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🌃 Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, February 24th, 2025 Good morning! Here comes another freedom-packed No Bullshit GM report, right on time, and precisely when needed. https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2025-02-24/

Validating Lightning Signer v0.13.0: Enhanced Configuration, Better Testing and Security Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) is a library and reference implementation for a signer module to secure Lightning nodes. It separates your Lightning private keys and security rule validation from your Lightning node into a separate signing device, enhancing security by reducing the attack surface. https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/vls-v0-13-0/

Blitz Wallet v0.4.1-beta: The Efficiency Update Blitz is a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning, Liquid, and ecash wallet built using the Breez SDK, Greenlight, Liquid Wallet Kit, and Boltz. Available on iOS and Android. https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blitz-wallet-v0-4-1-beta/

Bybit exchange appears to have been hacked for approximately $1.5 billion worth of ETH. If confirmed, this would constitute the largest cryptocurrency hack to date.

🌃 Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 GM, the latest GM report is now available: 🔻 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2025-02-19/

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🇳🇬 Nigeria Freed Gambaryan in Exchange for Access to US Financial Surveillance Capabilities - Report "Let's be very clear: What the US has deemed acceptable here is that the cost of one innocent man's freedom is its potential loss for tens of thousands of innocent Africans." - nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7erfw36x7tnsw43z7un9d3shjqpqmznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3asns8ynd https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nigeria-freed-gambaryan-in-exchange-for-access-to-us-financial-surveillance-capabilities-report/

🚨 PSA: Be sure to update your LND instance to the latest version, especially if you are using it with Lightning Terminal. https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lnd-v0-18-5-beta/

🌇 Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, February 17th, 2025 Good morning, Nostr. Is it even morning anymore? What is morning, anyway? 🆕 📰 ↘️ https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2025-02-17/

Alby Hub v1.14.2: Basic Swap Functionality, Home Widgets & More "Alby Hub now has a healthcheck indicator, better fiat support, NIP-44 encryption, and a way for self-hosters to support Alby! We've also added basic swap functionality to the node page so you can more easily manage your liquidity without having to open new channels." https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/alby-hub-v1-14-2/

🇦🇷 Argentina's Milei Faces Fraud Charges, Impeachment Calls After Failed Memecoin Launch Milei is embroiled in controversy for promoting LIBRA, a Solana-based token, whose value dropped 95% from $4.5 billion to $200 million over the weekend. Insiders reportedly cashed out $87.4 million in tokens during the incident. "This scandal, which embarrasses us on an international scale, requires us to launch an impeachment request against the president," added Leandro Santoro, a member of the opposition coalition. https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/argentinas-milei-faces-fraud-charges-impeachment-calls-after-failed-memecoin-launch/

⌛ Block 884070: Important News of the Week Nearly a thousand blocks later, it's time for another weekly digest 📰 ⏬ https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/884070/

☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Saturday, February 15th, 2025 GM? GM. The latest GM report is now available: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2025-02-15/

Bisq v1.9.19 & Bisq2 v2.1.6: Updates and Security Improvements Bisq is a secure, private and decentralized bitcoin P2P exchange network. Bisq2 is set to be the successor to Bisq v1 and will support multiple trade protocols, multiple privacy networks and multiple identities. https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bisq-v1-9-19-bisq2-v2-1-6/

Bitkit v1.0.9: Fee Weather Widget, Bitcoin-to-Fiat Calculator Bitkit is a self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning Wallet for Android and iOS. https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitkit-v1-0-9/

Fountain App v1.1.16: Nostr Live Streams & Storage Manager "Nostr livestreams are a beta feature - i.e. we still have a lot more work to do! We will continue to make improvements to livestreams over the coming months - so we would love to hear your feedback." h/t nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7erfw36x7tnsw43z7un9d3shjqpqv5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hpspywsz0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fountain-v1-1-16/

❄️ COLDCARD Mk4 v5.4.1 & Q v1.3.1: New Message Signing Features, Address Display & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coldcard-mk4-v5-4-1-q-v1-3-1/

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Broadens Crackdown on Asian ASICs - Report U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seizing Asian Bitcoin mining ASICs. The crackdown now includes machines from MicroBT and Canaan, following the initial stoppage of Bitmain’s Antminer S21 and T21 models last year. https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cbp-broadens-crackdown-on-asian-asics/

Blockstream Explorer API has been relaunched and is moving to open beta It offers a scalable HTTP REST API for Bitcoin mainnet, testnet and the Liquid Network, with an Electrum JSON-RPC service coming soon. Built on the open-source Esplora technology, it now features simplified onboarding, enhanced infrastructure, and more robust support. "Start harnessing the power of the new Blockstream Explorer today. Visit blockstream.info/explorer-api to apply for the open beta and gain instant access. With our free tier, which includes 30 days of free usage for testing, exploring the API is risk-free, empowering your projects without financial commitment." Learn more: https://blog.blockstream.com/introducing-the-new-blockstream-explorer-api-faster-easier-and-more-transparent/

⚡ LND v0.18.5-beta is now available This minor release includes important bug fixes for AMP invoices, interactions with external software for normal invoices, fee bump transactions, performance improvements for Postgres backends, and UX improvements for custom channels. Source: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.18.5-beta