Ron

Software engineer / Leader / Investor searching the world for knowledge

[Rearden 🛩️ BIP448 🥖 fork/acc @reardencode]

for rbitcoin 0.8, we're gonna flesh out the full API coverage needed to act as an almost drop-in replacement for core and mempool electrs with the https://t.co/oyCYjLD3X4 open source project.

[Oli @guggero]

A big leap forward for Silent Payments (IMHO): `btcutil-js` now includes full SP scanning using custom P2TR compact filters and dust limit pre-filtered tweak data.

Let me explain what all of that means in a 🧵, but first, here's the web based demo: https://t.co/I8ObWVcMfN
👇

[Craig Raw 🐦 @craigraw]

My attempt to protect users from scam apps on the @AppStore has gotten my Apple Developer account flagged for termination - ironically, for "dishonest activity".

Unless it's reversed by June 30, all new installs of Sparrow Wallet will fail, and development on macOS will end.

The context: since 2023, more than a dozen fake "Sparrow" apps have appeared on the App Store, as recently as April this year. Users have contacted me after losing their savings, in some cases their life savings, to these impersonators.

I'm the developer of the real Sparrow Wallet, a desktop app, and I hold the registered US trademarks for the name and logo. I have publicly warned @Apple and the community about these fake apps from early 2024, but they keep appearing.

The app @Apple flagged was a placeholder that was never published. Its only purpose was to warn users that Sparrow is desktop-only and that other "Sparrow" apps aren't mine. This approach may have been misguided, but there was nothing dishonest about it.

I'm confident this is an automated misclassification that Apple would reverse on review - but I may be terminated before a human ever looks at my appeal. The cost would fall on @Apple's own users: blocked installs and no updates for a tool people rely on, which opens the door for more fakes.

If you value Sparrow, a repost would help. @AppleSupport

[Sparrow Wallet 🐦 @SparrowWallet]

Unless @Apple's decision to terminate @craigraw's Apple Developer account is reversed by June 30, all new installs of Sparrow will fail, and development on macOS will end. If you value Sparrow, a repost would help. @AppleSupport

[Sparrow Wallet 🐦 @SparrowWallet]

Sparrow v2.5.0 released with:

Silent Payments (SP) wallets
SP-capable Frigate public server @2140_dev
https://t.co/C7r0pfBGD5 fee rates source

https://t.co/HOEwliSIRd

[Ron @tradedonkey]

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[T1V @T1Vcollaborate]

Big things are happening at T1V! Add us on #instagram to follow along on our #instagramstory - @T1Vcollaborate #excited #collaboration #software #hybridworking #event

[jack @jack]

To @RonWyden, @SenLummis, @SenToomey, @MarkWarner, @SenRobPortman, @SenatorSinema, @TedCruz, respective staff & everyone who’s worked on the Infrastructure Bill “Crypto Tax Reporting” provision: thank you for your work to get this right.

May we offer a workable simplification?