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Roman Storm Granted Delay of Tornado Cash Trial, Alexey Pertsev Denied Bail by Dutch Court A judge has granted a delay in the trial of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm in the United States. Meanwhile, in Europe, fellow Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev must prepare for his appeal in prison after a Dutch court denied his bail request.
Block 852152: Important News of the Week GM. It's summer. Nothing is happening in Bitcoin. No one follows the news. And you don't have to—we're here to fill you in on the latest happenings in Bitcoin and freedom tech. So far, we have raised 14 million sats since November 2022. We're grateful for each one of you who has donated to our publication. If you want to help us continue our operations, consider sending some sats.
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Friday, July 12, 2024 GM. It's Friday, July 12. For every drink you take today, zap an equivalent amount of sats to your favorite freedom tech project developer(s). Appreciate the people building the tools of liberation—and they will appreciate you back.
Boltz Client v2.1.0: Liquid Rebalancing Triangle "This release implements the Liquid Rebalancing Triangle in an automated fashion, meaning, for the very popular use case to maintain inbound liquidity, it rebalances into Liquid and then, based on your settings, automatically moves bitcoin from Liquid back to the mainchain."
Phoenix Wallet v2.3.3 and Server v0.3.0 Now Support BIP-353 DNS Addresses - BIP-353 DNS addresses allow users to store their offers as a DNS TXT record on a domain. A wallet can then perform a DNS lookup (DoH) on that domain and get the offer for a given user, without directly contacting the domain. - "It allows users to have a user@domain email-like handle, which are much easier to share with friends or on social networks than a BOLT12 offer."
Relai App Users Must Verify Accounts by October 31 or Stop Using the Service "Starting now, all unverified Relai users must complete a quick verification process by October 31, 2024. After October 31, only verified users can use Relai."
Paxful Co-founder Artur Schaback Pleads Guilty to 'Conspiracy to Fail to Maintain an Effective AML Program' "Schaback allowed customers to open accounts and trade on Paxful without gathering sufficient know-your-customer (KYC) information; marketed Paxful as a platform that did not require KYC; presented fake AML policies to third parties that he knew were not, in fact, implemented or enforced at Paxful; and failed to file a single suspicious activity report, despite knowing that Paxful users were perpetrating suspicious and criminal activity."
BitMEX Pleads Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act Offense Bitcoin exchange and derivative trading platform BitMEX pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by "willfully failing to establish, implement, and maintain an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) program."
Wasabi Wallet v2.1.0: Safeguards for Coinjoin Participants "Wasabi Wallet v2.1.0 adds safeguards for coinjoin participants. Clients can now set their own policies regarding minimum input count and maximum coordination fee to protect from malicious coordinators which tries to charge more than they announce."
TDev Permitted to Live in Portugal as DoJ vs Samourai Case Proceeds William Lonergan Hill, co-founder and developer of Samourai Wallet, made his first public court appearance in the hearing of the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) case against Samourai Wallet developers.
Block to Supply Core Scientific with ~15 EH/s Worth of Its 3nm ASICs "Today we are announcing an agreement to supply Core Scientific with our new 3-nanometer mining ASICs representing approximately 15 EH/s of hashrate. The agreement provides the option for additional, significant volume and is one of the industry’s largest bitcoin mining ASIC agreements announced, in terms of hashrate."
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, July 10, 2024 It's Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Bitcoin transaction fees are as low as 6 sat/vB, developers are building remarkable tools, we're entering mid-summer, and life is generally good. So, what do we say to those who aren't overzealously supporting Bitcoin and broader freedom tech? GM. P.S. Be sure to tag us in your posts and releases if you want your updates to make it into the next issue of our GM newsletter.
Blockstream Greenlight v0.2: New Credentials API, Enhancements & Improvements "The Blockstream Greenlight team has just dropped it’s first major update moving from version v0.0.1 to v0.2! This milestone brings a host of enhancements and new features to make Lightning integration even more seamless for developers."