Good Morning, Bitcoin - Thursday, December 19th, 2024
'Good Morning, Bitcoin' is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to Bitcoin and freedom tech.
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Core Lightning v24.11.1: Xpay Improvements
Core Lightning (CLN) is a lightweight, highly customizable and standard compliant implementation of the Lightning Network protocol.
Chinese Car Company Cango Buys 32 EH/s from Bitmain, Mines 393 BTC in November
Cango, a Shanghai-based NYSE-listed car dealership platform, invested $256 million to acquire 32 EH/s of Bitmain hashrate, shifting to Bitcoin mining and retaining 393 BTC it produced in November.
El Salvador to Scale Back Bitcoin Policies for $1.4 Billion IMF Loan Deal
El Salvador finalized a four-year $1.4bn IMF deal strained by its Bitcoin adoption. It makes bitcoin use voluntary for the private sector, limits public sector bitcoin activities, and phases out government involvement in the Chivo wallet. It may also unlock extra $3.5bn in development bank funds.
LND v0.18.4-beta: Bitcoind v28.0 Compatibility Fix & Optimization for Payment Requests
The Lightning Network Daemon (LND) is a complete implementation of a Lightning Network node developed by Lightning Labs.
Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
'Good Morning, Bitcoin' is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to Bitcoin and freedom tech.
Alby Hub v1.12.0: Improved Relay Connectivity & More
Alby Hub is an open-source hub for setting up and/or controlling your Lightning node and wallet from various applications that support Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC).
Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
'Good Morning, Bitcoin' is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to Bitcoin and freedom tech.
Samourai Wallet Pretrial Hearing Moved to March 12, Trial Set for November 3, 2025
The Samourai Wallet case pretrial hearing has been postponed to March 12, 2025, due to an increased volume of discovery, as the prosecution has added two additional discovery batches since September. The trial is now scheduled for November 3, 2025.
Foundation Announces Passport Prime Personal Security Platform
Foundation has introduced Passport Prime, a personal security platform and signing device aimed at both first-time and experienced users that comes with hardware wallet multi-factor authenticator, encrypted flash drive, and secure app platform.
OpenSats Announces 9th Wave of Nostr Grants
Projects included in this wave of funding are AlgoRelay, Pokey, Nostr Safebox, Persian NIPs, and LumiLumi.
Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, December 16th, 2024
'Good Morning, Bitcoin' is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to Bitcoin and freedom tech.