U.S. official says El Salvador relations 'paused' for lack of interest

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-official-says-el-salvador-relations-paused-lack-interest-2021-11-22/
archive: https://archive.ph/jP2Ps

SeedSigner - Verifying dice seed generation

https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/blob/main/docs/dice_verification.md
archive: https://archive.ph/mfaiA

Samsung to Choose Taylor, Texas, for $17 Billion Chip-Making Factory

https://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-choose-taylor-texas-for-17-billion-chipmaking-factory-11637627613
archive: https://archive.ph/seTA1

Compact Block Filters Deep Dive (BIP 158)

- A technical explanation of the workings of compact block filters and Golomb-Rice Coding

http://bitcoin-dev.blog/blog/bip158-deep-dive/
archive: https://archive.ph/fJtru

Bitcoin rewards provider, Fold, partners with the AR firm behind the popular Pokemon Go app, Niantic Labs, to offer a new AR sats seeking experience

- "Every 10 minutes a new block will spawn around you, accumulate as much bitcoin as possible"

https://twitter.com/fold_app/status/1463198919668736013

Gemini Sponsors Bitcoin Core Maintainer Michael Ford (Fanquake)

https://www.gemini.com/blog/gemini-sponsors-bitcoin-core-maintainer-fanquake
archive: https://archive.ph/vmHwb

What Bitcoin’s crypto critics get wrong

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-defence-of-bitcoin
archive: https://archive.ph/CCDrF

Bitcoin and the Dunbar Limit

https://hugonguyen.medium.com/bitcoin-and-the-dunbar-limit-5c820c4e5632
archive: https://archive.ph/CIGqj

LND v.0.14.0 is incompatible with eclair and c-lightning

- channel openings between lnd and other implementations fail
- fix planned for lnd v0.14.1

https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/6023
archive: https://archive.ph/xEer9

Notable Software Releases this Week

lnd v0.14.0-beta: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.14.0-beta

electrs v0.9.3: https://github.com/romanz/electrs/releases/tag/v0.9.3

btcpayserver v1.3.6: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.3.6

mercury wallet v0.4.53: https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.53

simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.19: https://github.com/btcontract/wallet/releases/tag/2.4.19

seedsigner v0.4.5: https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/releases/tag/0.4.5

btcpayserver v1.3.6: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.3.6

sphinx relay v2.2.2: https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/releases/tag/v2.2.2

ledger live desktop v2.35.2: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/releases/tag/v2.35.2

The Liberland Aid Foundation donated over an entire bitcoin to the Benjamin Bloom National Children's Hospital in El Salvador

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/el-salvador-childrens-hospital-receives-over-1-bitcoin-donation
archive: https://archive.ph/mS7NL

Proliferating Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash

https://nickfarrow.com/Proliferating-Peer-to-Peer-Electronic-Cash/
archive: https://archive.ph/CIw3d

Ledger adds support for PSBTs, Taproot, and Multisig

https://blog.ledger.com/bitcoin-2/
archive: https://archive.ph/ERDFc

MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 7002 bitcoin for $414.4M at an average price of $59187 per bitcoin. As of 11/29/21 they hold 121044 bitcoin acquired for $3.57B at an average price of $29,534 per bitcoin.

https://www.microstrategy.com/en/investor-relations/financial-documents/microstrategy-acquires-additional-7002-bitcoins_11-29-2021
archive: https://archive.ph/sgACm

Silent Link privacy focused eSIM provider adds support for US numbers

- easy prepaid burner phone numbers
- no identity information required
- pay with bitcoin

https://silent.link

This Month In Bitcoin Privacy: October 2021

- FATF Travel Rule Updates
- The State of Lightning
- A Future Under Central Bank Digital Currency
- Privacy Tools Adds Bitcoin Wallets
- Financial Sovereignty Through Mining

https://enegnei.github.io/This-Month-In-Bitcoin-Privacy/October_2021/
archive: https://archive.ph/8q9cy

Bitcoin Optech #177

- recently fixed interoperability issue between different LN software
- LND v0.14.1-beta release

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2021/12/01/
archive: https://archive.ph/JAJg8

Bitcoin Node Maker nodl Launches Lightning-Only Product with a focus on developing countries

- Merchants using nodl light will have full control over a dedicated Lightning node while benefiting from shared Bitcoin Core and payment processing resources hosted by nodl in their cloud infrastructure

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-node-maker-nodl-launches-lightning-only-product
archive: https://archive.ph/aBAwj

Square Changes Name to Block, Days After CEO Jack Dorsey Leaves Twitter

- new name for financial-services company aligns with its chief’s interest in bitcoin

https://www.wsj.com/articles/square-changes-name-to-block-days-after-ceo-jack-dorsey-leaves-twitter-11638394200
archive: https://archive.ph/jQJ0T

Square Crypto has rebranded to Spiral

- "this rebrand reflects their focus on bitcoin as it continues to grow like a spiral from a single point, encompassing more and more space until it touches everything"

https://twitter.com/Square/status/1466158922016952323
archive: https://archive.ph/2pSlB