Last week at @Bitcoin Park was all about #LightningNetwork. I started with @niftynei() 🇺🇸💸🧡 ’s new @Base58⛓🔓 Lightning Class and now feel competent enough to try setting up my own LN node. Part of the class was simulating LN updates with paper cards which I highly recommend! ⚡️

LDKNode iOS wallet in the wild ! 🦋 View quoted note →

📢 I’m happy to announce the creation of the "Bitcoin Dev Kit Foundation" a US non-profit corporation with the mission to promote the development of, public access to and adoption of the free and open source Bitcoin Dev Kit (BDK) library software. Our founding board members are: @afilini, @npub1kqk9...yxft​, @LLFourn , @moneyball​, and @notmandatory​. Watch this space and our website for updates and more details as we get things setup. A big thanks to everyone supporting the project! 🚀

Curious about BDK's approach for language bindings? building a desktop or mobile #bitcoin wallet in #kotlin #swift or #python? Check out @thunderbiscuit 's blog post where all is revealed!

Bitcoin Dev Kit Documentation

BDK's Scope and Approach to Rust Bindings

An outline of BDK's approach to language bindings and how we intend on supporting others build their own.

Some nice #bitcoin reporting from Reason!

Reason.com

Bitcoin's greatest test

The FTX meltdown, "Operation Chokepoint 2.0," and a "crypto winter" have only strengthened the resolve of the enthusiasts 'Reason' spoke ...

Bought a lacrox at @Bitcoin Park with @OpenSecret 🙌

Something you might be interested in @Samah and @Shawn View quoted note →

Yet another reminder that general purpose computers are a security nightmare. Gamers (and other Gigabyte users) be aware.

WIRED

Millions of PC Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor

Hidden code in hundreds of models of Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs—a feature ripe for abuse, researchers say.

If this ever makes it in the browser should be good for projects like #[2]​ that could use the multi threading and socket support! View quoted note →

Cegłowski gives a long but entertaining exploration of the dangers of AI doomerism. His quote below does a good job wrapping up his arguments. Agree or disagree I recommend reading the whole essay. “The pressing ethical questions in machine learning are not about machines becoming self-aware and taking over the world, but about how people can exploit other people, or through carelessness introduce immoral behavior into automated systems.” View quoted note →

“A community fork of a language named after a plant fungus. All of the memory-safe features you love, now with 100% less bureaucracy!” 🦀 🤣

GitHub

GitHub - crablang/crab: A community fork of a language named after a plant fungus. All of the memory-safe features you love, now with 100% less bureaucracy!

A community fork of a language named after a plant fungus. All of the memory-safe features you love, now with 100% less bureaucracy! - GitHub - cr...