Using LNsploit to Steal from LND Nodes: How to Exploit the Recent Transaction Bugs
This post walks through how to use LNsploit to steal funds from an LND node affected by some of the recent critical bugs, in regtest.
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Blixt Wallet v0.6.0: Mac Support, Translations, Taproot, and More
Blixt Wallet joins as one of the few Lightning wallets available for the desktop, with the brand new macOS port.
Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Digital Gave NYDIG 26200 ASICs in Exchange for Relief from $67.4 Million of Debt
Stonghold Digital (SDIG) closed on the seventh and final tranche of bitcoin miner deliveries to NYDIG that had served as collateral for financing agreements with NYDIG, the miner said in a Tuesday press release.
Bitcoin Optech #224
This week’s newsletter describes continued discussion about optionally allowing nodes to
LDK v0.0.112: Better Routing Performance, Send/Receive Custom Onion Messages, and More
Lightning Development Kit (LDK) is a library that allows you to build a lightning node without worrying about implementing low-level lightning logic correctly. LDK is based on Rust-Lightning, a full-featured but also incredibly flexible lightning implementation, allowing you to decide how to use it.
Major South African Supermarket Chain 'Pick n Pay' Now Accepts Bitcoin: Plans to Roll Out Support to All 1628 Stores Over Coming Months
Customers can pay with any lightning enabled wallet. Tested in 10 stores over the past five months and is now available in 39 stores across the country.
LND v0.15.4-beta: Hotfix Release to Fix Chain Sync Bug
This is an emergency hot fix release to fix a bug that can cause lnd nodes to be unable to parse certain transactions that have a very large number of witness inputs.
Second Critical LND Bug in Less Than a Month Causes LND Nodes to Fall Out of Sync with Chain Again
Only impacts LND nodes, other lightning implementations are still in sync. Nodes can still make and route payments, but are not aware of current chain state until updated.
Coinbase Backed Surveillance Compliance Group 'TRUST' Expands to Europe: 67 Companies are Participating
TRUST, which was originally kick-started in the U.S. by Coinbase (COIN) with help from BitGo, Gemini, Kraken and Fidelity, said earlier this year it had established a footing in Canada and Singapore. As part of its European advancement, the TRUST membership has grown to 67 firms
BitMEX Renews Chris Coverdale’s Bitcoin Developer Grant With a Focus on StratumV2
BitMEX has extended Chris Coverdale’s Bitcoin developer grant until May 2023, a six month extension from the previous grant. This is the third consecutive time BitMEX has provided Chris a grant and BitMEX continues to support his work for the long term.
SIAM is a Computer System Used on Iranian Cellular Networks, Providing Operators Remote Commands to Alter, Disrupt, and Monitor How Customers Use Their Phones
The tools can slow their data connections to a crawl, break the encryption of phone calls, track the movements of individuals or large groups, and produce detailed metadata summaries of who spoke to whom, when, and where.
Wasabi Wallet v2.0.2: Tor Optimization to Improve Reliability and New Privacy Progress Visualizer
Due to an ongoing DDOS attack against Tor, the Wasabi client switched from connecting with the backend onion server to using Tor exit nodes and routing traffic to the clearnet domain of the coinjoin coordinator.