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Proton Launches Proton Wallet - A Self-Custody Bitcoin Wallet "Bitcoin’s value to society has been hindered by the difficulty of transacting, and security concerns, and we designed Proton Wallet to specifically address both. Proton Wallet’s ability to support bitcoin via email now makes bitcoin transactions as easy to use as PayPal, while preserving the decentralized and non-custodial nature of bitcoin."
🌞 Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 GM, fellow slave tech disrespectors! There’s a lot happening right now, and the excitement is unlikely to slow down in the coming days. Rest assured, we'll do our best to keep you in the loop.
StatechainJS: Like Ecash but If Operator Goes Down You Can Recover Your Sats "Unlike ecash mints, which have full custody of your money, the only way a statechain operator can rob you is through a doublespend – they can help someone "take back" money that they sent you. But if some authority figure demanded that a statechain operator confiscate coins from folks who don't kyc, they cannot help with that except if they first prepared a doublespend attack on every user," said Super Testnet.
Polar v3.0.0: Lightning Terminal Nodes with Taproot Assets Channels "Announcing the release of Polar v3.0.0! This release comes with support for the latest LND, Core Lightning, and Eclair versions, as well as a new addition to the app. Polar now includes Lightning Terminal (litd) nodes with support for Taproot Assets channels."
Lightning Labs Launches Taproot Assets on Lightning Network "With this release, assets can be minted on bitcoin and sent via the Lightning Network instantly for low fees. As such, we now have the ability to make bitcoin and Lightning multi-asset networks in a scalable manner anchored in bitcoin's security and decentralization."
Satimoto App to Shut Down on September 1st "It's with a very heavy heart I'm announcing that Satimoto will be shutting down from Sept 1st 2024. I'd like to thank every single person who has tested, used, given feedback over the past 4 years, to all the people I've met along the way and the new friends I've made."
Understanding Bitcoin Adoption in the United States: Politics, Demographics & Sentiment "One might be tempted to think that Bitcoin ownership is a kind of identity that reflects political orientation. We found that not to be the case. Bitcoin owners are politically just like the rest of America: mostly moderate, with smaller conservative and liberal contingents."
Foundry Launches Initiative to Support Open-Source Bitcoin Developers Bitcoin miners on the KYC mining pool Foundry USA can now direct a portion of their earnings towards open-source Bitcoin developers through non-profits like Brink and OpenSats. Foundry and Core Scientific have already donated 1.4 BTC to kickstart the program.
Nostr Web Services (NWS): Enable TCP on Nostr Nostr Web Services (NWS) replaces the IP layer in TCP transport using Nostr, enabling a secure connection between clients and backend services. Exit nodes are reachable through their nprofiles, which are combinations of a Nostr public key and multiple relays.
Swan Cancels Public Listing Plans, Rolls Back Mining Business, Cuts Staff "Swan is unlikely to continue with our Managed Mining business in the near term. Without the expectation of significant near-term revenue from our Managed Mining unit, we are pulling our plans to IPO in the near future."
Breez SDK Expands with Liquid Network Implementation "The Liquid implementation is a nodeless Lightning integration. It offers a self-custodial, end-to-end solution for integrating Lightning payments, utilizing the Liquid Network with on-chain interoperability and third-party fiat on-ramps."