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Miami Bitcoin Developers
Socratic # 18

Bitcoin Core releases version 25.0 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-25.0.md

funding core devs
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/brink-marathon-partnership
https://www.btctimes.com/news/jack-dorsey-commits-5-million-to-bitcoin-nonprofit-brink-through-startsmall-initiative

core lightning version 23.05 adds psbtv2 + blinded payment support https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v23.05 

splicing site launched
https://lightningsplice.com/

ark announcement
https://www.arkpill.me/
https://gist.github.com/RubenSomsen/a394beb1dea9e47e981216768e007454
https://twitter.com/_AlexLewin/status/1667185028768452611
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EocWax43QgQ

bitkey
https://bitkey.build/staying-safe-with-self-custody/

ledger 
wallet thread
https://twitter.com/P3b7_/status/1659187685444005890?s=20
recover
https://www.ledger.com/recover

mempool accelerator
https://twitter.com/mempool/status/1659619347910803466
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/mempool-acceleration-marketplace-upcoming/

Interactive payment batching w/ payjoin
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-May/021653.html

Binance freezing BTC withdrawls https://twitter.com/binance/status/1655419624962527233?s=20

Apple being mean again
https://twitter.com/damusapp/status/1668529709867495424?s=46&t=MKAgZH8q3xThoj4a14Njyg
https://nitter.net/evankaloudis/status/1668892805924544512#m

https://acinq.co/blog/securing-a-100M-lightning-node