By EZ in Daily Roundup — Sep 24, 2024

Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

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What's happening

Bitfarms and Riot Platforms have reached a settlement, potentially ending their takeover dispute. Under the agreement, Riot cannot acquire more than 20% of Bitfarms without board approval. Additionally, Bitfarms co-founder Andrés Finkielsztain resigned from the Board of Directors and was replaced by Amy Freedman, as requested by Riot.
Telegram to share user data with authorities. The popular messaging service has updated its privacy policy to state that it will provide user data, including IP addresses and phone numbers, to law enforcement agencies in response to a valid legal order.

"If Telegram receives a valid order from the relevant judicial authorities that confirms you're a suspect in a case involving criminal activities that violate the Telegram Terms of Service, we will perform a legal analysis of the request and may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities," reads the new privacy policy.

In related news, Ukraine's National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity (NCCC) banned Telegram on all devices used within government agencies, military units, and critical infrastructure, citing national security concerns.

Forbes pulls article criticizing BBC's reporting on Bitcoin. The publication removed an article by Susie Violet Ward, published on September 4, 2024, that criticized the BBC's misleading coverage of Bitcoin's environmental impact, reports BTC Times. The report is still available via archive here.

Kraken has acquired Coin Meester as part of its European expansion. This acquisition allows Kraken to extend its Dutch presence and operate with a registered virtual asset service provider (VASP) license in France and Poland.
BlackRock requests changes to custody agreement with Coinbase. On September 16, BlackRock asked the SEC to change bitcoin withdrawal procedures for its Bitcoin spot ETF (IBIT) due to concerns over Coinbase's custody practices. The request mandates bitcoin withdrawals be completed within 12 hours of receiving client instructions, reports Atlas21.
Nostr Valley 2024 event is set to take place on October 12, 2024 in State College, Pennsylvania. You can register here. Moreover, Nostrville 2.0 will take place on November 6, 2024, at the Bitcoin Park in Nashville.

Use the tools

Wasabi Wallet v2.2.1.0 includes fixes for send workflow disruption and transaction details' fee rate failing to show.
LNDg v1.9.0, an advanced web interface designed for analyzing LND data and automating node management tasks, brings a variety of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Inbound fees can now be set from the advanced page, Docker and manual installer logs are now unified, a new consolidate UTXOs button has been added, and inbound flows are now written in green text, among other things.

Alby Hub v1.9.0 improves Alby Go integration with Alby Hub, displays pending and failed transactions in the Alby Hub transaction list, saves static channel backups to the Alby Hub data directory for users who do not connect their Alby Account, and introduces a variety of bug fixes.
Predyx, a new (and likely world's first) Lightning-native micro prediction market, announced its upcoming public beta launch this weekend. You can sign up for early access here.
LNUnit v1.7.5 is a unit-testing framework for Bitcoin Lightning network systems. It provides an easy-to-use interface for developers to write tests that check the functionality and performance of their Lightning-based applications.
Notestack is a nostr long-form content client that is a complete rewrite of Blogstack. "Any feedback would be appreciated," said the developer.
Keychat App v1.19.11 fixes a bug in the Nsec Import flow.
SimpleX Chat v6.1.0-beta is now available for testing.
Daniele introduced Chronicle, a new Nostr personal relay that comes with the Outbox model and Web of Trust spam protections. It "stores complete conversations in which the owner has taken part and nothing else," said the developer.

HAVEN is a new Nostr relay for storing and backing up sensitive notes like eCash, private chats and drafts. It includes features like Web of Trust, inbox relay, chat relay, outbox relay, cloud backups, Blastr, and the ability to import old notes.

"Amethyst users will love this relay because it gives you every relay you need to complete the relay configuration," said utxo.

Yana v0.15, a multiplatform nostr client available on Android, iOS, and Linux, now includes wallet send and receive functionality, a list of transactions, NWC subscription notifications, and better handling of 'hell threads.'
Robosats federation is now sending notes to clearnet relays.