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News
OpenSats’ 2023: Year in ReviewNew US Tax Reporting Rule Requires an IRS Report for Every $10K+ TransactionBitcoin Miners Earned 23431 BTC via Fees in 2023Scam Bitcoin Wallets Are Still Reigning Free on Apple’s App Store Despite Multiple ReportsBitcoin FilmFest 2024 to Take Place on April 19-21 in Warsaw, Poland
Updates and releases
nsecBunker v0.10.0: OAuth-like Flow, LNbits + NostrdressFoundation Passport Firmware v2.2.0 and Envoy v1.5.0 ReleasedMercury Layer is Now Code Complete and Available For TestingFedimint v0.2.1: Stable MVP ReleaseAqua Wallet: Bitcoin, Lightning, Liquid & Tether Mobile WalletZeus v0.8.1-beta: Nostr Contact Import, Point of Sale & MoreGrapheneOS v2023010400: January Security PatchCoracle v0.4.0: Private GroupsPhoenix Wallet iOS v2.1.0 Now Supports Request Inbound Liquidity FeatureClams Remote v2.0.0: New Native Desktop Application & Improvements
Research and guides
Bitcoin Optech #283: Past LND Vulnerabilities, Fee-dependent Timelocks & MoreHow to Use Coinjoin and Payjoin with BTCPay Server
Mining stats
Bitcoin mining difficulty increased once again at block height of 824544 and is currently reaching a record 73.20T.Bitcoin hashrate (7 day SMA) is currently reaching ~526 EH/s.
Lightning stats
Lightning network capacity is down to 5032 BTC. The number of Lightning nodes remains relatively unchanged while the number of active channels is down by ~1%.
Nostr stats
More than 5000 new users joined the Nostr protocol last week.