What the Bybit Exploit Reveals About Enterprise Custody The $1.5 billion Bybit exploit succeeded despite multisig and hardware wallets. One architectural weakness made it possible. Here’s what enterprise custody teams should learn from it.

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What the Bybit Exploit Reveals About Enterprise Custody

The $1.5 billion Bybit exploit succeeded despite multisig and hardware wallets. One architectural weakness made it possible. Here’s what enterpri...

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Liquid Network Roadmap: 0-Conf, Quantum Readiness and BitVM Over the last several years, Liquid has become an increasingly important part of how bitcoin is used every day, powering payments, asset issuance and programmable financial applications, often behind the scenes. As the network’s technical provider, we are sharing an updated roadmap across the core development workstreams Blockstream

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Liquid Network Roadmap: 0-Conf, Quantum Readiness and BitVM

Over the last several years, Liquid has become an increasingly important part of how bitcoin is used every day, powering payments, asset issuance a...

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What the Kelp DAO Exploit Reveals About Bitcoin Lending The $292M Kelp DAO bridge exploit was an architectural failure, not a verdict on on-chain lending. Liquid and Simplicity offer a different foundation: a multi-signer federation, a smart contract language built for safety, and a peer-to-peer lending architecture that isolates risk.

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What the Kelp DAO Exploit Reveals About Bitcoin Lending

The $292M Kelp DAO bridge exploit was an architectural failure, not a verdict on on-chain lending. Liquid and Simplicity offer a different foundati...

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#439 Een week vol Bitcoin 🧠Quote(s) van de week: ‘Gedurende 5000 jaar waren mensen het eens: 3000 v.Chr.: Geld moet schaars zijn.2000 v.Chr.: Geld moet schaars zijn.1000 v.Chr.: Geld moet schaars zijn.0: Geld moet schaars zijn.1000: Geld moet schaars zijn.1500: Geld moet schaars zijn.1900: Geld moet schaars zijn.1914-1970: Oké, maar wat als dat niet zo is?1971: Geld is wat de […] The post #439 Een week vol Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin Focus.

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#439 Een week vol Bitcoin

🧠Quote(s) van de week: ‘Gedurende 5000 jaar waren mensen het eens: 3000 v.Chr.: Geld moet schaars zijn.2000 v.Chr.: Geld moet schaars zijn...

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Introducing Jade Core: Your First Step to Bitcoin Self-Custody We’re thrilled to announce the newest member of the Blockstream hardware wallet family: Jade Core. Jade Core is the easiest way for anyone to take self-custody of their bitcoin with a hardware wallet.

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Introducing Jade Core: Your First Step to Bitcoin Self-Custody

We’re thrilled to announce the newest member of the Blockstream hardware wallet family: Jade Core. Jade Core is the easiest way for anyone to ta...

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South Africa Planning Bitcoin Exchange Control Regime It wasn’t that long ago, during the strategic Bitcoin reserve hype, that the South African Reserve Bank saw the asset as mampara money, and compared its importance to holding a reserve of boerwors. South Africans were free to purchase magic internet money from the growing market of local exchanges, and you could hold as much […] The post South Africa Planning Bitcoin Exchange Control Regime appeared first on The Bitcoin Manual.

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South Africa Planning Bitcoin Exchange Control Regime - The Bitcoin Manual

South Africa's National Treasury released draft regulations on April 17, 2026, classifying Bitcoin as 'capital' under updated exchan...

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#438 Een week vol Bitcoin 🧠Quote(s) van de week: ‘Bitcoin is de eerste echt neutrale wereldwijde monetaire basislaag, net zoals het internet dat is voor informatie. Het is een protocol voor onbevooroordeelde waardeoverdracht, vrij van centrale manipulatie. In een wereld van fiat-ruis is Bitcoin het signaal. Kies je fundament verstandig.’ – Jeff Booth 🧡Bitcoin nieuws🧡 Op 31 maart: ➡️De mediane […] The post #438 Een week vol Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin Focus.

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#438 Een week vol Bitcoin

🧠Quote(s) van de week: ‘Bitcoin is de eerste echt neutrale wereldwijde monetaire basislaag, net zoals het internet dat is voor informatie....

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The Blockstream App Now Displays Live Prices for Liquid Assets Managing a multi-asset Bitcoin wallet just got more intuitive. The Blockstream app now displays live fiat prices for Liquid assets, starting with Tether USDT and USTBL. It's the first step toward full fiat price visibility across the Liquid ecosystem with more assets coming soon.

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The Blockstream App Now Displays Live Prices for Liquid Assets

Managing a multi-asset Bitcoin wallet just got more intuitive. The Blockstream app now displays live fiat prices for Liquid assets, starting with T...

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Enhanced Analytics and Infrastructure Improvements for the Blockstream Explorer API The 26.03 release focuses on giving developers better visibility into their API usage and improving the underlying infrastructure that powers production applications. Enhanced dashboard analytics provide complete usage transparency, and infrastructure improvements ensure reliability at scale. Better Visibility into Your API Usage The dashboard now includes historical usage analytics,

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Enhanced Analytics and Infrastructure Improvements for the Blockstream Explorer API

The 26.03 release focuses on giving developers better visibility into their API usage and improving the underlying infrastructure that powers produ...

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Bitcoin Core 31.0 released Bitcoin Core version 31.0 is now available for download. See the release notes for more information about the bug fixes in this release. If you have any questions, please stop by the #bitcoin IRC chatroom (IRC, web) and we’ll do our best to help you.

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Bitcoin Core 31.0 released

Bitcoin Core 31.0 released

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Core Lightning 26.04: "Negative Routing Fees" Core Lightning v26.04 “Negative Routing Fees” is now available, it's Blockstream’s latest update to our implementation of the Lightning Network. This release makes Core Lightning nodes more flexible, more private, and easier to operate at scale. A standing splice-ovation: Channel Liquidity, Unlocked We&

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Core Lightning 26.04: "Negative Routing Fees"

Blockstream’s latest update to our implementation of the Lightning Network, Core Lightning v26.04 “Negative Routing Fees”, is now available. ...

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Parasite Pool Preys On Its First Blocks On April 18, 2026, Parasite Pool achieved something remarkable and now forms part of Bitcoin history and it’s expanding lore. The little mining pool that could has mined its second Bitcoin block in just 14 months of operation. That block, #945,601, arrived approximately 48 days after the pool’s first block in late February 2026. Two […] The post Parasite Pool Preys On Its First Blocks appeared first on The Bitcoin Manual.

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Parasite Pool Preys On Its First Blocks - The Bitcoin Manual

Parasite Pool, which pays 1 BTC to the block finder and splits the rest among all participants, mined block 945,601 on Friday, about 48 days after ...

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Fake Ledger App For Mac Steals Millions In mid-April 2026, a well-crafted scam launched a fake Ledger Live application that made its way onto Apple’s Mac App Store, bypassing the company’s vaunted review process and resulting in nearly $9.5 million in losses from over 50 victims. The scam targeted semi-conscious cryptocurrency users—people who specifically use self-custody wallets precisely because they don’t trust […] The post Fake Ledger App For Mac Steals Millions appeared first on The Bitcoin Manual.

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Fake Ledger App For Mac Steals Millions - The Bitcoin Manual

Yet another example of why you should never trust and always verify before putting your seed phrase into any piece of software or signing to spend ...

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#437 Een week vol Bitcoin 🧠Quote(s) van de week: “Geen enkel land gaat zijn monetair beleid overhandigen aan een externe bron zoals Bitcoin.” Bitcoin zal worden geadopteerd zoals buskruit, kernwapens of het internet. Als land hoefde je het niet eens te zijn met of van buskruit, kernwapens of het internet te houden. Je kon ze verbieden. Je kon ze vermijden. […] The post #437 Een week vol Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin Focus.

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#437 Een week vol Bitcoin

🧠Quote(s) van de week: “Geen enkel land gaat zijn monetair beleid overhandigen aan een externe bron zoals Bitcoin.” Bitcoin zal worden geado...

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Blockstream Quarterly Update - Q1 2026 Blockstream delivered a landmark Q1, executing the first post-quantum signed transactions on Liquid, enabling the first hardware wallet–secured Lightning payments, launching real-time blockchain data infrastructure for developers, and more.

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Blockstream Quarterly Update - Q1 2026

Blockstream delivered a landmark Q1, executing the first post-quantum signed transactions on Liquid, enabling the first hardware wallet–secured L...

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#436 Een week vol Bitcoin 🧠Quote(s) van de week: Cole Walmsley: Dit citaat van de Rothschilds in 1863 is raak: “De weinigen die het systeem begrijpen zullen óf zo geïnteresseerd zijn in de winsten ervan, óf zo afhankelijk van de gunsten ervan, dat er geen oppositie zal zijn vanuit die klasse, terwijl, aan de andere kant, het grote deel van […] The post #436 Een week vol Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin Focus.

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#436 Een week vol Bitcoin

🧠Quote(s) van de week: Cole Walmsley: Dit citaat van de Rothschilds in 1863 is raak: “De weinigen die het systeem begrijpen zullen óf zo ...

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#435 Een week vol Bitcoin 🧠Quote(s) of the week: ‘Bitcoin mean reversion is een als een strandbal die onder water wordt gehouden. De trend is het evenwicht. De prijs wordt rondgeduwd door nieuws, leverage, liquiditeit en paniek. Belangrijk concept: Maar hoe verder het wordt uitgerekt van de power law trend, hoe sterker de verwachte terugtrekking. Dat is de logica van […] The post #435 Een week vol Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin Focus.

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#435 Een week vol Bitcoin

🧠Quote(s) of the week: ‘Bitcoin mean reversion is een als een strandbal die onder water wordt gehouden. De trend is het evenwicht. De prij...

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Why Are There Alternative Bitcoin Node Implementations? According to CoinDance, there are 23,000+ public Bitcoin nodes, all running with a full or pruned copy of the Bitcoin blockchain and working each day to validate transactions and broadcast transactions. Some nodes, deemed “economic nodes,” work harder than others; for example, a node run by an exchange broadcasts thousands of transactions to the network […] The post Why Are There Alternative Bitcoin Node Implementations? appeared first on The Bitcoin Manual.

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Why Are There Alternative Bitcoin Node Implementations? - The Bitcoin Manual

Alternative Bitcoin node implementations exist to increase network resilience and reduce reliance on a single development team at Bitcoin Core

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Blockstream Research Brings libsecp256k1-zkp Back Up to Speed Blockstream Research has completed a significant maintenance milestone: bringing libsecp256k1-zkp fully up to date with 2.5 years of improvements from upstream libsecp256k1. This library underpins the cryptographic foundation of Liquid Network, Elements, and Blockstream's functionary infrastructure.

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Blockstream Research Brings libsecp256k1-zkp Back Up to Speed

Blockstream Research has completed a significant maintenance milestone: bringing libsecp256k1-zkp fully up to date with 2.5 years of improvements f...

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Bitcoin Core 28.4 released Bitcoin Core version 28.4 is now available for download. See the release notes for more information about the bug fixes in this release. If you have any questions, please stop by the #bitcoin IRC chatroom (IRC, web) and we’ll do our best to help you.

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Bitcoin Core 28.4 released

Bitcoin Core 28.4 released

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