Human Rights in Finance Foundation.EU Initiated Annulment Procedure for Travel Rule "On September 4, 2023, HRIF.EU submitted the documents that mark the beginning of a cancellation procedure at the General Court of the European Union. The foundation aims to cancel a regulation that requires the unnecessary disclosure of private data in payment transactions and future crypto-asset transfers."

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Human Rights in Finance Foundation.EU Initiated Annulment Procedure for Travel Rule

Foundation Human Rights in Finance.EU (HRIF.EU) initiated the Travel Rule cancellation procedure at the General Court of the European Union.

Revolut Added SegWit Wallets After Joining Travel Rule Surveillance Trade Group "We'll request additional information when you withdraw to another crypto address, such as the name of the beneficiary."

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Revolut Added SegWit Wallets After Joining Travel Rule Surveillance Trade Group

Revolut is a European neobank that reportedly serves 30 million users in 37 countries. It lets its customers buy and sell bitcoin (and other digita...

Nostr Design Initiative Launched OpenSats announced Nostr Design initiative to help open source developers with product development, UI/UX, and general design considerations.

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Nostr Design Initiative Launched

OpenSats announced Nostr Design initiative to help open source developers with product development, UI/UX, and general design considerations.

CLBOSS v0.13: Bring Back to Life Release "We've tagged the first release of CLBOSS [1] that is now compliant with modern CLN versions."

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CLBOSS v0.13: Bring Back to Life Release

CLBOSS is an automated manager for Core Lightning forwarding nodes.

RoboSats v0.5.2-alpha: Updates and Improvements RoboSats is an Open Source peer-to-peer exchange for buying and selling sats using the Lightning Network. It requires zero sign up information, is accessible via the Tor browser or an Android app and lets you get sats directly to your own wallet.

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RoboSats v0.5.2-alpha: Updates and Improvements

RoboSats is an Open Source peer-to-peer exchange for buying and selling sats using the Lightning Network. It requires zero sign up information, is ...

Chainalysis Denounces Bitcoin Core Contributor Bryan Bishop as 'Unqualified' to Audit Its Code "Chainalysis attempts to evade source code audit by denouncing Bitcoin Core contributor as "unqualified", cites risk of "irreparable damage" to its business," L0la L33tz wrote.

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Chainalysis Denounces Bitcoin Core Contributor Bryan Bishop as 'Unqualified' to Audit Its Code

"Chainalysis attempts to evade source code audit by denouncing Bitcoin Core contributor as "unqualified", cites risk of "irreparable damage" to its...

eNuts Wallet v0.0.3: First Public Beta Release eNuts is a custodial cashu wallet for Android and iOS. eNuts is a strictly typed mobile Cashu wallet that has Lightning support and can connect to multiple mints. A Nostr integration allows seemless transactions between you and your contacts.

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eNuts Wallet v0.0.3: First Public Beta Release

eNuts is a custodial cashu wallet for Android and iOS. eNuts is a strictly typed mobile Cashu wallet that has Lightning support and can connect to ...

ERCOT Paid Riot Platforms $7 Million to Shut Down During Heat Wave in August - "In August, Riot provided over 84,000 megawatt hours of energy to the market in Texas to reduce overall demand, lower consumer prices, and stabilize the grid during a heat wave. This ensured that consumers did not experience disruptions during extreme temperatures."

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ERCOT Paid Riot Platforms $7 Million to Shut Down During Heat Wave in August

ERCOT paid Riot $7 million to cut the power as the historic heat wave pushed Texas electricity demand to record levels.

Block 806888: Important News of the Week Top stories of the week include the announcement of BTCPay App, upcoming fair value accounting rules for companies that hold bitcoin, El Salvador bringing Bitcoin education to public schools, as well as a ton of cool software updates.

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Block 806888: Important News of the Week

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

Coldcard Mk4 Firmware v5.1.4: Batch PSBT Sign, Bugfixes & More COLDCARD Mk4 Firmware 5.1.4 has been released. It comes with batch PSBT signing, enhancements, Sparrow Wallet added as an individual export option and bug fixes.

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Coldcard Mk4 Firmware v5.1.4: Batch PSBT Sign, Bugfixes & More

COLDCARD Mk4 Firmware 5.1.4 has been released. It comes with batch PSBT signing, enhancements, Sparrow Wallet added as an individual export option ...

SimLN: A Tool For Simulating Realistic Lightning Payment Activity "SimLN is a simulation tool that can be used to generate realistic payment activity on any lightning network topology."

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SimLN: A Tool For Simulating Realistic Lightning Payment Activity

SimLN is a payment activity generator for the lightning network.

Ripple Acquires Fortress Trust Used by Swan Bitcoin Ripple has acquired Fortress Trust few months after it splashed $250 million on Swiss custody startup Metaco. Fortress is used by popular bitcoin exchange Swan Bitcoin, and is being run by former Prime Trust founder and CEO Scott Purcell.

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Ripple Acquires Fortress Trust Used by Swan Bitcoin

Ripple has acquired Fortress Trust few months after it splashed $250 million on Swiss custody startup Metaco. Fortress is used by popular bitcoin e...

BitBlockBoom 2024 to Take Place in Dallas on April 11-14 Tickets for BitBlockBoom the Halving Event are now on sale.

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BitBlockBoom 2024 to Take Place in Dallas on April 11-14

BitBlockBoom 2024: The Halving Edition is set to take place on April 11-14 in Dallas, Texas. The tickets are already on sale.

OpenSats Announces Long Term Support for Bitcoin Core Developer Sjors Provoost "Sjors Provoost is the latest bitcoin core developer receiving long-term support from OpenSats, after Marco Falke in July and Josi Baker in August."

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OpenSats Announces Long Term Support for Bitcoin Core Developer Sjors Provoost

Sjors Provoost is the latest bitcoin core developer receiving long-term support from OpenSats.

JoinStr: Decentralized CoinJoin Implementation Using Nostr - JoinStr operates by creating a CoinJoin transaction with the coordination of the Nostr protocol. - Joinstr also integrates seamlessly with the Electrum wallet, providing a user-friendly way to access CoinJoin functionality.

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JoinStr: Decentralized CoinJoin Implementation Using Nostr

Joinstr is a coinjoin implementation using Nostr.

Bitcoin Mining Around the World: Oman "Due to a continuous buildout of natural gas and solar, Oman's total generating capacity is expected to grow by 8.7% annually until 2027. There will be more than enough electricity for the country's bitcoin miners."

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Bitcoin Mining Around the World: Oman

Hashrate Index's Jaran Mellerud produced an analysis of Bitcoin mining industry in Oman - potentially biggest bitcoin mining hub in the Middle East.

BLASTPASS iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit: Users Urged to Update Immediately "We refer to the exploit chain as BLASTPASS. The exploit chain was capable of compromising iPhones running the latest version of iOS (16.6) without any interaction from the victim."

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BLASTPASS iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit: Users Urged to Update Immediately

Apple has just issued an update for Apple products including iPhones, iPads, Mac computers, and Apple Watches. We encourage all users to immediatel...

NDK v1.0 Released: OutBox Model "In short, the outbox model allows nostr to fragment, instead of everybody coalescing around a few popular relay and using things like Blastr. Nostr simply doesn't work without the outbox model."

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NDK v1.0 Released: OutBox Model

NDK is a nostr development kit that makes the experience of building Nostr-related applications, whether they are relays, clients, or anything in b...

Liana v2.0: Simplified Installation, Reuse xPub in Descriptor & More - Liana is a simple Bitcoin wallet that features a timelocked recovery path for all your coins. It can be used for inheritance, decaying multisigs or safer backups. - This major release significantly simplifies the installation of Liana. It also fixes a number of small bugs and glitches.

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Liana v2.0: Simplified Installation, Reuse xPub in Descriptor & More

Liana is a simple Bitcoin wallet that features a timelocked recovery path for all your coins. It can be used for inheritance, decaying multisigs or...

New KYC/AML Compliance Protocol Proposed by Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Ethereum founder collaborated with surveillance firm Chainalysis to produce a paper on 'regulated privacy' using Privacy Pools. In the proposal, privacy service users would generate zero-knowledge proof to prove their funds are associated with approved sets of past deposits.

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New KYC/AML Compliance Protocol Proposed by Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum founder collaborates with surveillance firm Chainalysis to produce a paper on 'regulated privacy' using Privacy Pools. In the proposal, pr...