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

Notable Software Releases this Week

lnd v0.14.1-beta: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.14.1-beta

mercury wallet v0.4.56: https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.56

joinmarket v0.9.4: https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.9.4

bluewallet v6.2.13: https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v6.2.13

specter desktop v1.7.2: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v1.7.2

umbrel v0.4.9: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/v0.4.9

passport v1.0.8-beta: https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/passport-firmware/releases/tag/v1.0.8-beta

hexa wallet v2.0.5: https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v2.0.5

simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.22: https://github.com/btcontract/wallet/releases/tag/2.4.22

immortan v0.5.7: https://github.com/btcontract/IMMORTAN/releases/tag/v0.5.7

bitcoin dev kit v0.14.0: https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/releases/tag/v0.14.0

nix-bitcoin v0.0.59: https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin/releases/tag/v0.0.59

joininbox v0.6.4: https://github.com/openoms/joininbox/releases/tag/v0.6.4

Pre-releases available for testing:

sparrow wallet v1.5.3-beta1: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.5.3-beta1

zeus v0.6.0-alpha4: https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.6.0-alpha4

JoinMarket Vs. ZeroLink And The Road To Decentralized Bitcoin Privacy Through CoinJoin

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/joinmarket-zerolink-and-coinjoin-bitcoin-mixing
archive: https://archive.ph/JNYPh

Since 2017 a mysterious threat actor has run thousands of malicious servers in entry, middle, and exit positions of the Tor network in an attempt to deanonymize Tor users

https://therecord.media/a-mysterious-threat-actor-is-running-hundreds-of-malicious-tor-relays/
archive: https://archive.ph/XXQZ5

Executive at Swiss Tech Company Said to Operate Secret Surveillance Operation

- Mitto AG's service is used by telegram, twitter, google, whatsapp, tiktok, linkedin, tencent, and alibaba

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-06/this-swiss-tech-exec-is-said-to-have-operated-a-secret-surveillance-operation
archive: https://archive.ph/zM1lP

Bitwage Processes World’s First Bitcoin Payroll On Lightning

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitwage-processes-worlds-first-lightning-payroll
archive: https://archive.ph/N9PWJ

Bitcoin Optech #178

- fee-bumping research
- Treat taproot as always active" Bitcoin Core PR Review Club Meeting
- BDK v0.14.0 release

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2021/12/08/
archive: https://archive.ph/GgMGK

How to build a home network that prevents your ISP from seeing your data, isolates ASICs and allows you to mine Bitcoin without permission

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/how-to-mine-bitcoin-privately-at-home
archive: https://archive.ph/nC0J2

Notable Software Releases this Week

Sparrow Wallet v1.5.3: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.5.3

Mercury Wallet v0.4.62: https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.62

btc-rpc-explorer v3.3.0: https://github.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer/releases/tag/v3.3.0

Zap android v0.5.4-beta: https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-android/releases/tag/v0.5.4-beta

Lightning Terminal v0.6.1-alpha: https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/releases/tag/v0.6.1-alpha

Lightning Pool v0.5.3-alpha: https://github.com/lightninglabs/pool/releases/tag/v0.5.3-alpha

Elements v0.21.0.1: https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases/tag/elements-0.21.0.1

Nonprofit Sats Center Launches To Educate U.S. Regulators On Bitcoin

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-nonprofit-launches-to-educate-regulators
archive: https://archive.ph/xw3p4

Surveillance Firm Chainalysis Launches Support for Lightning Network

https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/lightning-network-support/
archive: https://archive.ph/3oeSD

Payment Pools / Coin Pools Proposal

- Payment Pools are a general concept for a technique to share a single UTXO among a group.

https://rubin.io/bitcoin/2021/12/10/advent-13/
archive: https://archive.ph/ZcE9A