Block 846214: Important News of the Week
News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.
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News
- Samourai Devs First Court Hearing: Prosecution Promises 'Substantial Evidence,' TDev Still In Portugal
- Marathon Enters Agreement with Kenyan Government to Enhance Its Renewable Energy Sector
- Riot Platforms Acquires 9.25% Stake in Bitfarms Following Rejected $950M Takeover Offer
- Bitcoin Spot ETFs Now Manage Over 1 Million BTC, BlackRock Flips Grayscale
- New 'Opt-In' Version of Chat Control Mass Surveillance Bill Is Making Way Through the EU Council
- Biden Follows Through with a Veto on Overturning SAB 121 Crypto Custody Bill
- Japanese DMM Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for 4503 BTC (UPDATED)
- Gemini Earn Users Receive $2.18Bn of Their Assets in Kind, Winklevoss Call Genesis 'Old-fashioned Financial Fraud'
Updates and releases
- Blockstream Jade v1.0.30: Miniscript Support
- Nix Bitcoin v0.0.108 Released
- Blockstream Green Desktop v2.0.6: QR Unlock for Jade
- Bisq2 v2.0.4: Offerbook List, Tor Improvements
- New on Geyser: Bitfiasi, Bands at Bitcoin '24 Nashville, My First Bitcoin Canada
- Foundation Passport Firmware v2.3.1: Theya, Zeus, Coinbits Integrations
- zap.store v0.1.2: Categories & Latest Releases
- Lightning Loop v0.28.2-beta: Breaking Changes in Loopd
- Stratum V2 Reference Implementation (SRI) v1.0.1: Patch Release
- Zeus v0.9.0-alpha5: Purchase Channels in Advance, BOLT 12 Offers & LN Addresses for CLN
- Mostro CLI v0.10.0: Range Orders Fix, Rewards Board
- Minibits v0.1.8-beta: Realtime Encrypted Notifications, Claim Sats on Wallet Start
- Alby Extension v3.8.1: Improved Permissions, Settings UI & More
- Boltz Web App v1.4.0 and Backend v3.7.0: Chain Swaps
- Casa Added Support for Bitcoin Wallet Descriptors
- Fedi Bravo v1.17: Global Chat
- Cake Wallet v4.18.0: Bitcoin Silent Payments
- Electrum v4.5.5: Fixes and Improvements
- LND v0.18.0-beta: Smarter UTXO Sweeping, Inbound Fees, Route Blinding & More
- Specter DIY v1.9.0: Taproot Miniscript Support, BIP-85 App
- Harbor: Ecash Desktop Wallet for Better Bitcoin Privacy
- Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.7 Released
- Geyser Introduces Goals, Removes Milestones
- Corny Chat v2024.05: UI Improvements, NWC Support
- Wasabi Wallet v2.0.8: Custom Coordinators, Tor Bridges, Repo Transfer & More
- GrapheneOS v2024053100: Duress Password and PIN
- Amethyst v0.87.2: DVMs and Gossip Model
Guides and research
- Improving Bitcoin Baselayer Privacy with Dandelion++
- Bitcoin Optech #305: Light Client Protocol for Silent Payments
Mining stats
- The network's hashrate (7-day SMA) is currently at ~613 EH/s.
- Next mining difficulty adjustment is expected in 3 days or ~500 blocks.
Lightning stats
- Lightning network capacity is currently at ~4950 BTC.
Nostr stats
- Approximately 5000 new users have joined the Nostr protocol last week.
