> Now, maintainers, who provide the application, suddenly want users to just trust them without being able to easily verify what changed in a release. This is in clear conflict with the "don't trust, verify" approach.
+1 on this, reject black box binaries
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Still ongoing
This is crazy. While sorting my new wallets out, I thought I would test to see what would happen if I sent a small amount to an address from my old Coldcard. Within 5 seconds of broadcasting the transactions it was picked off and the fee was then bumped up with RBF several times over the following few seconds until the fee reached the total amount being transferred. So, in the end, the hacker got nothing and it all goes to pay the miner who gets the next block.
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Over 10k BTC from multisig wallets have now been submitted through slipstream since the coldcard weak seed thefts began.
By doing this a previously concealed witness script can remain private until the transaction confirms, avoiding the risk of theft.
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JUST IN: launches BIP54 compatibility detection for blocks, which should help visualize miner support for the bug-fix softfork proposal spearheaded by Chaincode dev Antoine Poinsot (@darosior)
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How many confirmations was it until you've treated a transaction as being settled for the largest payment you've sent/received in the last year.
@tiredfornow @benthecarman It’s live on mainnet now.
The awesome @bloxspace_turin team have created a beautiful space, and are filling it with talented and hardworking people. This is an amazing opportunity
Hold on. What we mean is that if you’re a developer or researcher working on Bitcoin, and you’ve been awarded a grant, we’ll give you a desk free of charge for six months.
Yep. Live in Italy, work on Bitcoin, and get free access to the hub. Apply here:
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DMND Integrates Mempool Accelerator With Miner Revenue Sharing Using StratumV2 @mempool via @bitcoinmagazine
Mempool Accelerator lets anyone get their stuck transaction confirmed by paying an out of band fee, which prioritizes their transaction with over 80% of the network hashrate. @DMND_Sv2’s integration is the first of its kind, Stratum V2 miners using Job Declaration can now earn their share of that revenue.
via @bitcoinmagazine
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Introducing BLUEBERRY, a new project I'm working on, privacy focused neutrino-based wallet:
* does not need server infra - syncs blocks via bitcoin p2p network (compact block filters!)
* blocks download is spread among peers to prevent clustering
* encrypted connections only (bip324/v2 protocol)
* tx broadcast via Tor only
* cli, but has UI
* works great on tiny vps (1cpu/1Gb)
I will be demoing it and talking about privacy & bitcoin p2p on @mempool dev day (Apr-21) (hosted by @AntidoteBTC @orangesurfbtc)
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Multiple branches, multiple possible blocks "first seen". No reason to use testnet4. No reason to use timestamp. Most rational explaination is that the "selection process" is a sham to force the desired algorithm (and possibly premine).
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A simple explainer of what just happened
RIP BIP110 ☠️
