Bitcoin
- ZEUS 13.1.3. Adds LND v0.21.1-beta support for both embedded and remote nodes.
- JoinMarket-NG 0.35.0. Automatic history reconstruction on import; fee estimation for neutrino backends; UTXO selector now spans all mixdepths.
- Lightning Node Connect 0.4.0-alpha. Gbn+mailbox: fix transport timeouts, add dynamic pong, harden with rapid tests; Prepare lightning-node-connect for v0.3.7-alpha.
Privacy
- Thunderbird for Android Thunderbird Beta 22.0b2. Beta fixes Empty Trash action.
- Signal Android 8.21.0. Android tablets can now be added as linked devices.
- Delta Chat Android 2.57.0. Calls reconnect on network changes instead of closing; message-view counter fix for channel owners.
- Proton VPN Windows 5.1.5. Introduces Proton Protocols architecture for improved stability and censorship resistance.
Self-hosting
- Gitea 1.27.1. Security fix: OAuth2 authorize and grant endpoints now enforce mandatory 2FA policy.
- Syncthing-Fork Android 2.1.3. Localhost connection between instances in different user profiles now documented in the wiki.
AI
- llama.cpp b10155. MiMo-V2.5 audio input support for RVQ-based models.
- Qwen Code DSW manual benchmark POC 20260727-2. Status: QUARANTINED; Dataset: swe-bench/swe-bench-verified@2; 500/500 completed.
- Room Connect Ecr 0.3.0. Depth-map rendering drops from 32 to 1 Cycles sample for 32 speed gain; GLB hot-swap with confirmation dialog.
- Packages React 1.11.0. New onAgentReasoningResponsePart callback streams agent reasoning events.
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