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Daily Brief Fri, Oct 2, 2026 3 min read

Two security patches amid a heavy AI/privacy volume day

Bitcoin

  • Ride The Lightning 0.15.13-beta. Adds request validation before forwarding to LND, Core Lightning, Eclair and Loop.
  • Lightning Terminal 0.17.6. Bundles taproot-assets v0.8.5 and lnd v0.21.4-beta, upgrade both components together.
  • Aqua Wallet 0.5.4. Added proof of payment links back for successful Lightning transactions; Fixed an issue where failed Lightning transactions showed an L-BTC confirmation count instead of a failed status.
  • lnd 0.21.4-beta. No database migrations in this release, straightforward upgrade.
  • Trezor Suite 26.9.2. Adds watch-only Stellar RPC and SEP-41 token support on mobile.

Nostr

  • Grain 0.8.0-rc5. Clients that use nostrdb can read these events too.
  • Mostro 0.19.1. Register and announce the node's Serbero; Implement lookup invoice state for the bond CancelLightning impls.
  • Nostur 1.32.0. Share profiles with a QR code or copyable Nostr ID, including verified relay information to help others find you; Scan profile QR codes directly from Search using your camera or a saved photo.
  • Ditto 2.42.4. Ditto v2.42.4

Privacy

Self-hosting

  • StartOS StartWRT 1.2.1. Fixes vulnerabilities in the router management interface.
  • N8n 2.41.4. Bug-fix release touching execution tracing, DB ping handling, and queue job result storage.

AI

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