Valentine Wallace

flippin bits @spiralbtc

[Spiral @spiralbtc]

New sticker drop: Kitty Bitty.

It all started with Bitty (full-sized), then Itty Bitty (fun-sized), and now Kitty Bitty (meow-sized). Tap to add them all plus 143 additional Here Comes Bitcoin stickers to Signal: https://t.co/meHksw7jNf

[Carl Dong → obscura.com @carl_dong]

🎉 BIG NEWS: Obscura is now on iOS!

Obscura engineering team remains undefeated, even against the goliath that is App Store Review and In-App Purchases.

We'll do a blog post about this someday, so folks can learn from our battle scars!

[Maurice @mauricepoirrier]

I guess is first time LND receiving payments through a Bolt12 offer on mainnet 🚀

[Obscura: The Privacy-first VPN @obscuravpn]

We launched WireGuard last week, but we're not stopping there 😤

Available today: Obscura VPN's iOS Testflight! 📱

Links below 👇

[Mat Balez @matbalez]

A madman/genius colleague of mine is dating again and he answered all 85 Hinge prompts.

I read all of them. I laughed more than once.

https://t.co/wLG4P8W6Em

[Matt Corallo 🟠 @TheBlueMatt]

We’ve got one shot at fixing the law or Americans simply won't have access to the best wallets available and US devs will be locked out of providing the best UX!

It’s time for Bitcoiners and crypto bros to come together and fight for our right to access our wallets, before its too late.

As most of you know, under Biden, the DOJ decided that ancillary services to noncustodial wallets are MSBs, charging both Samurai Wallet and Tornado Cash with operating an unregistered Money Services Business (nevermind that no regulator would have accepted theirr registration!).

The definition the DOJ used applies not just to privacy services, but also to lightning nodes, rollup sequencers, defi frontends, and more. Basically every technology anyone has come up with for providing better scalability, privacy, or user experience for cryptocurrencies requires some kind of ancillary service, the exact things that would be made illegal!

While the Trump DOJ has (partially) walked that back, the next admin will be right back at it - the only solution is to get the law changed so that this isn't a risk in three years.

Luckily, the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act was recently re-introduced by @GOPMajorityWhip and @RepRitchie to fix this issue, but they need our help! Please, please, pick up the phone and make a 5 minute call to congress, make clear that this is a simple straightforward amendment of the law to bring it in line with existing FinCEN rules.

[Spiral @spiralbtc]

From the same bitcoin co-working and events space that brought you @PresidioBitcoin Jam comes a no-holds-barred adrenaline-fueled thrill ride called 21 in 21, where our own @HBerkoe asks people like this dude you’ve never heard of 21 questions about bitcoin in 21 minutes.

[Opt Out Podcast @optoutpod]

Two shows in one week 👀

I loved this chat with @carl_dong so much that I couldn't wait any longer to ship it. We get into all of the details on @obscuravpn, Carl's background, and just have one of my favorite conversations to date.

Jump into the whole thing here on X 📺

[Carl Dong → obscura.com @carl_dong]

Recording soon with @sethforprivacy 🤩

Let us know your @obscuravpn questions!

[Lightning Dev Kit @lightningdevkit]

Introducing Versioned Storage Service (VSS): A solution for live online sync and lightning state backup for non-custodial wallets ⚡️

See @G8XSU’s post to learn more about VSS 👇

[Valentine Wallace @vallywal]

As an (admittedly biased) early adopter, it feels so icky to browse when not using this VPN now 🫡

[Carl Dong → obscura.com @carl_dong]

Today is the day: Obscura VPN is NOW AVAILABLE!

@obscuravpn is the first VPN that:
- CAN'T log your activity by design
- Outsmarts network filters

We believe Obscura sets the standard for a new generation of VPNs, and hope you’ll check it out!

👇 Links + more in thread

[Carl Dong → obscura.com @carl_dong]

P.S. For those looking for an exploration of our technical choices, here's our blog post! https://t.co/O0vpGkTDks

[Spiral @spiralbtc]

Another year, another grant for one of bitcoin’s most underappreciated communities. While people still ship wallets that make 1980s calculators with the little solar power strips on them look like iPhones, @bitcoin_design is forever there, waiting to give you free feedback:

[Spiral @spiralbtc]

How we got into the plushie business, part 1:

[Lightning Dev Kit @lightningdevkit]

🧵 1/4 🎉 Announcing LDK v0.1 - our first version with human-readable numbers!

This release marks a major milestone as we begin supporting patch releases for bug fixes while continuing feature development.

[Spiral @spiralbtc]

Sometimes, there's a dev, well, he's the dev for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's Justin Moeller (@m1sterc001guy), whose GitHub places him high in the runnin' for most prolific Fedimint dev on earth. But sometimes there's a dev; sometimes, there's a dev.

[Lightning Dev Kit @lightningdevkit]

New week new review club. Join us on Friday 13:00PM EDT! We'll dive into PR #3207 to discuss supporting async payments in BOLT 12.

📅 Event: https://t.co/Pu6iVUVmsX
📷 Review notes: https://t.co/KDzucQhV36

[Lightning Dev Kit @lightningdevkit]

LDK v0.0.124 is here 🚀

This release features a new crate structure, a ton of features that various users requested, a pile of BOLT 12 improvements, faster route-finding, and a handful of small-moderate bug fixes.

https://t.co/SGuXeqCaLD

[Spiral @spiralbtc]

🎉 Honk if you love sound money 🎉

🧡 The Orange One is now available with help from our strange friends @Uncute. Get in before the eBay resellers

https://t.co/OFALUnxWfN

☝️ On-chain⛓️ and #Lightning⚡️ payments are accepted via @BtcpayServer

Supplies are, fittingly, limited.

[Spiral @spiralbtc]

The biggest threat to fiat currencies is a fun loving plush toy with indigestion.

Coming to https://t.co/ZiGGR8tKgo via @BTCPayServer on 7/22 and to @TheBitcoinConf on 7/25.