Exploring Nastar, Lightning, and Open Source Alternatives in Bitcoin Ecosystem

- OpenSats Receives Additional $21M Funding from #startsmall Initiative https://opensats.org/blog/opensats-receives-additional-funding-of-dollar21m-from-startsmall

- Block to Invest 10% of Bitcoin Profits into BTC Each Month for the Rest of 2024 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/block-to-invest-10-of-bitcoin-profits-into-btc-each-month/

- Spiral Renews Grants to Bitcoin Zavior and Matt Morehouse https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/spiral-renews-grants-to-bitcoin-zavior-matt-morehouse/

- Lightning Payments Biz Mash to Shut Down https://x.com/getmash/status/1787863323825893499

- AgoraDesk / LocalMonero P2P Exchange to Shut Down on November 7 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/agoradesk-localmonero-shutting-down/

- libsecp256k1 v0.5.0: Faster Key Generation & Signing https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/libsecp256k1-v0-5-0/

- COLDCARD Mk4 v5.3.0 and Q v1.2.0Q: Shared Codebase https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coldcard-mk4-v5-3-0-and-v1-2-0q/

- Geyser v0.8.0: On-chain to Lightning Donation Swaps via Boltz https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/geyser-v0-8-0/

- LDK v0.0.123: 'BOLT12 Dust Sweeping' https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ldk-v0-0-123/

- BDK v1.0.0-alpha.10: Improved Address API, Simplified Esplora API https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bdk-v1-0-0-alpha-10/

- Zeus v0.8.4: Select Wallet/Node on Start-up https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zeus-v0-8-4/

- Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.6: Canary Wallets to Detect Unauthorized Key Usage https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-keeper-v1-2-6/

- Emessbee: Construct Coinjoin Transactions Without a Coordinator https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/introducing-emessbee/

- Blockstream Green Desktop v2.0.5: Add Singlesig Watch-only Wallets & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockstream-green-desktop-v2-0-5/

- Swan Discloses Mining Partnership with Tether https://twitter.com/Swan/status/1787951439576232315

- Tether Enhances Compliance Measures with Chainalysis Ecosystem Monitoring Solution https://tether.io/news/tether-enhances-compliance-measures-with-chainalysis-ecosystem-monitoring-solution/

3:41 - US/Japan swap line

8:22 - Dashboard

11:16 - OpenSats receives funding

18:52 - Social engineering attacks

27:41 - Block investing in bitcoin

32:19 - Spiral grants

33:31 - Mash

36:12 - AgoraDeak shutting down

37:31 - Boosts

40:09 - Open source fixes this

44:17 - Software updates

52:25 - Pubkey RHR

56:29 - Swan mining

1:01:56 - Tether Chainalysis

1:04:57 - Final thoughts

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