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₿trust Announces Q3 2024 Grant Recipients to Drive Open-Source Bitcoin Development Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey-funded bitcoin non-profit ₿trust, focused on nurturing Bitcoin developers from the Global South, announced the recipients of its Q3 Starter Grants and new members of its ₿trust Open-Source Cohort.
Bitcoin Optech #316: Time Warp Vulnerability in Testnet4, Onion Message DoS & More This issue describes a new time warp in testnet4, proposed mitigations for onion message denial-of-service concerns, a proposal to allow LN payers to optionally identify themselves, and a major change to Bitcoin Core’s build system that could affect downstream developers and integrators.
Mi Primer Bitcoin Is Raising 5 BTC to Reach 100k Students Mi Primer Bitcoin (aka My First Bitcoin), the world's leading organization in community-led Bitcoin-only education, has announced a new fundraiser in an effort to teach a total of 100,000 students about Bitcoin.
☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Thursday, August 15th, 2024 GM! It's Thursday, August 15th, and everything is gradually coming together. On this day in 2010, Bitcoin experienced its first network downtime event due to the Value Overflow Incident (CVE-2010-5139). The bug occurred because there was no check to prevent sending excessively large values. Fortunately, Bitcoin's founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, posted a code update to fix the issue about five hours after it was discovered.
OpenSats Announces New Round of Grants Focused on Bitcoin Core "These grants are sourced from our General Fund, which is supported by generous donors like you. If you would like to support free and open-source projects that help Bitcoin flourish, consider donating to the fund."
SimpleX Raises $1.3M from Jack Dorsey & Asymmetric VC, Releases Chat v6.0 "We are very happy to announce that we now have funds to move faster – we raised a $1.3 million pre-seed round led by Jack Dorsey, with participation of Asymmetric Capital Partners (ACP) VC fund," announced SimpleX.
Up to 2.9 Billion Records Stolen in a Hack of a US Background Check Company The exposed data for potentially hundreds of millions of people includes full names, Social Security numbers, current and past addresses, and information about relatives, including deceased family members.
Validating Lightning Signer v0.12: 'Benevolent Basilisk' "We're thrilled to announce a new VLS release "Benevolent Basilisk". We invite Lightning developers and companies to try it out and provide feedback that will shape future VLS releases."
El Salvador Attracts $1.6 Billion for Port Infrastructure Development Near Bitcoin City The country is set to receive a $1.615 billion investment from Turkish company Yilport to develop two seaports, supporting the construction of its ambitious "Bitcoin City." This marks the largest private investment in El Salvador's history.
Nigerian Bitcoiner Sues Government for the Right to Own, Acquire, and Trade Bitcoin "The ongoing targeting of Nigerians who own and use cryptocurrencies is a clear violation of their fundamental human rights. Bitcoin and other digital assets are vital tools for protecting savings from inflation and enabling international transactions, particularly in light of naira devaluation and foreign exchange shortages."
UN Cybercrime Draft Convention Approved Unanimously Despite Widespread Opposition The United Nations approved its first cybercrime treaty—a massive surveillance pact that mandates intrusive domestic surveillance measures and states’ cooperation in surveillance and data sharing—in a unanimous vote last week.