Nodal Power Raised $13 Million Seed Round to Mine Bitcoin at Landfills "Nodal Power, a Utah-based company that develops and operates renewable energy power plants, announced that it has raised $13 million in funding to aggressively mitigate methane emissions at landfills."

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Nodal Power Raised $13 Million Seed Round to Mine Bitcoin at Landfills

Nodal Power, a Utah-based company that develops and operates renewable energy power plants, announced that it has raised $13 million in funding to ...

Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) v0.10.0: Improved Performance on Low Resource Signers "We're thrilled to announce the a fresh VLS release, focused on improving the performance of VLS running on low resource signers. We invite Lightning developers and companies to try it out and provide feedback that will shape future VLS releases."

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Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) v0.10.0: Improved Performance on Low Resource Signers

"VLS (the Validating Lightning Signer), is an open-source Rust library and reference implementation of software that separates a user's private key...

Spring v0.1.0: The Nostr Browser "We believe this category of a Nostr-specific browser is a very powerful tool for all the nostriches and bitcoiners. It takes the experience of using Nostr micro-apps to the next level, and should help accelerate the adoption of non-social Nostr use cases."

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Spring v0.1.0: The Nostr Browser

Spring is a nostr browser that lets its users to browse and interact with the nostr protocol and micro app ecosystem.

DoS: Fake Lightning Channels Lightning nodes released prior to the following versions are susceptible to a DoS attack involving the creation of large numbers of fake channels:   - LND 0.16.0   - CLN 23.02   - eclair 0.9.0   - LDK 0.0.114 If you are running node software older than this, your funds may be at risk! Update to at least the above versions to help protect your node.

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DoS: Fake Lightning Channels

"In my experiments, I was able to create hundreds of thousands of fake channels against victim nodes (owned by me), with all kinds of adverse effec...

Thunderhub v0.13.21 Released ThunderHub is an open-source LND node manager where you can manage and monitor your node on any device or browser.

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Thunderhub v0.13.21 Released

ThunderHub is an open-source LND node manager where you can manage and monitor your node on any device or browser.

Joltz Launched Bitcoin Rewards API "Introducing the Joltz Bitcoin Rewards API! A flexible set of capabilities that allow any business to drop bitcoin rewards into their app or website. Seamlessly incorporate bitcoin rewards delivered over the Lightning Network."

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Joltz Launched Bitcoin Rewards API

"Imagine Starbucks wants to add bitcoin as a reward option to their app. With a few clicks and our API, now they can."

Iris v0.2.2: Note Previews, Quick Zaps & More Iris is a Nostr Android, iOS and web client that has also standalone desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux) and Docker versions.

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Iris v0.2.2: Note Previews, Quick Zaps & More

Iris is a Nostr Android, iOS and web client that has also standalone desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux) and Docker versions.

Oman Is Set To Invest Over $1.1Bn In Privately-Owned Bitcoin Mining Facilities "This initiative aligns with our goal to diversify our economy, integrating modern technologies while upholding our commitment to ethical and sustainable practices."

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Oman Is Set To Invest Over $1.1Bn In Privately-Owned Bitcoin Mining Facilities

"After rigorous regulatory discussions that started back in 2019, the government of Oman eventually found bitcoin to be in line with Islamic law, a...

Zaplocker.com: Non-Custodial Lightning Address Server with Base Layer Support Zaplocker lets you have a lightning address where the server doesn't have your money and you don't need to run a node.

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Zaplocker.com: Non-Custodial Lightning Address Server with Base Layer Support

Zaplocker lets you have a lightning address where the server doesn't have your money and you don't need to run a node.

BitAxe Ultra: 3rd Major Revision Based on BM1366 ASIC "The bitaxeUltra is an open source Bitcoin ASIC miner project based on the BM1366 ASIC used in the Antminer S19XP."

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BitAxe Ultra: 3rd Major Revision Based on BM1366 ASIC

"The bitaxeUltra is an open source Bitcoin ASIC miner project based on the BM1366 ASIC used in the Antminer S19XP."

Tor Launches Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services "We are officially introducing a proof-of-work (PoW) defense for onion services designed to prioritize verified network traffic as a deterrent against denial of service (DoS) attacks with the release of Tor 0.4.8."

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Tor Launches Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services

"We are officially introducing a proof-of-work (PoW) defense for onion services designed to prioritize verified network traffic as a deterrent agai...

New Tornado Cash Indictments Run Counter to FinCEN Guidance - Coin Center "The factual allegations of unlicensed money transmission are in conflict with FinCEN's longstanding guidance that an 'anonymizing software provider is not a money transmitter,'" Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburgh said.

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New Tornado Cash Indictments Run Counter to FinCEN Guidance - Coin Center

"The factual allegations of unlicensed money transmission are in conflict with FinCEN's longstanding guidance that an 'anonymizing software provide...

Core Lightning v23.08: Satoshi's Successor "We're pleased to announce the 23.08 release of Core Lightning, named by Matt Morehouse."

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Core Lightning v23.08: Satoshi's Successor

"We're pleased to announce the 23.08 release of Core Lightning, named by Matt Morehouse."

BitBox App v4.39.0, Firmware v9.15.0: Miniscript Support, Security Update & More "With today's update, the BitBox02 receives support for Miniscript, a security fix and various smaller enhancements that improve the usability within the BitBoxApp."

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BitBox App v4.39.0, Firmware v9.15.0: Miniscript Support, Security Update & More

"With today's update, the BitBox02 receives support for Miniscript, a security fix and various smaller enhancements that improve the usability with...

Tornado Cash Developers Charged with Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations by US Govt - "The charges in the Indictment arise from the defendants’ alleged creation, operation, and promotion of Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer that facilitated more than $1 billion in money laundering transactions and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars for the Lazarus Group, the sanctioned North Korean cybercrime organization," DOJ stated. - According to the indictment, Storm and Semenov designed Tornado Cash with various privacy features despite knowing that their service would be used for illicit purposes.

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Tornado Cash Developers Charged with Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations by US Govt

Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were charged with money laundering and sanctions violations tied to their work with the priva...

Bitcoin Optech #265: Fraud Proofs for Outdated Backup State "This week’s newsletter describes fraud proofs for outdated backup state and includes our regular sections summarizing recent changes to services and client software, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software."

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Bitcoin Optech #265: Fraud Proofs for Outdated Backup State

This week’s newsletter describes fraud proofs for outdated backup state and includes our regular sections summarizing recent changes to services ...

Pulsar: Private Nostr Chat App That Protects Metadata Pulsar is an encrypted chat app that masks your metadata. It works by sending fixed-length, fixed-frequency messages over the nostr messaging network.

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Pulsar: Private Nostr Chat App That Protects Metadata

Pulsar is an encrypted chat app that masks your metadata. It works by sending fixed-length, fixed-frequency messages over the nostr messaging network.

Bitcoin Atlantis Conference To Take Place in Madeira on March 1-3, 2024 "Bitcoin Atlantis will gather the main leading voices in Bitcoin for a three-day conference in Madeira, in the middle of the Atlantic."

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Bitcoin Atlantis Conference To Take Place in Madeira on March 1-3, 2024

"Bitcoin Atlantis will gather the main leading voices in Bitcoin for a three-day conference in Madeira, in the middle of the Atlantic."

Hardware Wallet Interface v2.3.1 "This is a bugfix release providing a fix for an issue with the BitBox02 and various fixes to the GUI," said Bitcoin Core contributor Andrew Chow.

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Hardware Wallet Interface v2.3.1

The Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Interface (HWI) is a Python library and command line tool for interacting with hardware wallets. It provides a standard...

Electrum v4.4.6: Security Upgrade "This release fixes several lightning-related security issues. We will disclose these in 3 weeks; in the meantime, please upgrade."

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Electrum v4.4.6: Security Upgrade

Electrum is a lightweight Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for all desktop platforms and Android.