November 2022 Topics - Githubissues

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“Most people get on the Tor network by downloading the Tor Browser and connecting to a relay. But some countries, such as Iran and Russia, block direct access to the Tor network. In those countries people have to use what are known as “Tor Bridges” to circumvent national firewalls. Tens of thousands of people use bridges regularly to circumvent censorship and national or regional restrictions.”

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“The November patch will provide the additional feature of “job negotiation”, which is described as “a feature that represents a historic shift in the censorship-resistant mechanics of Bitcoin mining by replacing a pool’s responsibility of assigning work to miners with the ability for miners to select their own work.”

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Bitcoin Ekasi, a circular bitcoin economy initiative located in South Africa, has opened the Bitcoin Ekasi Center to provide financial literacy and bitcoin for local youths, entrepreneurs, and businesses.
Ekasi has already onboarded 10 local businesses to bitcoin in the area. The education center has signed on around 20 youths already in just one week and has a goal of doubling its attendance in the near future. Additionally, during the mornings, the center is open to the entire community Tuesday - Friday, and all day Saturday.

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“We conclude that validity rollups have the potential to improve the scalability, privacy, and programmability of bitcoin without sacrificing bitcoin’s core values or functionality as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.”

“Jam is a graphical user interface for JoinMarket, and while obviously related, is a separate project developed by a separate set of people.”

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“With a lack of funding, the Tor project is struggling to defend against denial-of-service attacks, putting Bitcoin projects at risk.”

Credit: Bitcoin Mining Council
“The BMC membership hashrate increased from 35 EH at its inception, to 105 EH in Q3 2022. BMC now represents 45.4% of the global Bitcoin Mining Network with members spread across 5 continents.”

“Shortly after the large-witness transaction was confirmed, users began to report that the BTCD full node implementation and LND Lightning Network implementation were failing to provide data from the most recent blocks that were available to Bitcoin Core full nodes. For BTCD nodes, this meant that transactions which had been recently confirmed were being reported as still unconfirmed. For LND, it meant that new channels that had recently become ready to use weren’t being reported as fully open.” - Bitcoin Optech

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“In a situation where (Wright) has not succeeded in, nor does he wish to, provide cryptographic evidence that can support his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the court believes that he must accept that there is a debate as to whether he is who he says he is,”
Hodlonaut is acquitted of all claims for compensation and is not liable for damages related to the comments the pseudonymous account made on Twitter.
Wright has been ordered to compensate Hodlonaut to the tune of $348,257.

Credit: Impervious
A Suite of Peer-to-Peer Tools for Communications, Data Transport, and Payments, Built Directly Into the Web Browser
Secure Messaging, Group Calls, Live Docs, Decentralized Identifiers, Bitcoin Lightning Support

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“So even if your LND node was running on top of Bitcoin Core, which would have properly validated the relevant block and not stalled, your LND instance would have refused to accept that block and stalled even though your main chain node continued progressing properly.”

Credit: Tom Robinson / Elliptic
“Elliptic’s analysis of the Bitcoin payments described in the criminal complaint provides insights into the use of BTC by Chinese intelligence officers. In particular, blockchain analytics reveals that China’s spies are using Wasabi Wallet to conceal their transaction trail. All of the bribe payments can be traced back to Wasabi.”

Credit: Shawn Amick / Bitcoin Magazine
“Previously, Cash App users could only send BTC Lightning payments, but through a new integration, users can now also receive BTC directly into their Lightning wallets.

Credit: Nick Sibilla / Forbes
“Buried deep in a 61-page recent report by the U.S. Attorney General, the Biden Administration called for a dramatic expansion in the federal government’s ability to seize and keep cryptocurrency. If enacted, the proposed changes would bolster both criminal forfeiture, which requires a conviction to permanently confiscate property, as well as civil forfeiture, which doesn’t require a conviction or even criminal charges to be filed.”

Credit: Jaran Mellerud / Hashrate Index
“This article analyzes how the falling miner revenue has affected mining margins, showing that many mining operations are now close to being underwater.”

Credit: Jamie Crawley & Sheldon Reback / Coindesk
“The world's largest bitcoin miner, Core Scientific (CORZ), warned that it may have to explore bankruptcy if it fails to improve its financial condition. The warning sent its shares down 77% to as low as 23 U.S. cents.”

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