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CAKE WALLET

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Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

Features:
- Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

Monero Users:
- Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
- Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
- Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

Bitcoin Users:
- Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
- Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
- Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

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MYNYMBOX

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Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

In these episodes, we read Keonne’s recent letters written from FPC Morgantown. The aim in sharing this is simple: amplify Keonne’s story, support him and Bill, and ensure help reaches their families. If his voice isn’t your thing, the full text is linked in the show notes—please read, listen, and share.

Thank you to Silas Thornbrook for reading this instalment.

LINK TO THE LETTER AT THE RAGE

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FOUNDATION

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Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.

As a sovereign computing company, Foundation is the antithesis of today’s tech conglomerates. Returning to cypherpunk principles, they build open source technology that “can’t be evil”.

Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show!

Use code: Ungovernable for $10 off of your purchase

CAKE WALLET

https://cakewallet.com

Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

Features:
- Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

Monero Users:
- Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
- Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
- Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

Bitcoin Users:
- Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
- Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
- Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!

MYNYMBOX

https://mynymbox.io

Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth.

GO TO https://nano-gpt.com for more information

[[BILLLKEONNE]]
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FOUNDATION

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Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.

As a sovereign computing company, Foundation is the antithesis of today’s tech conglomerates. Returning to cypherpunk principles, they build open source technology that “can’t be evil”.

Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show!

Use code: Ungovernable for $10 off of your purchase

CAKE WALLET

https://cakewallet.com

Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

Features:
- Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

Monero Users:
- Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
- Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
- Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

Bitcoin Users:
- Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
- Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
- Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!

MYNYMBOX

https://mynymbox.io

Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

• FTF with Zach
• Q eurotrip
• New Foundation website

• Core Lightning v26.06rc2 — 2026-05-22
  • Release candidate 2 for CLN 26.06. Documentation and gRPC interface refinements on top of rc1's graceful command, sendamount RPC, and BOLT12 payer-proof support. Routing-node operators should test on a non-production node before adopting.
• Eclair 0.14.0 — 2026-05-21
  • Significant Lightning release from ACINQ. Final versions of channel splicing, simple taproot channels, and zero-fee commitments all ship in this version. This is the Eclair side of the same protocol work showing up in CLN and LDK. If you run an Eclair routing node, this is the upgrade to track.

• Coldcard MK5 launch — 2026-05-29
  • New flagship hardware. Larger Gorilla Glass screen, redesigned buttons, improved NFC, dual secure element architecture retained. Already supported in Bitcoin Safe 2.0.0rc0 from earlier this fortnight.
• Frostsnap 0.3.0 — 2026-05-27
  • Headline change: deterministic firmware build with cryptographic digest verification. So end users can independently verify the firmware binary matches the source. That is the right direction for any hardware signer carrying real money.
• Keystone 3 v2.4.4 — 2026-05-26
  • Wallet connection removal, Zcash SLIP39 support added, device verification fixes.
• Trezor Suite v26.5.1 — 2026-05-27 (FTD re-surfacing)
  • Adds ERC-681 QR code support in the send form. Show editorial: only relevant if you use Trezor for Ethereum-side workflows, not a Bitcoin-only change.
• Ledger Live Desktop 4.5.0 — 2026-05-21
  • Bridge integration refactoring across desktop and mobile.
• Ledger Live Mobile 4.6.0 — 2026-05-28
  • Async API updates and bridge resolution improvements.

• Sparrow Wallet 2.5.0 — 2026-05-21
  • Headline feature: Silent Payments receiving wallets, including support for airgapped hardware wallet signers. Adds frigate.2140.dev as a Silent Payments capable public Electrum server, auto-selected when required. Plus a BIP32 derivation fallback when retrieving signing nodes for high-index inputs. This is the biggest privacy upgrade of the fortnight in any consumer-facing Bitcoin wallet, and the airgapped-signer support means Coldcard and similar users get it without going hot.
• Sparrow Frigate 1.5.3 — 2026-05-30
  • Adds a privacy-preserving hourly aggregate of historical scan stats, locally generated server.features response when the backend returns a method-not-found error, improvements to the hosts field in server.features.
• Bitcoin Seed Tool 2.3.0 — 2026-05-19 (borderline, in grace)
  • Educational interface redesign with violet accent color and integrated learning features.
• Nunchuk Android 2.5.2 — 2026-05-27
  • "Bug fixes and improvements," nothing detailed publicly.
• Liana Business v0.1 — 2026-05-20
  • First alpha of Liana's business product line. Environment variable support for signet testing. New product tier from Wizard Sardine for business-focused multisig with timelocked recovery.
• Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (build 350) — 2026-05-19
  • Encrypted backup of custom payout addresses, restoration guidance, camera permission fix, push notification translations.

• Phoenix 2.8.0 — 2026-05-22
  • UI fixes on Android: scanning inverted QR codes, a button to use the entire available balance when paying Lightning.
• Phoenixd 0.8.0 — 2026-05-20
  • Upgraded lightning-kmp dependency to 1.12.0.
• ZEUS 13.0.2 — 2026-05-21
  • Stable release of the RC chain we previewed last fortnight. New default RGS server at rgs.zeusln.com with 15-minute graph updates instead of 3-hour. Improved clipboard, NFC, UI improvements.
• Arkade arkd v0.9.6 — 2026-05-26
  • Package and component renaming, CI workflow improvements, golang version bump.
• Arkade TS SDK @arkade-os/sdk 0.4.32 — 2026-05-29
  • Maintenance bump.
• Arkade TS SDK @arkade-os/boltz-swap 0.3.37 — 2026-05-29
  • Maintenance bump on the Boltz-swap helper.
• ThunderHub v0.18.4 — 2026-05-29
  • Native display formatting for trading distribution, better CLTV headroom in route building.
• Blink Mobile 2.4.49 — 2026-05-30
  • Bug fix: removes ABI-prefixed versionCode overrides.
• LNbits v1.5.5-rc1 — 2026-05-24
  • Release candidate.
• Mostro v0.17.4 — 2026-05-22
  • Payout confirmation to winner, solver-directed dispute slash, concurrent taker bonds with first-to-lock wins, MOSTRO_NSEC_PRIVKEY environment variable, Yadio price tolerance fix.
• Bisq v1.10.1 — 2026-05-30
  • Raises trade amount limits to 0.250 BTC after the v1.10.0 post-exploit reset. Adjusts risk-based reduction factors. Fixes a BSQ swap validation bug.
• Bisq v1.10.0 — 2026-05-17 (carries over from last fortnight as final tag on cutoff day)
  • The post-incident hardening release we covered last fortnight: trade protocol validation, PGP supply-chain verification, 0.125 BTC initial cap, macOS Apple Silicon support.

• Cashu TS v4.5.1 — 2026-05-23
  • Deprecates the current checkProofsStates method in favour of a v5-compatible one. Wallet builders should plan the migration.
• Fedimint SDK canary release — 2026-05-27
  • React Native transport: flattened RPC payload, persistent callback. Rolling canary channel.

• BDK FFI 3.0.0 — 2026-05-29
  • Major version of the BDK language bindings. Anyone shipping a wallet on top of BDK should read the migration notes carefully.
• Liquid GDK 0.77.4 — 2026-05-27
  • Rate-limiting error handling, Rust dependency updates, UTXO retrieval fixes, build improvements.

• JoinMarket-NG 0.31.1 — 2026-05-30
  • Privacy-critical fix: prevents a Sybil DoS where relayed !hp2 floods could starve a maker's own post-ioauth commitment broadcasts. Also installs whiptail in maker and taker container images so the jm-ng TUI works out of the box. JoinMarket-NG continues to ship hardening on a tight cadence.
• Tor Browser 15.0.14 — 2026-05-19 (borderline, in grace)
  • Important Firefox security updates rolled in.
• Mullvad Browser 15.0.14 — 2026-05-19 (borderline, in grace)
  • Firefox 140.11.0esr base, NoScript 13.6.19.1984.

• Amethyst 1.11.0 — 2026-05-20
  • Restores Lightning Address and LNURL fields in Edit Profile. Useful: those fields were missing for a stretch and creators relying on zaps as a revenue stream were getting cut off in profile edits.

• TFTC retrospective: Why Keonne Rodriguez is in prison for building Samourai Wallet — 2026-05-28
• Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #407 — 2026-05-29
  • CLN vulnerability disclosure (already in news), transcripts from a May Bitcoin Core developer meeting covering SwiftSync, cluster mempool, Erlay redesign, package relay. Eclair 0.14.0 and CLN 26.06rc2 release context.
• Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #406 — 2026-05-22
  • BIP322 advances to Complete status with human-readable prefixes and PSBT support. TCP hole punching for Bitcoin nodes behind NATs (we flagged this Delving Bitcoin thread last fortnight). Services section highlights Ibis Wallet (BDK-based with coin control and Tor), LDK Server, Mempool.space taproot visualization.
• Bitcoin Optech #406 recap podcast — 2026-05-26
  • Discussion of BIP322 updates, TCP hole punching, Ibis Wallet, LDK Server, Mempool.space v3.3.0, peer-observer infrastructure.
• Bitcoin Optech #405 recap podcast — 2026-05-19
  • Bitcoin Core CVE-2024-52911 discussion and the UTXO-set P2P sharing draft BIP with Fabian Jahr.
• Rainey's book on financial censorship
  • Mentioned by Gladstein on 2026-05-21 as quoting his work on the war on cash and the blocksize war. Plug in education / further reading.

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In this week’s Freedom Tech Friday, Max welcomed back Zach Herbert, CEO of Foundation, for a deep dive into practical health sovereignty, starting at home. We moved beyond Bitcoin, seed phrases, and secure elements to the everyday systems thinking Zach has applied to his own biology. We tackled the big three of home optimisation; water, air, and light.

Max and Zach explored how to choose and install reverse osmosis with remineralisation (and why it matters), whole‑home and countertop options for renters, UV sterilisation, shower filters, and the very real issues of PFAS, fluoride, and microplastics. On air, we explored CO₂ monitoring, ERV/HRV ventilation, humidification/dehumidification strategies, realistic budgets for owners and renters, and why indoor CO₂ quietly wrecks performance and sleep. When it came to light, they contrasted high‑CRI, no‑flicker LEDs with incandescents, circadian effects, dim‑to‑warm setups, and why harsh, blue‑heavy flicker can spike stress and fatigue, especially for kids.

Max and Zach then dug into targeted personal health: why genetic insights should precede bloods, balancing privacy with utility, and how DNA variants (MTHFR, vitamin D conversion, dopamine response, drug metabolism) can explain lab results and guide smarter supplementation (methylated B vitamins, vitamin D) and protocols (sauna, blood donation trade‑offs). They also hit practicals on electrolyte quality and salt (ditch stevia/citric acid, choose clean salts), everyday toxin minimisation (tallow skincare, hydroxyapatite toothpaste, cleaner hair care), and a level‑headed take on parasites and ivermectin.

The theme throughout: use tech to restore a more natural environment and reclaim health autonomy without going “100‑step protocol” make quick wins for renters and owners alike that compound over years for you and your family.


[[BILLLKEONNE]]
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Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.

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Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show!

Use code: Ungovernable for $10 off of your purchase

CAKE WALLET

https://cakewallet.com

Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

Features:
- Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

Monero Users:
- Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
- Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
- Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

Bitcoin Users:
- Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
- Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
- Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!

MYNYMBOX

https://mynymbox.io

Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

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FOUNDATION

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Foundation builds Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your digital sovereignty.

As a sovereign computing company, Foundation is the antithesis of today’s tech conglomerates. Returning to cypherpunk principles, they build open source technology that “can’t be evil”.

Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show!

Use code: Ungovernable for $10 off of your purchase

CAKE WALLET

https://cakewallet.com

Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

Features:
- Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

Monero Users:
- Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
- Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
- Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

Bitcoin Users:
- Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
- Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
- Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.

Thank you Cake Wallet for sponsoring the show!

MYNYMBOX

https://mynymbox.io

Your go-to for anonymous server hosting solutions, featuring: virtual private & dedicated servers, domain registration and DNS parking. We don't require any of your personal information, and you can purchase using Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero and many other cryptos.

Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.

• All aboard the vibe train
• FTF with Max T
• Q got some holidays coming up
• Keonne appeal

• Bisq v1 trade protocol exploit: 11.59 BTC drained, fully reimbursed, hardening shipped in 1.10.0 (bisq.community PSA, Bisq on X, reimbursement plan on GitHub)
  • Disclosed: 2026-05-01
  • Bisq's v1 trade protocol had a missing validation check on taker-side input. Because maker and taker were supposed to use the same miner fee, a malicious taker could push a bad fee value through the transaction math and shrink the multisig output to 0.001 BTC while sweeping the rest into the taker's change. Attacker drained 11.59 BTC from 10 users, all on altcoin trades. Maintainer Henrik Jannsen filed a reimbursement plan on GitHub on May 3, payouts in BTC (with BSQ as optional), DAO vote scheduled around May 25. The hotfix landed as Bisq 1.10.0 on 2026-05-16 with broader hardening: trade protocol checks, network message validation, release verification, supply-chain hardening. The Bisq team explicitly flagged the incident as a likely AI-assisted exploit, though they did not detail how AI was used.
• Sterlingov Appeal: The Criminalization of Privacy (therage.co)
  • Published: 2026-05-12
  • The appellate court reviewing Roman Sterlingov's Bitcoin Fog conviction openly suggested that mixers remain "legal in theory but not practice" once criminals use them. Judges questioned whether running an internationally accessible service forces compliance with every jurisdiction's licensing regime.
• Pro-law-enforcement CLARITY Act advances out of Senate Banking (therage.co)
  • Published: 2026-05-15
  • The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act passed committee with expanded surveillance provisions: Bank Secrecy Act integration sixteen times over, new PATRIOT Act special measures. Privacy advocates flagged the breadth of data collection on Americans who haven't done anything.
• CVE-2024-52911 disclosed in Bitcoin Optech #405, fix has been in Bitcoin Core 29.0+ since release (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/15/)
  • Published: 2026-05-05
  • Use-after-free in parallel script validation between Bitcoin Core 0.14.0 and 28.x. Required attacker-supplied proof-of-work, so practical attack window was narrow, but the bug sat unannounced across many versions.
• Bitcoin Knots 29.3 enables BIP-110, fork-off countdown started (release notes) + Lopp's countdown
  • Published: 2026-05-09 (release)
  • Knots 29.3 ships RDTS soft-fork enforcement on by default. Nodes running Knots with this flag set will fork off the network in August unless they change behaviour. Lopp set up a countdown.
• Bybit exploit post-mortem (Blockstream): enterprise multisig + hardware wallets did not save them (blog.blockstream.com)
  • Published: 2026-05 (week of 5-12)
  • $1.5B drained despite multisig and hardware. Failure was process, not key custody, a UI / signing-flow compromise.
• Poland passes EU MiCA-aligned crypto bill while Zondacrypto fraud probe deepens (bitcoinmagazine.com)
  • Published: 2026-05-15
  • Polish lawmakers ratified the MiCA framework ahead of the July EU deadline. The vote landed alongside an investigation into Zondacrypto's collapse, roughly $96M of user losses, with Prime Minister Tusk floating possible foreign-influence angles.
• Claude helps retrieve lost 5BTC
  • X user 'CPRKRN' has Claude check over whole file system and match a wallet file to an old password
• Spiral and Block ship Loupe, an AI-powered vulnerability scanner for open-source Bitcoin (spiralbtc.substack.com)
  • Published: 2026-05-12
  • Uses LLMS to surface security weaknesses in code repositories and requires demonstrable test cases for any vulnerability report so false positives are minimised. Spiral and Block are funding scans themselves; reports go to maintainers confidentially before any public disclosure.

• Bitcoin Core 31.0 (release index entry) — 2026-05-12
  • Operator review required before production rollout. Major version landing.
• Bitcoin Knots v29.3.knots20260508 — 2026-05-09
  • RDTS soft-fork enforcement on by default, fork-off risk in August. New configuration changes, bug fixes.
• Core Lightning v26.06rc1 — 2026-05-12
  • Adds graceful command for clean shutdown, new sendamount RPC, BOLT12 payer-proof support, plus 211 commits since v26.04.
• Bitkey App 2026.9.1 — 2026-05-15
  • Security patch from Block.
• Trezor Suite v26.5.1 — 2026-05-15
  • Legacy labeling migration, WalletConnect insufficient-balance warnings, side-by-side trade comparisons, new DeFi Tokens section.
• BitBoxApp v4.51.0 — 2026-05-12
  • Bundles BitBox02 firmware v9.26.1, address formatting in 4-char groups, iOS haptic feedback on charts, account-summary perf.
• Ledger Live Desktop 4.4.0 — 2026-05-13
  • Hardens Live App handling of external-protocol URLs (itms-apps:, ms-word:, file:, etc.) across Chromium navigation vectors.
• Ledger Live Mobile 4.4.0 — 2026-05-13
  • Adds an addresses section to asset detail screens, device-card management menus with removal confirmations.
• Bull Bitcoin Mobile v6.10.1 — 2026-05-18
  • Onboarding redirect fix on wallet creation failure.
• Bull Bitcoin Mobile v6.10.0 — 2026-05-11
  • Major release: Ledger hardware-wallet integration, FSS hybrid storage strategy, real-time WebSocket notifications, new onboarding wizard, Payjoin privacy enhancements, 11 new translations.
• Bull Bitcoin Mobile v6.9.101-Internal-Release (display name v6.9.108-Internal) — 2026-05-09
  • Pre-6.10.0 testing build, Android migration / startup wizard / secure storage fixes.
• Bitcoin Safe 2.0.0rc0 — 2026-05-17
  • Comprehensive redesign of the wallet setup wizard, added support for Coldcard mk5 and Trezor 7, plugin architecture via external repos, fiat-balance category column.
• Sparrow Frigate 1.5.0 — 2026-05-14
  • Low-latency mempool ingestion via Bitcoin Core's ZMQ sequence publisher, auto-discovers the bitcoind ZMQ endpoint when unconfigured. Useful for operators running Sparrow Frigate alongside Core.
• Blockstream Green iOS release_5.4.0 — 2026-05-11
  • Aggregate fiat balance across all wallet assets, updated Send flow for Lightning, migrates Lightning backend from Breez to Greenlight (Blockstream's own LSP).
• Blockstream Green Android release_5.4.0 — 2026-05-08
  • Same redesign as iOS: aggregate fiat balance, redesigned Send flow (recipient → asset → account), transaction pagination, also the Breez-to-Greenlight migration.
• Blockstream Green Desktop 3.3.0 — 2026-05-06
  • Total fiat balance in wallet header, AMP ID exposed in settings, GDK 0.77.3, Qt 6.11.0, Wayland fixes.
• Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (build 346) — 2026-05-06
  • Signature validation for backed-up payment details, encrypts custom refund addresses, removes invalid backed-up data.
• Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (build 345) — 2026-05-05
  • Percentage filtering on offers, encrypted server backup syncing for payment methods, advanced offer-creation options, GrapheneOS camera-permission fix, Buy Offer creation restricted to experienced users.
• ZEUS v13.0.2-rc3 — 2026-05-18
  • Third RC for 13.0.2. New RGS server at rgs.zeusln.com providing graph updates every 15 minutes instead of every three hours. Clipboard and NFC UX improvements.
• ZEUS v13.0.1 — 2026-05-07
  • Stable release: fixes recovering Embedded LND wallets from seed (was stalling out), payment retry logic, false-positive offline detection. Cashu token sweeping to self-custody continues to land.
• Alby Hub v1.22.2 "Marc Horowitz" — 2026-05-11
  • Adds Core Lightning support (their most-requested feature), new AI & Agents page, integrated on-chain wallet mode, custom transaction labels, redesigned settings, improved budget selection for app connections.
• Boltz Backend 3.13.0 — 2026-05-08
  • Full Arkade swap support, EVM commitment-swap lockup flow, multi-LND support in backend and sidecar.
• Boltz Client 2.12.0 — 2026-05-12
  • Final removal of the GDK wallet library.
• Arkade arkd v0.9.5 — 2026-05-11
  • Client-lib wallet interface updates, breaking-changes documentation, single-key wallet signing fixes.
• Arkade TS SDK v0.4.25 — 2026-05-07
  • Maintenance bump for the Arkade JavaScript SDK.
• NodeGuard 0.24.2 — 2026-05-14
  • Fixes invoice-expiry calculation in rebalance flows. Check logs if rebalance operations have been timing out.
• ThunderHub v0.18.3 — 2026-05-15
  • Bug-fix release in the 0.18.x line. (Subsequent 0.18.1-0.18.3 are CI/docker polish after the headline 0.18.0.)
• ThunderHub v0.18.0 — 2026-05-05
  • Adds Taproot Assets support to the dashboard. The actual show story for ThunderHub this fortnight.
• Blink Mobile 2.4.44 — 2026-05-06
  • Upgrades protobufjs (CVE-2026-41242 mitigation). Security patch.
• Fedimint SDK canary release — 2026-05-14
  • React Native transport fix, persistent callback, RPC payload flattening. Canary channel.
• umbrelOS 1.7.3 — 2026-05-12
  • DirtyFrag security patches: CVE-2026-43284 + CVE-2026-43500 in the Linux kernel. Mandatory.
• umbrelOS 1.7.2 — 2026-05-05
  • CopyFail patch: CVE-2026-31431 in the Linux kernel. Mandatory.
• Tails 7.7.3 — 2026-05-12
  • Emergency release: critical Linux kernel CVE fix (kernel 6.12.86 ships the Dirty Frag fix), plus Tor Browser and Tor client security fixes.
• Whirlpool Observer…

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