Liana Wallet v10.0: Wallet Backups & Dependencies Update Liana v10 introduces backup functionality for the entire wallet, including descriptors, aliases, and labels, allowing for easy wallet backup, migration, and synchronization with new devices.
LNbits v1.0.0: Stable, Hardened, and Production-Ready "After five years and over 6,000 commits, LNbits has reached a momentous milestone: Version 1.0.0 is here. LNbits is officially out of beta!"
Trump Signs Resolution Blocking IRS Reporting Rule for 'DeFi Brokers' U.S. President Donald Trump signed a congressional resolution, H.J.Res.25, which nullifies an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rule introduced in the final days of 2024 by the Biden administration. This rule would have imposed unworkable reporting requirements on non-custodial services.
RoboSats v0.7.6-alpha: Coordinator Rating Over Nostr This update includes a beta version of coordinator rating via Nostr, new messages in the trade workflow to address common questions, and a requirement for submitting a contact method in dispute statements.
Cove Wallet v0.3.0: TAPSIGNER Support Cove (beta) is a mobile Bitcoin wallet built on top of the BDK library. It is available on iOS, with an Android version expected to be released in the future. "We provide hot wallet support but one of the main goals is to be the best mobile wallet to use with hardware wallets. Cove is currently in beta, be careful when using it with large amounts of Bitcoin."
Human Rights Foundation Grants 10 BTC to 23 Bitcoin Projects Worldwide The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced a new round of grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund, allocating 10 BTC to 23 Bitcoin projects globally.
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Phoenix Wallet announces its return to the United States app stores. image
🚨 U.S. Justice Department Ends Crypto Enforcement Unit, Marking Significant Policy Shift The Justice Department directed federal prosecutors not to target virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, and offline wallets for their end users' actions or unintentional regulatory violations.
Mempool v3.2.0: Stratum Jobs, UTXO Bubble Chart, Address Poisoning Detection & More New features in Mempool include support for v3 transactions, anchor outputs, a UTXO bubble chart, DATUM miner tags, runestone tags, package broadcast, Stratum job visualizations, Taproot multisig labels, transaction and PSBT previews, and address poisoning detection warnings.
The bitcoindev mailing list is back online after being temporarily suspended due to being flagged as "unwanted content." For several hours on April 2 and 3, Bitcoin Core developers and researchers were unable to use Google Groups due to a ban imposed by Google.