Busy day: 13 releases across five beats
Bitcoin claimed five of thirteen releases, all client-side maintenance. The rest scattered: three AI stories including llama.cpp recurrent-state rollback for MTP speculative decoding, two self-hosting patches, two privacy updates, one Nostr signer, and one policy piece. The ownCloud Android patch closes a passcode-bypass vector. Mullvad shipped a desktop-only beta. Syncthing-Fork modernized its recent-changes screen. Amber added manual pre-approval for individual permissions. No consensus changes, no Lightning work, no model releases. The EFF piece argues against copyright expansion in AI litigation.
Bitcoin
- RoboSats 0.8.7-alpha. New coordinators joined the federation: Eleuteria, Freeport, Ammanaya - FreedomSats removed; Image uploads in encrypted chat - User can now upload E2E encrypted images in the order chat via Blossom.
- Bull Bitcoin 6.13.1. Fixes change-output inclusion in send-to-self amount calculation and label handling for coin control.
- Coldcard Firmware 6.6. Coldcard Firmware v6.6.1X
- Arkade TS SDK Swap 0.0.10. Graph mode under-quotes funding dust floor; A rejected 1P1C package reported success.
- Arkade TS SDK 0.4.67. Graph mode under-quotes funding dust floor; A rejected 1P1C package reported success.
Nostr
- Amber 6.6.0. Pre-approve individual permissions when adding apps under manual-approval policy; searchable permission catalog includes custom sign-event kinds.
Privacy
- Mullvad VPN 2026.5-beta1. Desktop-only beta.
- Notesnook Desktop 3.4.7. Read about what’s new in Notesnook Desktop v3.4.7 on Notesnook’s blog.
Self-hosting
- ownCloud Android 4.8.4. Closes a passcode, pattern, and biometric lock bypass vector.
- Syncthing-Fork Android 2.1.4. Modernizes recent-changes activity and fixes web GUI loading issue.
AI
- Hermes Agent 0.21.0. Per-model metadata overrides via model overrides config - patch context windows, pricing, or capabilities for any model without waiting on a release; Data-training-tier warnings - a unified selection-guard registry wa…
- llama.cpp b10731. Adds recurrent-state rollback support for MTP speculative decoding in Qwen4 experimental models.
- Polimill builds Japan’s next-generation public AI infrastructure. Polimill uses OpenAI GPT models and Codex to help municipalities search and use administrative knowledge while accelerating development.
Other
- EFF to Courts: Don’t Rewrite Copyright Over AI Hype. The history of technology is rife with copyright panics.
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