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Daily Brief Tue, Jul 21, 2026 2 min read

Privacy-heavy day: six items, one Cake Wallet patch

Bitcoin

  • Cake Wallet 6.3.0. Core transaction-value handling refactored; Zcash operators should review the upgrade notes.
  • Keystone 3 3.0.0. Improved the "Forgot Passcode" flow and passcode strength validation; Enhanced security policies.
  • Liquid GDK 0.77.7. libwally to 1.5.6, tor to 0.4.9.11; arm64 and x86 cross-compile now enabled for macOS and iOS.
  • Fedimint Web Canary Release. Flatten RPC payload and use persistent callback in ReactNativeTr.

Nostr

  • Amber 6.3.0. Multi-request approvals now group by type and kind, with collapsible UI and per-group scopes.
  • Wisp 1.2.0. Strips tracking parameters from note links; adds multi-account support and transaction-history bottom sheet.

Privacy

AI

  • opencode 1.18.4. Adaptive thinking now works with Kimi models on Anthropic-compatible providers.
  • Hermes Agent 0.19.0. Hermes Agent v0.19.0 (v2026.7.20) Release Date: July 20, 2026 Since v0.18.0: 2,245 commits 1,065 merged PRs 2,465 files changed 300,000 insertions 36,000 deletions 3,300 issues closed 450+ community; Hermes is the mes...
  • langchain-core== 1.5.0. Adds reasoning effort as a standard chat-model parameter.

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