to make progress in prosecuting individuals involved in the Bitfinex security breach and in seizing funds associated with the theft," Bitfinex said.

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US Homeland Security Returns $314K of $3.6B Stolen in 2016 Bitfinex Hack

"The U.S. government continues to make progress in prosecuting individuals involved in the Bitfinex security breach and in seizing funds associated...

Amethyst v0.66.1: Communities, Live Streaming Browser & More

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Amethyst v0.66.1: Communities, Live Streaming Browser & More

Amethyst is a Nostr client for Android devices.