- 1 hour 4 minutesThe Big Freeze | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 82A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q.
AOB- FTF with Zach
- Q eurotrip
- New Foundation website
U.S. Treasury seizes nearly 1B in Iran-linked crypto, Tether freezes 344M USDT on Tron https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/u-s-treasury-the-united-states-iran
The Mined in America Act would put the Bitcoin network at risk
https://www.therage.co/mined-in-america-act-bitcoin-at-risk/
CVE in Core Lightning: Optech #407 disclosure
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/29/
Introducing Cube: Burak unveils a trustless Bitcoin smart contract L2
https://medium.com/cube-bitcoin/introducing-cube-8b3702e470a5
Published: May 2026
Anonymous plaintiff sues for title to $293 billion in dormant Bitcoin
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/anonymous-plaintiff-seeks-legal-bitcoin
Published: 2026-05-28
The U.S. Constitution inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain via expanded OP_RETURN https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/someone-inscribed-the-constitution-bitcoin
Published: 2026-05-29
RELEASES
Bitcoin Protocol, Core, Knots, Security- 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.
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Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.26 May 2026, 5:30 am - 1 hour 22 minutesIt's All So Tiresome | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 81A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q.
AOB- 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.
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20 May 2026, 5:30 am - 1 hour 1 minuteMax Tannahill Reveals BIP47DB.ORG | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 40
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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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Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.9 May 2026, 2:00 pm - 1 hour 12 minutesVerdicts From Vegas | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 80A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q.
AOB- Prime Time reminder
- Vibe coding
- Vegas recap
- Zach Panel
- Q panel (video not up yet)
Vegas Product Announcements- Block launched a new Bitkey hardware wallet with a secure touchscreen and 2-of-3 multisig that removes the need for seed phrases, tying transaction verification directly to the device screen (Bitcoin Magazine).
- Blockstream released Jade Core, an entry-level open-source hardware wallet with Bluetooth pairing, offline signing, and Blind Oracle PIN protection (Bitcoin Magazine).
- Lightspark became a Visa principal member and unveiled Grid Global Accounts, connecting Bitcoin-based payments to 175M Visa merchants across 33 countries with plans to reach 100 by year-end (news.bitcoin.com).
- Block demoed Square NFC tap-to-pay for Bitcoin settled over the Lightning Network with 0% processing fees through 2026, with 800,000+ Square merchants already auto-enrolled (block.xyz).
- Aven unveiled a Bitcoin-backed Visa credit card with revolving credit lines from $1K to $1M starting at 7.99% APR, 2% cash back, and BitGo custody (GreekReporter).
- Cash App rolled out auto-conversion of P2P payments into Bitcoin, a 5% Bitcoin Back rewards program at Square merchants, and 5x higher withdrawal limits ($10K/day, $25K/week) (block.xyz).
- Tether Investments proposed a three-way merger of Twenty One Capital, Strike, and Elektron Energy to combine treasury, mining, lending, and capital markets, with Elektron contributing roughly 5% of global hashrate (BM).
- Topic: Paul Sztorc announced a Bitcoin hard fork called "eCash" set for August 2026 (block 964,000). Copies Bitcoin's ledger but reassigns ~500,000 of Satoshi's forked coins to early investors. 80-85% negative community reaction.
- Posted: April 24-28, 2026
- Link
- Published: April 27-28, 2026
- Sources: The Rage | Crypto.news
- Summary: Acting AG Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel told Bitcoin 2026 that developers who write code without "knowingly" helping criminals will not be charged. Blanche claimed the DOJ has "fundamentally changed the game" and ended "regulation by prosecution." L0la L33tz at The Rage argues the exemption is performative - the government's existing cases treat receiving a complaint email or reading a news article about misuse as sufficient "knowledge."
- Published: April 25, 2026
- Sources: The Rage | Reason Magazine
- Summary: Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez published his sixth letter from federal prison, marking two years since his arrest. He's serving 5 years for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Trump said he would "look into" a pardon but has taken no action.
- Published: Ongoing (retrial proposed October 2026)
- Sources: The Rage (April 22)
- Summary: Prosecutors are pushing for an October 2026 retrial of Roman Storm on money laundering and sanctions charges after a jury deadlocked in August 2025. Storm was convicted on the unlicensed money transmitter charge but the jury couldn't agree on the two more serious counts (up to 40 years combined).
- Published: April 20, 2026
- Source: LINK
- Summary: Vercel disclosed a breach traced to a compromised Google Workspace connection through a third-party AI tool (Context.ai). The hack exposed environment variables and API keys for numerous Web3 projects. Solana DEX Orca confirmed it rotated all deployment credentials. A cybercrime forum post claimed to be selling Vercel data for $2M.
- Published: May 3, 2026
- Source: LINK
- Summary: An open protocol for inscribing BIP47 reusable payment codes onto the Bitcoin blockchain using Ordinals inscriptions with compressed binary encoding. The protocol creates a decentralised, censorship-resistant, and publicly verifiable directory of payment codes that eliminates single points of failure in the PayNym ecosystem. Anyone may write to the directory, and all entries are client-side verifiable against the secp256k1 curve.
Zeus v13.0.0 - April 27, 2026- Major release: new "node in the phone" using LDK Node, redesigned onboarding, embedded LND channel migration preserving existing channels, Cashu protocol rewrite with offline transaction capabilities, embedded LND upgraded to v0.20.1-beta, revamped amount input with currency selection, Cashu mint review via Nostr social graph, ZEUS Pay+ custom profiles, Android stealth mode. Over 100 merged PRs.
- Release link
- Major release: taproot script tree visualization, sighash highlighting, stale block comparisons, annexes support, sub-1-sat/vB transaction handling, ephemeral dust support, PSBT signature display, Liquid Simplicity support, new API endpoints, Angular framework upgrade. v3.3.1 hotfix same day.
- Release link
- Home screen shortcuts, built-in text editor in Files, advanced networking (hostname customization, static IP), network sharing for external USB drives, 17 new languages. v1.7.1 fixed a false storage error on restart.
- Release link
- v2.3.8: Enhanced subscription management with new API routes, improved POS QR code login, LUD-21 support for LNURL-pay verification. v2.3.9: Patch fixing server recovery after plugin crashes and xpub parsing issue.
- Release link
- FSS10 migration fallback for Android, Colombia (COP) deposit support, real-time WebSocket notifications, 11 new languages, Ledger hardware wallet support. Extensive bug fixes.
- Release link
- Hardened iOS Bluetooth connectivity, fixes for Passport Prime account display, Magic Backup bug fixes, coin control/fee flow improvements, updated translations.
- Release link
- Native USDT bridging between Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Optimized core engine, improved multi-chain wallet stability, Lightning invoice generation and EVM connectivity fixes.
- Release link
- Beta for the complete StartOS rewrite. Tunnel design refinements, backup reliability fixes with rsync and CIFS support, improved TCP connection timeouts in reverse proxy. Requires careful update process.
- Release link
- Ability for operators to cap number of users or extensions per instance. AppImage installation fix. UI fixes, QR code optimization, webhook error handling.
- Release link
- Patch reverting a bitcoinjs dependency update that caused block sync to stall. Dependency reversion and lockfile updates.
- Release link
- Three app releases shipped (2026.5.0, 2026.6.0, 2026.7.0). Rapid release cadence; full notes at bitkey.world/releases.
- Release link
- Bug fixes and maintenance improvements.
- Release link
- BTC Vegas Talks (https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoinMagazine/videos)
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- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.
Monero Users:
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Bitcoin Users:
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Your go-to for anonymous…6 May 2026, 5:30 am - 1 hour 11 minutesNo More Martyrs | THE UNBOUNDED SERIES: Colonial
In this special episode, I explain why we’re re-hosting the Unbounded archive at Ungovernable Misfits and end the series with a forward-looking conversation with Colonial, author of Sovereignty Requires Privacy: Lessons from the Fall of Samourai Wallet.
Tbd and Colonial explore sovereignty as territorial control—physical and digital—and why exposure is the enemy in a world where information is the battlefield. Colonial unpacks how privacy tools challenge the geopolitical order, why martyrs lose, and why the next era belongs to disciplined, anonymous builders who move with intention. They walk through practical lessons from the Samourai saga, from the limits of playing by “their” rules to a new code for anon warfare, and close with actionable steps listeners can take now, including adopting Ashigaru’s Whirlpool implementation and strengthening operational discretion. This one is about clarity over nostalgia: either you control your territory, or someone else will.
Resources mentioned: Colonial’s writings at sovereigncolony.com; Ashigaru Wallet and Terminal (ashigaru.rs) for Whirlpool; reading on territoriality (Robert Ardrey’s The Territorial Imperative) and philosophical frames (Nietzsche, Evola).
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(00:00:00) Thank You TBD
(00:01:41) INTRO
(00:03:28) Welcome Colonial
(00:06:25) Defining Sovereignty: Territory, Power and the Digital World
(00:11:46) Samourai Wallet and the Declaration of War
(00:20:22) The Five Lessons
(00:41:31) Without Privacy There Is No Freedom
(00:57:05) The New Model
(01:08:12) One Rule for the Next Era
2 May 2026, 2:33 pm - 57 minutes 57 secondsCoffee Date with LNbits | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 38
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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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Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.27 April 2026, 5:30 am - 1 hour 1 minuteThe Bitcoin Brief Goes LIVE | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 79A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q.
AOB- Prime Time reminder (FTF + Week 3)
- Vegas coming up
- Roman Storm Acquittal?? - The Rage
- Rule 29 hearing in SDNY. Retrial dates floated: Oct, Nov, Jan 2027.
- Gov theory: running Tornado Cash was criminal, but mixers aren't illegal and it wasn't criminal at inception. Failla: so when did liability start?
- Gov collapsed UI and protocol. Claimed Tornado Cash itself transferred funds — user wallets as "instrumentalities."
- Only 15% of volume was illicit across the charged period.
- Failla to prosecutor: "I might argue you were doing better before you started talking."
- BIP-361 - Link
- New proposal from Jameson Lopp and others (submitted 14 April) to protect Bitcoin from future quantum computers.
- Quantum computers could one day crack the cryptography Bitcoin uses today (ECDSA/Schnorr). BIP-361 forces everyone to move to new quantum-safe address types before that happens.
- Two phases: first, you can't send to old-style addresses. Five years later, old-style coins can't be spent at all. If you haven't moved your coins by then, they're frozen.
- Controversial because it means coins that don't migrate get effectively confiscated — including Satoshi's ~1M BTC and anything on lost seeds. Breaks Bitcoin's "your coins are yours forever" promise.
- BitMEX pushed back with a "wait and see" alternative: only freeze coins if quantum is actually proven to exist.
- Foundation angle: if you hold your own keys, you just migrate when new address types ship. The people at risk are exchange users, lost-seed holders, and very old wallets.
- Bitcoin Depot Hacked - 50.9 BTC ($3.7M) Stolen - Bitcoin Magazine / SecurityWeek
- Published: Breach detected March 23, disclosed April 8-9, 2026
- Bitcoin Depot, the largest crypto ATM operator in the US (9,000+ machines, 47 states), lost 50.9 BTC after attackers gained control of credentials for digital asset settlement accounts. Customer data was not affected. SEC disclosure filed April 8.
- Talking points: Centralised custodians are honeypots. One set of credentials = nearly $4M gone. The 16-day gap between detection and disclosure is worth noting. Compare with self-custody where there is no single point of failure.
- Kraken Insider Extortion - Support Staff Recruited by Criminal Groups - CoinDesk
- Published: April 13, 2026
- A criminal group is extorting Kraken after two insider incidents where support staff inappropriately accessed data from ~2,000 client accounts. No funds were at risk. Kraken warned of coordinated insider recruitment campaigns targeting crypto, gaming, and telecom firms.
- Talking points: Your exchange account is only as secure as the lowest-paid support worker with access to your data. This is organised, coordinated insider recruitment across multiple industries. Self-custody eliminates this counterparty risk entirely. Credit to Kraken for transparency and refusing to pay.
- Fake Ledger Live app on Mac App Store - Coindesk
- $9.5M drained from 50+ victims between 7–13 April via fake Ledger Live macOS app on Apple's App Store.
- Hits across BTC, ETH, Tron, Solana, XRP. Three seven-figure losses — largest $3.23M USDT. Musician G. Love lost 5.9 BTC.
- Attack vector: app prompted users to enter recovery phrase. Game over.
- Published under "Leva Heal Limited." Faked version history 1.0 to 5.0 in two weeks to look legit. Passed App Review.
- Funds laundered through 150+ KuCoin deposit addresses tied to "AudiA6" mixer. KuCoin froze accounts until 20 April only.
UPDATES/RELEASES- Aqua v0.4.2 - April 11
- Adds transaction notes (BIP329), fiat amount entry for Lightning payments, Sats display unit option, improved animations, GDK upgrade to 0.76.3.
- https://github.com/AquaWallet/aqua-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.2
- BTCPay Server v2.3.7 - April 2 (BORDERLINE)
- First release using .NET 10. Transaction comments in Send view, admin-editable subscription dates, amount-less BOLT11 invoices for top-ups, RTL language support (Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi), subscriber management API.
- https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v2.3.7
- BULL Wallet v6.8.2-fss-hybrid - April 10
- Hybrid flutter_secure_storage implementation with fallback to v9 for incompatible devices. Appears to be internal/hybrid build rather than public consumer release.
- https://github.com/SatoshiPortal/bullbitcoin-mobile/releases/tag/6.8.2-fss-hybrid
- Cake Wallet v6.1.0 - April 18
- "Smoother Performance & USDT Bridging" release. Native USDT bridging between chains, performance optimizations, wallet stability improvements, Lightning and EVM bug fixes.
- https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v6.1.0
- Envoy v2.2.13 - April 9
- Maintenance release addressing Passport Prime onboarding issues, iOS share sheet bug, and a security-related dependency update.
- https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/envoy/releases/tag/v2.2.13
- KeyOS v1.2.1 - April 16
- Users can now decide whether they want to perform a manual or magic backup, regardless of Envoy Magic Backup status. Before initiating the magic backup, tap Advanced in the top right corner to change to manual.
- https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/KeyOS/releases/tag/v1.2.1
- Liana v14.0 - April 17
- Major UI rework: redesigned home page, menu, payment history, sidebar. Adds xpub import from Coldcard ccxp files, BitBox pairing code display for taproot devices, reduced dust output limit from 5,000 to 500 sats. Default fiat price source changed to mempool.space.
- https://github.com/wizardsardine/liana/releases/tag/v14.0
- LNBits v1.5.4-rc1 - April 16 (RC only)
- Release candidate, minimal notes. Latest stable remains v1.5.3.
- https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/v1.5.4-rc1
- Mempool v3.3.0 - April 14
- Major release: coinbase transaction previews from Stratum jobs, Taproot script tree visualization, sighash icons, stale block comparisons, sub-1-sat/vB support, ephemeral dust support, PSBT signature display, Simplicity support (Liquid), Angular 16-to-20 upgrade, decimal fee recommendations.
- https://github.com/mempool/mempool/releases/tag/v3.3.0
- Mostro v0.17.3 - April 13
- Fixes bug in v0.17.2 blocking range orders. v0.17.2 (Apr 11) added interactive setup wizard and fixed validation issues preventing duplicate payments.
- https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/releases/tag/v0.17.3
- Nunchuk v2.4.0 - April 8
- Adds Nunchuk API support with bug fixes and improvements.
- https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-android/releases/tag/2.4.0
- Peach Bitcoin v0.69.0 - April 10
- UniqueID Hash saved in iOS keychain for identity persistence. Fixes: percentage placeholder, PGP key registration timing, Telegram URL, seed restoration error handling.
- https://github.com/Peach2Peach/peach-app/releases/tag/v0.69.0-343
- Start9 v0.4.0-beta.5 - April 11 (beta)
- Complete StartOS rewrite: redesigned UI, new networking stack with WireGuard VPN gateways and Let's Encrypt, LXC container runtime, improved differential backups, i18n support, TypeScript SDK, SMTP notifications.
- https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os/releases/tag/v0.4.0-beta.5
- Zeus v13.0.0-beta2 - April 17 (beta)
- Major v13 cycle: LDK Node as new embedded node option, updated onboarding, Cashu improvements with offline mode, embedded LND v0.20.1-beta, enhanced payment UI, Android stealth mode.
- https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v13.0.0-beta2
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Thank you Foundation Devices for sponsoring the show!
Use code: Ungovernable for $10 off of your purchaseCAKE WALLET
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- 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
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Explore benefits such as No KYC, complete privacy & security, and human support.(00:00:00) INTRO
(00:00:57) THANK YOU FOUNDATION
(00:01:38) THANK YOU CAKE WALLET
(00:02:44) More Chapters to Come...
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24 April 2026, 11:00 am - 58 minutes 41 secondsPrime Time with Q | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 37
A weekly live show covering all things Freedom Tech with Max, Q and Seth.
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- 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.
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- Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
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