Releases

LNDK is a standalone daemon that connects to LND (via its grpc API) that aims to implement BOLT 12 functionality externally to LND.

LDK/rust-lightning is a highly performant and flexible implementation of the Lightning Network protocol.

Last month, Mutiny announced the shutdown of its wallet service. It will be removed from app stores and the web by December 31, 2024.

"Today, we're excited to announce our support for BOLT 12 Offers, a revolutionary technology that enables a more private, versatile, and user-friendly way to send and receive sats over the Bitcoin Lightning Network," announcedTom Kirkpatrick in a blog post.

noStrudel is a free and open-source web client for exploring on the Nostr protocol.

"We are pleased to announce the 24.08 release of Core Lightning, named by @Lagrang3. This release brings notable improvements to offers, pay, and the experimental renepay plugin," announced the project.

This issue announces a new mailing list to discuss Bitcoin mining, and includes regular sections summarizing popular questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and recent changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

NymVPN is now publicly available for anyone to beta test for free and experience the first commercially available app to run on a decentralized mixnet. It anonymizes your identity and payments, and guards against metadata tracking, and surveillance.

Bitcoin crowdfunding platform Geyser launched a much-anticipated UX update. It includes email notifications for creators and contributors, as well as major updates to platform and project pages.

Nostr Web Services (NWS) replaces the IP layer in TCP transport using Nostr, enabling secure connections between clients and backend services. Exit node domain names make private services accessible to entry nodes.

Amethyst is a free and open source Nostr client for Android.