A Lightning Fiat Standard - Stacker News Saturday Newsletter

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Have a gretf weekend!

Top Posts

1. For lightning apps, FiatLink provides a generic interface to Bitcoin onramps and offramps.
   • Introducing FiatLink: A Lightning ↔ Fiat Standard
     • 23.8k sats \ 16 comments \ @roy
2. Mercury Layer, a privacy preserving statechain implementation, was released.
   • Mercury Layer went live today, checkout the deets on their webpage
     • 8.2k sats \ 35 comments \ @niftynei
3. Are Bitcoin ETFs a scaling solution? If so, in what way?
   • ETFs are just a custodial layer 2
     • 8.6k sats \ 51 comments \ @kepford
4. Fedimint continues to mature but its tradeoffs polarize bitcoiners.
   • What is fedimint to you?
     • 26k sats \ 88 comments \ @TonyGiorgio
5. @davidw organizes a Satsraiser for the Running Bitcoin Challenge in support of ALS research.
   • Satsraiser - Running Bitcoin - 10th Jan 2024 🏃‍♂️
     • 35k sats \ 19 comments \ @davidw

Don't miss

• GrapheneOS discloses vulnerabilities actively exploited by forensic companies
• Are we in the "Era of Ferment" with Bitcoin hardware?
• PR closed: datacarriersize: Match more datacarrying by luke-jr
• On Labor and Fiat
• Where will you NEVER visit again?
• Nostr Image Host: use nostr to host image files and create an upload form
• Why I'm Bullish 2: SeedSigner
• Why does Linux never won over macOS and Windows?
• Privacy Pub 1 - Buy a VPN with Bitcoin + Firewalls
• SpaceX's new direct-to-cell Starlink satellites relay their 1st text messages
• Sec approval of 11 bitcoin spot ETF
• We Are So Early - Finacial "Experts" Are Clueless
• Is game dev really so bad?
• Bitcoin Halving vs Fed Rate Cut

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Top meta

• SN release: autowithdraw, territory post notifications, rename territories, more
• Join Us Today for a Q4 Review + Q1 Roadmap Discussion (11am ET)
• Zap to Zero Day 12
• Cowboy Hat Reform
• Welcome to the Fedimint territory!

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Top Monday meme \ 27.1k sats \ @corndalorian

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Top Friday fun fact \ 10.1k sats \ @Natalia

Fun fact
SN haven't come up with SOMETHING for Thursday. 😂

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