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SightBringer, a Bitcoin analyst and commentator, argues that Peter Schiff commits a category error by judging Bitcoin like a failed stock rather than recognizing it as emerging digital collateral being systematically absorbed into institutional financial infrastructure amid rising debt, political money, and fragmenting trust (Jun 4 | 3 min read).

Hannah Rosenberg, Dev Advocate at Lightning Labs, introduces 'run-litd,' a new Claude Code skill that automates Lightning node setup on Ubuntu servers - handling binaries, config files, wallets, and systemd services - enabling vibe coders and developers to go from zero to Lightning in minutes (Jun 4 | 3 min read).

Landon Mutch, a Bitcoin researcher, conducts a comprehensive graph-science analysis of the Lightning Network's 9,990-node, 44,501-channel mainnet snapshot, revealing its hub-dominated topology, capital concentration with a Gini coefficient of 0.81, and probabilistic payment routing dynamics (Jun 4 | 10 min read).

Frank Corva, in a blog post for Fedi, profiles Lucas Ferreira, co-founder of Brazilian Bitcoin non-profit Vinteum, who argues that geographic diversity among developers strengthens the Bitcoin network by bringing unique regional perspectives and ensuring protocol resilience against potential regulatory threats worldwide (Jun 3 | 7 min read).

Michelle Weekley, Bitcoin advocate and Director of Product Development at Byte Federal, warns that state-level Bitcoin ATM bans in Indiana, Tennessee, and Minnesota represent a dangerous precedent threatening self-custody rights and financial access for 24.6M unbanked Americans (Jun 3 | 4 min read).

Connor O'Keeffe, in an artil for the Mises Institute, warns that incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's push to narrow inflation metrics to trimmed price indexes risks obscuring government-driven price increases, effectively allowing the political class to justify further money printing at Americans' expense (Jun 3 | 5 min read).

David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark, envisions a future where Bitcoin silently powers global payments as an invisible settlement layer, with stablecoins as the interface, self-custody as the default, and AI agents independently converging on BTC for borderless, frictionless commerce (Jun 3 | 5 min read).

Alex von Frankenberg, in an excerpt from his book 'Bitcoin: The Honest Money,' argues that inflation silently destroys purchasing power - illustrated by ice cream scoops - while bitcoin's fixed 21M supply offers a deflationary alternative that preserves the real value of money and time over decades (Jun 2 | 3 min read).

Andreas, Founder of PlebBase, argues that open-source home mining's next critical hurdle isn't hashrate or new ASICs, but establishing clear classification systems, standardized documentation, and transparent safety guidelines to make the rapidly growing Bitcoin mining ecosystem accessible and accountable for all users (Jun 1 | 20 min read).

Lightning News, a media outlet covering Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, curates a comprehensive list of 100+ Bitcoin-only books spanning technical guides, economic theory, philosophy, geopolitics, children's titles, and German-language works, serving as a definitive reading resource for every level of Bitcoin enthusiast (May 28 | 13 min read).

Frank Corva, in a blog post for Fedi, also profiles Gloire Kambale Wanzavalere, a self-taught Bitcoiner and serial entrepreneur from the DRC, whose ventures - spanning OTC trading, satellite internet, university education, and open-source tools - are building a concrete Bitcoin adoption framework across Africa (May 27 | 13 min read).

Neeraj of Ente explains how Shamir's Secret Sharing - invented by RSA co-creator Adi Shamir in 1979 - uses polynomial mathematics to split a secret into shares where any defined threshold recovers it completely, while fewer shares reveal nothing (May 25 | 3 min read).

Chandra Pratap, a Summer of Bitcoin 2025 intern, discloses a medium/high severity DoS vulnerability in Core Lightning where a remote peer could crash any CLN node by sending a crafted 'funding_created' message with a zeroed 'funding_txid,' triggering a fatal assertion in hsmd, patched in v26.04 (May 16 | 3 min read).

Nick Ward of Bitcoin For Corporations argues that Strategy's sale of 32 BTC worth ~$2.5M to fund preferred stock dividends is a strategically calculated move to demonstrate Bitcoin treasury operational flexibility and strengthen long-term investor confidence in the company's capital structure (Jun 1 | 6 min read).

Juan Galt of Bitcoin Magazine examines Coinkite's new Coldcard MK5 hardware wallet, highlighting its larger screen, improved buttons, redesigned chassis, enhanced NFC push transaction support, and colorful designs, concluding that it's a worthwhile upgrade for most Bitcoin holders (May 29 | 6 min read).

Bitcoin Pharaoh, author of The Pharaoh Brief newsletter, warns that Tether's buyout of SoftBank's Twenty One Capital stake on May 19 removed the only independent check on its power, leaving minority Class A shareholders with no protection over how Tether prices the upcoming Strike merger (May 28 | 6 min read).

Web3 Foundation, an organisation that stewards web protocols and champions user data rights, reveals that Big Tech and AI companies extract up to $162,492 in inflation-linked lifetime commercial value per internet user, urging a fairer, user-controlled digital economy (May 25 | 5 min read).

Lava, a bitcoin-backed fintech lender, launches a secured Visa credit card offering 3% bitcoin rewards on purchases, with no annual fee, accepting stablecoins and bank transfers as funding sources.

Kalshi, a US-based regulated derivatives exchange, launches the country's first CFTC-approved bitcoin perpetual futures, giving American investors onshore access to a product previously only available offshore.

Kagikai launches zero-fee Bitcoin bearer instruments using hardware security enclaves and 2-of-3 multisig, enabling self-sovereign, peer-to-peer transfers without custodians or coordinators.

Lexe, a self-custodial Lightning wallet provider, launches a command-line interface tool allowing developers to create and manage always-online Bitcoin Lightning nodes from the terminal.

Formosa, a Bitcoin seed phrase tool forked from Trezor's python-mnemonic library, replaces random BIP-39 words with themed narrative sentences, condensing first letters into a strong, memorable password.

Blackbox Node, an open-source off-grid project, combines local AI, LoRa mesh networking, Bitcoin, and Cashu ecash to enable fully private, resilient communication and value transfer without internet access.

Joshua Aruokhai, a Bitcoin engineer at Ark Labs, proposes a 2-of-3 threshold bitcoin wallet where a passkey replaces seed phrases, deriving signing shares and approving transactions without storing keys on-device.

Carl, a new open-source BitTorrent light client by developer Vincenzo Palazzo, integrates Nostr for torrent discovery, combining peer-to-peer file sharing with censorship-resistant publishing.

Kickstr, a Bitcoin-native sports prediction platform built on Nostr, lets users predict match scores, earn points, and win sats, with identities secured by self-custodied cryptographic keypairs.

Kaze, a Bitcoin-powered local merchant discovery app formerly known as Randa, lets users find nearby businesses, pay in local currency, and earn sats for contributing accurate directory data.

Nagg is an open-source Go-based Nostr event aggregation service that ingests, stores, and queries Nostr protocol events via a GraphQL API.

Second releases Bark SDK updates adding slim VTXO storage, wallet-agnostic unilateral exit, BIP 321 payment URIs, and real-time websocket notifications.

Mostrix, a desktop graphical user interface client for the Mostro peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading protocol built on Nostr, releases version 0.2.0 with anti-abuse bond support and dispute resolution features.

Blitz Wallet adds BTC Maps merchant discovery, Bitrefill gift card purchases, and flexible BTC or dollar payment receiving options in its latest update.

Blue Wallet, an open-source Bitcoin mobile wallet app, releases v8.0.0 for iOS and Android, featuring redesigned screens, performance improvements, and faster Electrum server connections.

Bitcoin++ conference, a developer-focused Bitcoin event, heads to Nairobi, Kenya on June 17-19, 2026, spotlighting open source contributors from Africa and around the globe.