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Live Wallet v0.7.0: Consolidation Mode Live Wallet is a desktop app to help estimate the effect of bitcoin transaction fees on invididual UTXOs and transactions containing multiple UTXOs. Available on MacOS. It allows users to set a hypothetical fee rate to estimate the potential fee burden of using each UTXO. The application highlights what percentage of the UTXO will be consumed by the fee, which at certain fee rates may exceed the UTXO’s total value, rendering it unspendable.
⏳Block 860512: Important News of the Week Tik tok, next block. Grateful for all the support No Bullshit Bitcoin has received lately. September is already the best month we've had in two years since the launch of our Geyser campaign. Huge shoutout to everyone who's supporting the project – it keeps us in check, accountable, and going. We're pumped for what's coming next, and hope you are too. Freedom tech is not just hope. It's a whole new playing field. Onward.
Mercury Layer v0.2.0: Fix for Malicious Backup Transactions Vulnerabilities "This update fixes vulnerabilities related to malicious backup transactions bypassing receiver verification checks. We've revamped the way backup transaction checks are constructed to ensure robust security."
Bitcoin Optech #319: Stratum v2 Extension for Fee Revenue Sharing Newsletter #319 covers a proposal for allowing Stratum v2 pool miners to receive compensation for the transaction fees contained in the block templates they turn into shares, a research fund investigating OP_CAT , and a discussion about mitigating merkle tree vulnerabilities with or without a soft fork.
Alby Hub v1.7.2: Friends & Family App "In this release we introduce a brand new Friends & Family app in the app store! try it out to easily onboard your friends and family with a few clicks. We also added a receive-only PoS app, which you can freely share with employees. Let us know what you think."
☀️Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 GM! It is Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, and if you're looking to get irrationally angry about something trivial and waste a couple of productive hours, you're in the wrong place. Here's your daily No Bullshit GM report.
Older YubiKeys Vulnerable to Sophisticated Cloning Attacks - Report - The attack requires $11,000 in equipment and advanced electrical and cryptographic knowledge, likely limiting it to nation-states or similar entities in targeted scenarios. The risk of widespread attacks is extremely low. - YubiKeys with firmware before version 5.7 (released in May with a custom cryptolibrary) are vulnerable. Firmware updates aren't possible, so affected YubiKeys remain permanently at risk.
Strike Now Supports Sending Payments to BOLT 12 Offers "Whilst we have successfully achieved our goal of enabling BOLT 12 payments from Strike, our initial integration only supports a basic Offer payment flow. However, it paves the way for exciting and more advanced BOLT 12 features over time."