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Daily Brief Fri, Sep 18, 2026 3 min read

AI day: eleven infrastructure drops, no models

Bitcoin

  • Stratum v2 SRI 1.12.0. Breaking refactor of codec and framing layers; AES-256-GCM removed from noise sv2; BIP323 adaptations across the stack.
  • Keystone 3 3.1.0. Improved the initial setup process with new firmware update and secure backup reminders; Optimized IOTA transaction parsing.
  • Sparrow Wallet 2.5.5. Adds System theme option that follows OS light or dark setting, now default for new installs; BitBox02 xpub export and multisig signing enabled at m/45h on firmware v9.19.0 and later.
  • ESP-Miner 2.15.2. Adds BM1372 and BM1373 ASIC driver support.

Nostr

  • Grain 0.8.0-rc3. Third release candidate adds a real signer, settings overhaul, and custom styling after hardening relay durability in rc2.
  • YakiHonne Mobile 2.0.8. Adds video editor and compressor before publishing.
  • Amethyst 1.16.0. Fixes single-flight guarantee for fast signers in BlossomReadAuthTokenProvider.
  • Mostrix 0.3.3. Simplify cancel affordance on pay/bond invoice popups; Prefer quadrant QR over sextants on narrow terminals.
  • Sidecar 1.13.0. Adds polls, proof of work on posts, and fix for replies other clients send as comments.

Privacy

  • Element Android 1.6.64. TargetSdk bumped to 36; adds Element X migration banner in room list.
  • Nostr VPN 4.1.14. Paid exits now use trusted ratings for provider selection.
  • uBlock Origin 1.75.0. Firefox: Install from AMO: uBO works best on Firefox; Chromium: Install directly from signed CRX package.
  • Mullvad VPN Android 2026.10. Known issue: first connection attempt may fail when using quantum-resistant tunnels or DAITA.
  • Signal Android 8.28.2. Media editor redesigned for tablets and foldables.
  • NetNewsWire 7.1. Fixes bug where read and starred statuses stopped syncing after 999 items queued for Feedbin, Feedly, NewsBlur, and Reader API services.
  • Logseq Desktop app Nightly Release 20260917. This is a nightly release of the Logseq desktop app; It's unstable compared to the official releases, use it with caution !

Self-hosting

AI

  • qwen-mm-plugins-omni-video2note 1.0.2. Fix ci: stop installing ffmpeg in the default suite, and drop a removed ffmpeg option ( 59d1ed7 ); Simplify synchronous PDF pipeline ( 8e1b27d ).
  • HelixML 2.12.17. Returns 413 for oversized chat requests; bounds image history in opencode.
  • openclaw 2026.7.33. July 2026 Extended Stable covering Gateway, official npm plugins, and matching Docker images.
  • Cline Desktop 0.0.31. Can now work on a remote machine over SSH with the app staying local.
  • LocalAI 4.10.0. Vllm-cpp LoRA fusion at load time - lora adapters and lora scales are now consumed by the vllm-cpp video engine, fusing LoRA deltas into DiT weights at engine load.
  • langchain-typesafe== 0.0. Initial release with experimental AutoModeMiddleware, ModelRouterMiddleware, and TypeSafeClassifier; fixes trace usage metadata.
  • llama.cpp b11026. Skips gate-up exps if TENSOR SKIP is set; required for qwen35moe when MTP tensors are fused but not loaded.
  • Deepseek Harness 0.1.6-alpha.2. ,, @LegGasai, @turtle1999; , @CreatixChu.
  • qwen-mm-plugins-omni-skill-creator 1.0.1. Defaults the Omni model to qwen3.8-omni-flash; lazy imports yaml and installs it for test step on macOS CI.
  • Claude Agent Sdk Typescript 0.3.276. Updated to parity with Claude Code v2.1.276.
  • Cli 1.3.1. Install elevenlabs-cli 1.3.1 Install prebuilt binaries via shell script curl --proto ' =https ' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf | sh Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script powershell...

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