Sparrow Wallet ships Silent Payments with hardware signer support
Sparrow Wallet 2.5.0 adds Silent Payments receiving for desktop users with airgapped hardware wallet signing, ending the privacy-vs-security tradeoff.
Bitcoin Core v31.0rc2 Tagged as P2P Privacy Fix Targets Final Release
Bitcoin Core v31.0rc2 was tagged on March 25, 2026, with a final release targeting early April — and an OpenSats grant is driving a live fingerprinting-attack mitigation into the same codebase.
LND Merges Onion Message Forwarding, Closing BOLT12 Gap with Core Lightning
Lightning Labs merged onion message forwarding into LND via PR #10089, the prerequisite capability for BOLT12 offers support and a direct challenge to Core Lightning's year-long lead on the protocol.
Tails 7.6 Ships Automatic Tor Bridge Detection for Censored Users
Tails 7.6, released March 26, 2026, adds automatic Tor bridge detection via the Moat API, eliminating manual configuration for users in censored network environments — a structural upgrade for Bitcoin self-custody practitioners under surveillance.