New releases Lightning Network Daemon (lnd v0.18.4-beta) and Lightning Terminal (v0.14.0-alpha).
Lightning Labs has just released LND v0.18.4-beta. This is a minor release which ships the features required for building custom channels, alongside the usual bug fixes and stability improvements. Of note are the Bitcoin Core (bitcoind) v28.0 compatibility fix and an optimization for payment requests (invoices) that removes unnecessary size expansion. See Release Notes for full set of changes. It has also been released Lightning Terminal (LiT) v0.14.0-alpha. This first Release Candidate...
New releases Lightning Network Daemon (lnd v0.18.4-beta) and Lightning Terminal (v0.14.0-alpha).
Lightning Labs has just released LND v0.18.4-beta. This is a minor release which ships the features required for building custom channels, alongside the usual bug fixes and stability improvements. Of note are the Bitcoin Core (bitcoind) v28.0 compatibility fix and an optimization for payment requests (invoices) that removes unnecessary size expansion. See Release Notes for full set of changes. It has also been released Lightning Terminal (LiT) v0.14.0-alpha. This first Release Candidate...
New release Python 3.13.0
Python 3.13 is the latest stable release of the Python programming language, with a mix of new features and optimizations to the language, the implementation and the standard library. The biggest changes include a new interactive interpreter, experimental support for running in a free-threaded mode (PEP 703), and a Just-In-Time compiler (PEP 744). Error messages continue to improve, with tracebacks now highlighted in color by default. The locals() builtin now has defined...
New release Python 3.13.0
Python 3.13 is the latest stable release of the Python programming language, with a mix of new features and optimizations to the language, the implementation and the standard library. The biggest changes include a new interactive interpreter, experimental support for running in a free-threaded mode (PEP 703), and a Just-In-Time compiler (PEP 744). Error messages continue to improve, with tracebacks now highlighted in color by default. The locals() builtin now has defined...
New release Electrum 4.5.8
The latest release Electrum Bitcoin Wallet 4.5.8 comes with support for testnet4, add support for new hardware wallets, add new historical exchange rate providers (Bitfinex and Bitstamp), require wallet password for lnpay and similar commands (CLI/RPC), and other bug fixes. See the release notes for more here. As usual we recommend all users to upgrade to the latest version when available.
New release Electrum 4.5.8
The latest release Electrum Bitcoin Wallet 4.5.8 comes with support for testnet4, add support for new hardware wallets, add new historical exchange rate providers (Bitfinex and Bitstamp), require wallet password for lnpay and similar commands (CLI/RPC), and other bug fixes. See the release notes for more here. As usual we recommend all users to upgrade to the latest version when available.
New release Bitcoin Core 28.0
Bitcoin Core version 28.0 is the latest major release of the predominant full node implementation. It’s the first release to include support for Testnet4 and JSON-RPC 2.0, opportunistic 1-parent-1-child package relay, default relay of opt-in Topologically Restricted Until Confirmation (TRUC) transactions, default relay of Pay to Anchor (P2A) transactions, limited package RBF relay, and default full-RBF. Default parameters for assumeUTXO have been added, allowing the loadtxoutset RPC to be used with a...
New release Bitcoin Core 28.0
Bitcoin Core version 28.0 is the latest major release of the predominant full node implementation. It’s the first release to include support for Testnet4 and JSON-RPC 2.0, opportunistic 1-parent-1-child package relay, default relay of opt-in Topologically Restricted Until Confirmation (TRUC) transactions, default relay of Pay to Anchor (P2A) transactions, limited package RBF relay, and default full-RBF. Default parameters for assumeUTXO have been added, allowing the loadtxoutset RPC to be used with a...
New release Blockstream Green 2.0.11
The latest Blockstream Green wallet release 2.0.11 comes with new features such as the option to verify address on Jade in the redeposit 2FA expired coins flow, camera selector when scanning QR codes, and SPV status in the transaction details view. Other improvements include GDK updated to 0.73.0, relaxation of serial port scanning for Jade devices, default fee rate in the bump transaction flow, keep the amount field empty after changing the...
New release Blockstream Green 2.0.11
The latest Blockstream Green wallet release 2.0.11 comes with new features such as the option to verify address on Jade in the redeposit 2FA expired coins flow, camera selector when scanning QR codes, and SPV status in the transaction details view. Other improvements include GDK updated to 0.73.0, relaxation of serial port scanning for Jade devices, default fee rate in the bump transaction flow, keep the amount field empty after changing the...
New release Sparrow Desktop v2.0.0
Latest release Sparrow 2.0.0 now includes support for the Trezor Safe 5, Ledger Stax and Ledger Flex hardware wallets. In addition, there is support for recovering SLIP39 mnemonic shares to a hot wallet. Other improvements include saving a file for airgapped message signing, adding any missing previous outputs to a loaded PSBT, update to Java and JavaFX 22, a number of warning dialogs to prevent user errors, and performance improvements. See the...
New release Sparrow Desktop v2.0.0
Latest release Sparrow 2.0.0 now includes support for the Trezor Safe 5, Ledger Stax and Ledger Flex hardware wallets. In addition, there is support for recovering SLIP39 mnemonic shares to a hot wallet. Other improvements include saving a file for airgapped message signing, adding any missing previous outputs to a loaded PSBT, update to Java and JavaFX 22, a number of warning dialogs to prevent user errors, and performance improvements. See the...