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Craig Wright Referred to UK Prosecutors for Consideration of Perjury and Forgery Charges The judge underscored that the gravity of Wright’s actions and false statements could lead to an arrest warrant or extradition. Wright will also be barred from initiating further legal proceedings in any jurisdiction to re-litigate his claim of being Satoshi Nakamoto.
OpenSats Announces 5th Wave of Nostr Grants "Including these eleven projects, we have now issued a total of 57 grants to various nostr projects. Additionally, we are providing long-term support for exceptional nostr developers such as Pablo, Stuart, hzrd149, Will, and Yuki—and we’ll have more grants to announce soon."
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, July 15, 2024 Your GM report comes a bit later than usual today, so it may not even be July 15th everywhere anymore (looking at you, Australian Bitcoiners living in the future). Still, the golden rule of thumb is that it’s never too late to say GM, so we're just going to follow the protocol and act like nothing happened. If you still feel like someone should take responsibility for this, you can also blame the Bitcoin devs who just won't stop shipping. GM.
Krux v24.07.0: Maix Cube, BIP-85, BBQr Support, Speed & Security Improvements Krux is open-source firmware that enables anyone to build their own Bitcoin signing device via off-the-shelf parts. It runs on Kendryte K210 devices such as the M5StickV and Maix Amigo, turning them into airgapped devices that can sign transactions for multisignature and single-signature wallets.
Zeus Wallet v0.8.5 and v0.9.0-beta Released - Stable release v0.8.5 comes with BOLT 12 offers, Twelve.cash BIP-353 lightning addresses, and embedded node performance enhancements. - Zeus v0.9.0-beta1 features new Olympus purchase channels in advance LSP service, hardware wallet/external signer support, watch-only support, batch channel opens and transactions, a new layout and camera, and other improvements.
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."