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Daily Brief Thu, Jun 18, 2026 2 min read
Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Mixed day: AI, privacy comms, Lightning swap patch

Bitcoin

Lightning

  • Boltz Client 2.12.1. Fixes race conditions and improves automated claim retries, upgrade if relying on automated claims.

Nostr

  • NYM Chat 3.72.506. Hotfix: reconnection logic for default relays Hotfix: include custom emoji list in database archive

Freedom Tech

  • Mullvad Browser 15.0.16. Rebase onto Firefox 140.12.0esr; includes uBlock Origin 1.71.0 and NoScript 13.6.24.1984.
  • SimpleX Chat 6.5.5. New in 6.5.5: - Initial support for supporter badges - Fix file names without an extension saved with a trailing dot - Shorter "close to tray" setting (desktop) Commits: - simplex-chat-nodejs: bump libraries ( 7042) -...
  • Signal Desktop 8.16.0-beta.1. - We fixed a bug in the sticker creator that displayed the interface in the wrong language.

Privacy

AI

  • NanoClaw 2.1.17. Rollup release covering v2.1.1 through v2.1.17 - every package.json bump merged since the v2.1.0 tag.
  • llama.cpp b9697. ci : fix check-release message parsing ( 24751) macOS/iOS: - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64) - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64, KleidiAI enabled) DISABLED - macOS Intel (x64) - iOS XCFramework Linux: - Ubuntu x64 (CPU) - Ubunt...
  • Elevenlabs Js 2.53.1. fix Restore optional values in DynamicVariablesConfig records (2.53.1).
  • Kimi Code 0.17.1. Patch Changes 861 bd09795 - Prevent the web login dialog from closing when clicking the backdrop.
  • Client Python 2.4.12. Generated CLI 2026-06-17 12:47:32 Changes Based on: OpenAPI Doc Speakeasy CLI 1.763.6 (2.884.13) Generated python v2.4.12.

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