Wed, Jul 8, 2026

Privacy and AI each claim four releases. The privacy slate is light: Tuta ships sync improvements and the first beta of email migration, Vexl bumps to 1.43.9, Logseq issues a nightly build. The YubiKey item is enterprise noise, not a technical release. AI is all infrastructure: llama.cpp fixes speculative-decoding model loading, MLX bumps to 0.32.0, and the VLA harness adds a LeRobot bridge with reproducible Docker. SeedSigner ships 80 PRs from 20 contributors and 13 new translation teams. Aqua Wallet patches bugs. Nym Binaries publishes 2026.13-ziller. No Lightning protocol changes, no Bitcoin Core movement, no model releases.
Wed, Jul 8, 2026

Bitcoin

Lightning

  • Aqua Wallet 0.5.1. You can now pay OpenCryptoPay QR codes and a wider range of LNURL payment links; Sending Lightning payments is now more reliable, broadcasting transactions directly to Boltz so it sees the payment sooner and short-liv…

Freedom Tech

  • Nym Binaries 2026.13-ziller. The v2026.13-ziller release of the Nym Binaries; The full list of changes is in the CHANGELOG.
  • Help EFF Cut the AI Hype. In the global race to build and dominate the AI industry, it can sure seem like the interests of ordinary people sit last on the agenda; It’s just the opposite for EFF.

Privacy

AI

  • Vla Evaluation Harness 0.4.0. Recording on by default, LeRobot bridge with four reproduced LIBERO scores, reproducible Docker rebuilds.
  • llama.cpp b9910. Fixes draft model fit-versus-load inconsistency; unifies speculative parameter init and context loading.
  • MLX 0.32.0. Generate qmm implementaions with cmake; Enable swap for all CI building CUDA.

Read on Freedom.Tech: https://freedom.tech/posts/2026-07-08-bitcoin-daily-brief/

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