Judge Orders X Ban in Brazil, Threatens People Accessing X via VPN with $8,874 Daily Fine Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered internet providers and app stores to block X within five days, and the platform will stay blocked until it complies. Users or companies accessing X via virtual private networks (VPNs) will face daily fines of 50,000 reais (~$8,874).

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Judge Orders X Ban in Brazil, Threatens People Accessing X via VPN with $8,874 Daily Fine

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspended Elon Musk's social media platform X in Brazil after Musk missed a 24-hour deadline to...

Bitcoin Optech #318: Bitcoin Mining Dev Mailing List

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Bitcoin Optech #318: Bitcoin Mining Dev Mailing List

This issue announces a new mailing list to discuss Bitcoin mining, and includes regular sections summarizing popular questions and answers from the...

☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Friday, August 30th, 2024 GM. It is Friday, August 30th, 2024, and the last weekend of summer 2024 is upon us. Enjoy it and make the best of your time.

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Friday, August 30th, 2024

Good Morning, Bitcoin is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to...

NymVPN: First Commercially Available VPN on a Decentralized Mixnet Harry Halpin, CEO of Nym Technology, officially announced the launch of public beta testing phase of NymVPN at Web3 Summit last week.

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NymVPN: First Commercially Available VPN on a Decentralized Mixnet

NymVPN is now publicly available for anyone to beta test for free and experience the first commercially available app to run on a decentralized mix...

OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for Alex Gleason With this grant, Alex aims to introduce features like NIP-05 username purchases with Zaps, a profile customization shop, and better Mastodon app support. He'll grow the community by migrating Soapbox servers, onboarding nostr communities, and launching Henhouse.social for women. Additionally, Alex will improve Ditto with bug fixes, UX enhancements, and performance improvements.

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OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for Alex Gleason

"OpenSats is pleased to announce long-term support for Alex Gleason, a prominent contributor to the nostr ecosystem," announced the organization.

Geyser v0.12.0: Major UX Redesign "We’re excited to introduce a major redesign of Geyser’s user experience (UX), one of the most requested updates from our community. Since launching Geyser almost two years ago, we’ve gained valuable insights and this update reflects what we’ve learned."

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Geyser v0.12.0: Major UX Redesign

Bitcoin crowdfunding platform Geyser launched a much-anticipated UX update. It includes email notifications for creators and contributors, as well ...

☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Thursday, August 29th, 2024 GM. Do you feel it? Today is Thursday, August 29th, 2024, and the vibes are high these days. It's beautiful to watch the space buzzing with action lately, and here's just a tiny glimpse of that.

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Thursday, August 29th, 2024

Good Morning, Bitcoin is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to...

Pavel Durov Released on €5M Bail, Won't Be Allowed to Leave France - "The 39-year-old billionaire’s case is an unprecedented test of the power of governments over multinational tech companies operating under widely varying laws around the world. Durov’s Telegram is unusual for being run from a nonaligned Middle Eastern country, the United Arab Emirates, and for declaring that it shares no information with authorities anywhere about messages or activities on the site." - It is absurd to suggest Durov could be implicated in any crime committed on the app, Durov’s lawyer, David-Olivier Kaminski, told the AFP news agency, adding: "Telegram complies in all respects with European rules concerning digital technology."

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Pavel Durov Released on €5M Bail, Won't Be Allowed to Leave France

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been officially charged by the French court and is now out on €5 million bail, country exit banned.

OpenSats Announces Support for The Tor Project This grant will expand The Tor Project's onion service team to enhance DDoS protection and ensure reliable, anonymous communication, crucial for Bitcoin and nostr users in censored regions.

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OpenSats Announces Support for The Tor Project

"OpenSats is pleased to announce a support grant for The Tor Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to privacy and internet freedom since 2006."

Nostr Web Services (NWS) v0.1: Exit Node Internet Relay, .nostr Domains & More "This is just the beginning. With many more features and enhancements on our roadmap, we are excited about the future of NWS and its potential. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to develop NWS."

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Nostr Web Services (NWS) v0.1: Exit Node Internet Relay, .nostr Domains & More

Nostr Web Services (NWS) replaces the IP layer in TCP transport using Nostr, enabling secure connections between clients and backend services. Exit...

Binance Admits to Freezing Palestinian Accounts at Israel's Request The company refutes claims that it seized funds from 'all Palestinians,' clarifying that only 'a small number of accounts' were restricted. The exact number of affected users remains unclear.

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Binance Admits to Freezing Palestinian Accounts at Israel's Request

The company refutes claims that it seized funds from 'all Palestinians,' clarifying that only 'a small number of accounts' were restricted. The exa...

🌄 Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 GM. Today is Wednesday, August 28th, 2024. Here's the latest about the greatest. We know your time is scarce and we're here to help you maximize it.

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

Good Morning, Bitcoin is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to...

Amethyst v0.90.3: Torrents & Outbox Restructuring This update introduces support for NIP-35 Torrent files (dtan.xyz), significantly prunes memory for encrypted payloads and large events (DMs, Notifications, Zaps, etc.), and restructures caching to enable immediate subscription updates using the outbox model on custom feeds with NIP-51 lists.

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Amethyst v0.90.3: Torrents & Outbox Restructuring

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

OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for Daniele With this grant, @daniele will refine Gossip and Coracle's user experience, explore group and community applications, develop marketplace NIPs and support apps, and create a new onboarding tool.

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OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for Daniele

"OpenSats is pleased to announce that Daniele is joining our roster of long-term support grantees for his contributions to the Nostr ecosystem," ...

☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 GM, and happy Tuesday, sovereign individuals. So many incredible projects are being bootstrapped by incredibly talented, burned out, and underpaid devs. We're doing our best to catch up with it all. Keep pushing forward, speak your truth, and never stop.

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

Good Morning, Bitcoin is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to...

Envoy v1.8.2: SeedQR Import & More This release focuses on refining the Envoy user experience, improving the new Buy Bitcoin feature, and adds the ability to import a SeedQR seed as your Envoy mobile wallet seed.

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Envoy v1.8.2: SeedQR Import & More

Envoy is a free and open source mobile Bitcoin wallet and a companion app for Passport signing device. It can also be used a standalone Bitcoin mob...

UPDATED: Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged on 12 Criminal Counts in France The United Arab Emirates is closely monitoring the case of Pavel Durov. The UAE has requested that the French government urgently provide all necessary consular services. It is noted that Durov holds Emirati citizenship and resides in Dubai.

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Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged on 12 Criminal Counts in France (UPDATED)

Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced that Telegram founder Pavel Durov faces 12 charges, including facilitating illegal online transactions, un...

ZEUS Wallet v0.9.0: Hardware Wallet Support, CLNRest Backend, LSP Service & More - "ZEUS v0.9.0 introduces some great new functionality, but we're already looking forward to the next release. v0.10 is already being planned out and we're already well into development on v0.9.1." - "We are immensely grateful for the continued support from our users, contributors, and community sponsors, without whom none of this would be possible. Expect major new wallet releases and LSP services in Q4 and throughout 2025. We should have a few more LSP integrations announced soon too."

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ZEUS Wallet v0.9.0: Hardware Wallet Support, CLNRest Backend, LSP Service & More

ZEUS v0.9.0 features new LSP service, hardware wallet and CLNRest backend support, layout improvements, a new camera, and more.

Mempool v3.0.0: Accelerator™ & Goggles™ Integration, Full-RBF Timelines & More "Be your own explorer™ and self-host mempool on your own hardware, but remember: if your transaction gets stuck, Mempool Accelerator™ fixes this."

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Mempool v3.0.0: Accelerator™ & Goggles™ Integration, Full-RBF Timelines & More

Mempool is a fully-featured open-source mempool visualizer, explorer, and API service. It is running at mempool.space and can be self-hosted on a w...

BREAKING: Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged on 12 Criminal Counts in France Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced that Telegram founder Pavel Durov faces 12 charges, including facilitating illegal online transactions, unauthorized cryptology services, enabling organized crime, and obstructing justice.

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Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged on 12 Criminal Counts in France (UPDATED)

Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced that Telegram founder Pavel Durov faces 12 charges, including facilitating illegal online transactions, un...