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Daily Brief Thu, Aug 13, 2026 2 min read

Bitcoin day: nine releases, Fedimint RC, Green iOS

Bitcoin

  • Cashu TS 5.0.0-rc.6. Hardening pass: input validation and parsing fixes across auth, crypto, transport, wallet.
  • Cake Wallet 6.4.1. Zcash performance improvements, AnyPay payment flow changes, UI polish.
  • Keystone 3 3.0.4. Added support for Solana CLI; Supported managing BTC and ADA assets using Lace Wallet.
  • Blockstream Green iOS 5.6.0. AMP2 testnet accounts via LWK backend, revamped receive flow, session rebuild, new swaps disabled while in-progress swaps complete.
  • Arkade TS SDK Swap 0.0.3. Emulator co-signer key now optional, defaults to SDK per-network pin.
  • Fedimint 0.11.2-rc.0. Release candidate; features may be unstable, upgrade path to final release not guaranteed, not recommended for mainnet.
  • Trezor Suite 26.8.1. Activity page redesigned with notifications and release notes tabs, BIP-321 URI support in send form, receive flow improvements, transaction detail screen updates.

Nostr

  • Vector Preview channel. Update manifest for Vector preview builds; Nothing to download here; the manifest points at the real release.
  • Sidecar 1.8.0. Sixth theme, per-theme display fonts, Art Deco legibility fix, reliability fixes for signing, relays, wallet, follow-list reads.
  • Mostrix 0.2.4. Scrollable Orders table and Disputes sidebar lists; Adapt Mostrix to mostro-core kind-14 chat envelope.

Privacy

Self-hosting

  • Portainer 2.39.6. On Async Edge environments, an invalid update schedule date can be displayed when browsing a snapshot; Podman environments aren't supported script.

AI

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