Liana 16.0 brings taproot by default, 41 releases total

Bitcoin#

• Cashu 0.22.1. Version-number fix only, no functional change from the prior release.
• Liana 16.0. Taproot is now default in the installer; internationalisation and a continued UI rework land alongside default address-inherited labels.
• Liana Business 2.0. Adds encrypted descriptor export and a translated business installer; relevant for multi-user Liana deployments.
• Blink Mobile 3.0.47. Show the full lightning address in the account switcher; Keep the wallet working while Blink services are down.
• Fedimint Web Android SDK 0.1.0-beta.4. No user-facing changes since beta.2.
• Fedimint Web React Native SDK 0.1.0-beta.4. No user-facing changes since beta.2.

Nostr#

• Jumble 26.11.1. Added Android support; Added an option to use NIP-22 replies for text notes.
• Amber 7.0.0-pre2. Adds a local WebSocket relay so NIP-46 clients on the same machine reach the bunker without hitting public relays.
• Nostream 3.12.1. Patch Changes - 1045 ccb1c40 Thanks @Ferryx349!
• Sidecar 1.16.6. Adds the ability to delete wallet backups stored on relays.

Privacy#

• Nostr VPN 4.1.20. Reduces peer-discovery overhead post-connection and improves message recovery after restarts; upgrade for reliability, not new features.
• Invidious 2.20261103.0. Support for custom channel handle URLs with tab paths, e.g.
• SimpleX Chat 7.1.0-beta.10. Tests fixes; Core: fix test build with simplexmq 7.1.0.16.
• yubikey-manager 6.0.0-beta.0. Breaking Python API and CLI changes; check the migration doc before scripting against this.
• Tuta 365.261030.0. Weekdays of events in calendar invitation emails now displayed; Reminders from an email invitation are added for calendar events with default reminders set.
• Proton VPN iOS and macOS 8.0.0. New Proton protocol architecture plus an advanced kill switch; worth testing before relying on it in censored environments.
• Anytype Desktop 0.57.7. Typing and agent activity in Discussions.
• Delta Chat Android 2.67.0. WebXDC: add per-app prompt for basic permissions (Camera, Microphone, Geolocation, Motion/Orientation Sensors); Show system-message when someone unpins a message.
• Proton Pass CLI 2.7.0. Proton Pass CLI 2.7.0
• Yubico Authenticator 7.5.0. OTP (desktop): Add keyboard layout families and variants for static passwords; PIV: Remove support for legacy PIN-derived management keys.
• Element Web 1.12.34-rc.0. Add ability to disable public rooms entirely via modules.
• NetNewsWire 7.3b3 for Mac. Added support for enclosures and Media RSS; Added enclosures to the article view (at the bottom) - you can see images from Mastodon feeds, play an MP3, etc.
• QSB-121: Arbitrary read/write via grant copy (XSA-523). Qubes Security Bulletin on XSA-523, an arbitrary read/write via grant copy.

Self-hosting#

• AdGuard Home 0.107.80. Go version has been updated to mitigate the possibility of exploiting the Go vulnerabilities fixed in 1.27.3 go-1.27.3.
• ntfy 2.37.2. Changelog Merge pull request 2169 from binwiederhier/release-2380
• StartOS start-cli 2.7.0. Adds package signing via cosign for registry packages, including from local s9pk files.
• StartOS start-registry 1.4.0. Lets known signers add signatures to already-indexed package versions, pairing with the start-cli signing feature.
• umbrelOS 2.1. Beta-channel release only; general availability not yet confirmed.

AI#

• Qwen Code 0.26.7. Adds an operator-scoped model.catalogRefresh setting and lets privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled: false stop background catalog refreshes while local metadata remains available.
• Ollama 0.40.15. Adds MiMo V2.6 model support and loads bundled CUDA libraries in-process on Linux.
• openclaw 2026.11.5-beta.1. Knowledge Scribes: add first-class knowledge capture and reusable scribe workflows across agents, sessions, and the Control UI.
• llm CLI 0.37.1. Passing both system= and messages= to prompt() or chain() in the Python API no longer drops the system prompt for models that build their requests from prompt.messages, including the default OpenAI Chat models.
• Open Interpreter 0.0.59. No model-provider catalog or request-admission behavior changes are included in this release; Add owner-bound, read-only background-terminal status with bounded terminal metrics and fail-closed thread ownership.
• Hermes Agent 0.22.7. Microsoft Store app: updates through the Store; Desktop app installed from the installer (.exe /.dmg): no change in this release; it updates with the next bundled release.
• ComfyUI 0.44.0. Partner Nodes add Patina texture nodes; Partner Nodes add VEED Dubbing node.
• langchain-typesafe== 0.0.1. Initial release release(typesafe): 0.0.1 chore(infra): relax third-party dependency upper bounds chore(deps): bump certifi from 2026.7.22 to 2026.10.19 in /libs/partners/typesafe fix dependencies in some partner…
• llama.cpp b12099. Adds Hexagon backend support for a new indexer op; relevant only for Qualcomm Hexagon deployments.
• Deepseek Harness 0.2.2-alpha.3. ,, @std4453; , PR, Agent, @LegGasai.
• Kimi Code 2.5.0-canary.20261104024245-8fc5e22. Sync running tasks over WebSocket and drop the REST task API; Support running session forks by turn.
• How Cisco defends at machine speed with OpenAI. Cisco combines network intelligence with OpenAI models to strengthen enterprise security; Learn how it is building more adaptive defenses.
• Claude Agent Sdk Python 0.2.178. Internal/Other Changes Updated bundled Claude CLI to version 2.1.318 PyPI: pip install claude-agent-sdk==0.2.178
• Packages Convai Widget Core 0.24.0. Minor Changes a141a02: With persistent-session enabled, a voice call can be resumed after a page navigation: the next page shows the conversation so far with "Resume talking?".

Other#

• Privacy's Defenders Podcast: The Secret Room. The government's surveillance powers grew rapidly after Sept.

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