Core Lightning v25.12 "Boltz's Seamless Upgrade Experience" is here! 🎉 New nodes open with BIP-39 12-word recovery phrases. Existing nodes maintain full backward compatibility. Major performance gains for large nodes and xpay improvements from user feedback. 📊⚡ image This release delivers massive performance wins: Postgres reads 30% faster, database latency down 12%, worst-case reduced from 353s to 56.9s. xpay handles Phoenix payments reliably. New networkevents subsystem tracks peer ping times in real-time.
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Core Lightning 25.12: "Boltz's Seamless Upgrade Experience"
We told you 24.08, 25.05 and 25.09 had enhancements, but you haven’t seen anything like this! We know we’re biased, but this release is full of...
 image Since v25.09, Core Lightning has merged 520 commits from 24 authors in 92 days. A warm welcome to 3 first-time contributors helping CLN continue evolving with more stability, usability and developer power. Onward. ⚡
The latest Jade Plus firmware 1.0.38 update optimizes how the camera handles real-world self-custody tasks: 📸 Air-gapped transaction signing speeds up by over 30% 🔐 SeedQR recovery works even with imperfect scans 🛡️ Enhanced security features and anti-rollback protection image To update via Web Portal: Use Chrome or any WebSerial-compatible browser, connect your Jade Plus via USB, navigate to the firmware upgrade portal, and click "Update your Jade" to start.
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Jade Plus Camera Update: Faster QR Scanning
With the Jade Plus camera upgrade, QR scanning executes up to 35% faster.
Trad-fi still moves at fax speed. The @Liquid Network doesn't. Shares, bonds, and other assets move across the network in a minute and plug directly into Bitcoin markets. @Adam Back explains what global liquidity looks like when it starts moving 24/7 on Bitcoin rails.
Blockstream Jade Firmware 1.0.38 Security Update 🛠️
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Blockstream Jade Firmware 1.0.38 Security Update 🛠️ Our latest update enables anti-rollback, a protective measure which prevents Jade devices...
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Gold has doubled in two years! Markets are searching for safety. Bitcoin offers an alternate route. In "The Gold Reset" @Roberto Rios (Peruvian Bull) breaks down what's unfolding and why self-custody with Blockstream Jade is how you prepare.