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Amethyst v0.87.2: DVMs and Gossip Model - "This version adds support for Data Vending Machines for content discovery. You can request a job by simply navigating to the 4th tab and choosing one of the DVMs." - "It also starts our support for the Inbox/Gossip model. The relay setup screen has been rewritten to support the many types of relays Amethyst will start to use. Please add your relays as you see fit."

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Amethyst v0.87.2: DVMs and Gossip Model

Amethyst is a free and open source Nostr client for Android.

Japanese DMM Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for 4503 BTC (UPDATED) The attack likely involved using a poisoned address to trick at least one keyholder into unknowingly signing over 4503 BTC to the attacker.

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Japanese DMM Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for 4503 BTC (UPDATED)

DMM Bitcoin, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, said "unauthorized 4503 BTC (~$305 million) leaked" out of its wallets. The attack likely involved...

GrapheneOS v2024053100: Duress Password and PIN Duress password is a special type of password used in situations where a user is forced to provide access under threat or coercion. In this case, it triggers the wiping of hardware keystore keys to make all OS data unrecoverable, wipes eSIMs, and shuts down the device.

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GrapheneOS v2024053100: Duress Password and PIN

GrapheneOS is an open-source, privacy and security-focused mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).

Wasabi Wallet v2.0.8: Custom Coordinators, Tor Bridges, Repo Transfer & More Wasabi Wallet release version 2.0.8 introduces GUI support for custom coinjoin coordinator selection, connection via Tor bridges, support for TailsOS and WhonixOS, and the “exclude coins from coinjoins” feature, and more.

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Wasabi Wallet v2.0.8: Custom Coordinators, Tor Bridges, Repo Transfer & More

zkSNACKs, the default coordinator in Wasabi Wallet's coinjoin implementation, shut down the service today. However, the wallet now allows users to ...

Gemini Earn Users Receive $2.18M of Their Assets in Kind, Winklevoss Call Genesis 'Old-fashioned Financial Fraud' - In order to ensure successful resolution, Gemini has also contributed $50 million to the Earn users’ recovery. - "It’s important to note that the Genesis bankruptcy was not a crypto problem. It was old-fashioned financial fraud compounded by a lack of regulatory clarity," Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss said.

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Gemini Earn Users Receive $2.18Bn of Their Assets in Kind, Winklevoss Call Genesis 'Old-fashioned Financial Fraud'

On Wednesday, initial Earn distributions - approximately 97% of the digital assets owed Gemini Earn users by Genesis as of the suspension date (Nov...

Corny Chat v2024.05: UI Improvements, NWC Support Corny Chat is an open source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning. A publicly running instance of Corny Chat is accessible at cornychat.com.

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Corny Chat v2024.05: UI Improvements, NWC Support

Corny Chat is an open source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning. A publicly running instance of Corny Chat is accessible ...

Geyser Introduces Goals, Removes Milestones "Goals are a great way to motivate and inspire others to donate by showing what happens when a certain threshold is reached."

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Geyser Introduces Goals, Removes Milestones

"Goals are a great way to motivate and inspire others to donate by showing what happens when a certain threshold is reached."

Japanese DMM Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for 4500 BTC "Please be assured that we will procure the equivalent amount of BTC equivalent to the outflow with the support of the group companies and guarantee the full amount."

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Japanese DMM Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for 4503 BTC (UPDATED)

DMM Bitcoin, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, said "unauthorized 4503 BTC (~$305 million) leaked" out of its wallets. The attack likely involved...

Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.7 Released This release enables file based communication for all supporting devices, adds action cards for Canary Wallet, enhances Health Check UX, and introduces one time backups for all Assisted Keys.

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Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.7 Released

Bitcoin Keeper is an open source, mobile multisig bitcoin wallet with inheritance features. Available on iOS and Android.

New 'Opt-In' Version of Chat Control Mass Surveillance Bill Is Making Way Through the EU Council If a user does not consent to the scanning of their private photos and videos, they could still use the service for sending text messages but would lose the ability to share images and videos.

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New 'Opt-In' Version of Chat Control Mass Surveillance Bill Is Making Way Through the EU Council

"The highly controversial indiscriminate child sexual abuse regulation (so-called chat control) could still be endorsed by EU governments after all...

Bitcoin Optech #305: Light Client Protocol for Silent Payments This issue covers a proposed light client protocol for silent payments, summarizes two new proposed descriptors for taproot, and links to a discussion about whether opcodes with overlapping features should be added in a soft fork.

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Bitcoin Optech #305: Light Client Protocol for Silent Payments

This issue covers a proposed light client protocol for silent payments, summarizes two new proposed descriptors for taproot, and links to a discuss...

Harbor: Ecash Desktop Wallet for Better Bitcoin Privacy - "At its core, Harbor is a desktop ecash wallet capable of sending and receiving Bitcoin. Using Harbor will feel like using many Bitcoin wallets you already know. What makes Harbor different from our Fedimint-based Mutiny Wallet or other ecash-based wallets is privacy, multi-mint, and automation." - "Harbor isn't ready for mainnet yet, but you can go ahead and start playing around with the wallet on our testing Signet network. It's already fully open-sourced, so if you'd like to contribute, we would gladly welcome any help."

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Harbor: Ecash Desktop Wallet for Better Bitcoin Privacy

Harbor is an open-source ecash desktop wallet for better bitcoin privacy.

Specter DIY v1.9.0: Taproot Miniscript Support, BIP-85 App Specter DIY is a do-it-yourself airgapped signing device that uses QR codes for communication with the host.

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Specter DIY v1.9.0: Taproot Miniscript Support, BIP-85 App

Specter DIY is a do-it-yourself airgapped signing device that uses QR codes for communication with the host.

LND v0.18.0-beta: Smarter UTXO Sweeping, Inbound Fees, Route Blinding & More This release includes support for blinded paths (forwarding), a new native SQL invoice database, deadline aware HTLC/commitment transaction RBF/CPFP fee bumping, experimental support for inbound channel fees (discount only), first class probing for payment fee estimation, 'testmempoolaccept' awareness for all transaction publishing, and much more.

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LND v0.18.0-beta: Smarter UTXO Sweeping, Inbound Fees, Route Blinding & More

The Lightning Network Daemon (LND) is a complete implementation of a Lightning Network node developed by Lightning Labs.

Electrum v4.5.5: Fixes and Improvements "New release: Electrum 4.5.5. Fixes trampoline fee issues for users who have a channel with ACINQ."

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Electrum v4.5.5: Fixes and Improvements

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

Cake Wallet v4.18.0: Bitcoin Silent Payments Cake Wallet is an open source and private multi-currency wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows (beta) and Linux.

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Cake Wallet v4.18.0: Bitcoin Silent Payments

Cake Wallet is an open source and private multi-currency wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows (beta) and Linux.

Fedi Bravo v1.17: Global Chat "Chat just got a major upgrade! With the introduction of Global Chat, you can now engage with anyone on the Fedi platform as chats are no longer limited to just individuals within your federation — gone are the days of registering a new username for each federation you join."

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Fedi Bravo v1.17: Global Chat

Fedi is the world's first glimpse of a Federated OS, a home for one's money, chat, and data. Fedi Bravo is an exclusive version for builders, devel...

Improving Bitcoin Baselayer Privacy with Dandelion++ "Dandelion was first proposed for Bitcoin routing on the Bitcoin mailing list in 2018, and has since been improved in Dandelion++, Dandelion Lite and Clover, and has been implemented in privacy first currencies and protocols like Monero and Mimblewimble. On Bitcoin, the implementation of Dandelion was rejected due to Denial of Service concerns."

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Improving Bitcoin Baselayer Privacy with Dandelion++

"Dandelion is a propagation protocol designed to obfuscate where a Bitcoin transaction originated," writes L0la L33tz.

Casa Added Support for Bitcoin Wallet Descriptors "Overall, by incorporating support for descriptors, bitcoin wallets can offer users a more versatile, secure, and future-proof way to manage their funds and interact with the rest of the ecosystem. Casa recommends that every bitcoin wallet adds support for descriptors in order to increase interoperability across the ecosystem. However, at time of writing, only a handful of wallets have adopted this framework."

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Casa Added Support for Bitcoin Wallet Descriptors

"Casa is excited to announce that we’re releasing support for bitcoin wallet descriptors," announced Jameson Lopp in a blog post.