Latest changelog for bark 0.1.0-beta.3 to beta.5 is out!

The biggest addition is barkd—a wallet daemon with RESTful API for node runners and businesses wanting simple automation. We've also made ark-lib WASM-compatible for web environments, replaced the arkoor-depth limitation with checkpoints, and improved Lightning payment reliability.

Full changelog: docs.second.tech/changelog/changelog

Added @nprofile1q... to the team for DevRel. He showed up, immediately fixed up our faucet, and is already close to shipping a Bark web wallet. Also runs bitcoin education content in Portuguese and contributed to @nprofile1q... + @nprofile1q.... Welcome Carlos (follow him for updates!)

Before joining Second, @nprofile1q... did stellar work with @nprofile1q... on Lightning protocol development. Nice profile on his work below.

"Being a grantee at Btrust was, first and foremost, the best grantee experience I had throughout my grant-funded open source development career so far."

https://blog.btrust.tech/celebrating-duncan-deans-journey-with-btrust/

Full three-minute update here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-aZlS7a6NM

Rapid progress being made by @nprofile1q... with his Bark-based Arké wallet, which now has an iOS companion under development to complement the macOS app.

Our software is all open source, with one conspicuous exception. We fixed that today (after a bit of spring cleaning!). The code for our signet faucet and test store is now available on GitLab!

https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/faucet

Merry Christmas! Wishing you a peaceful holiday from everyone at Second (and Byte).

Ark is how you prepare and we’re making it easy.

https://twitter.com/notgrubles/status/2000341545321632144

We've been wanting nested MuSig for a while now, so we can distribute Ark server keys and improve security. The problem is, it's specialized cryptographic work that we probably don't have within the team.

Jesse Posner (Vora founder) approached us with a solution: fund a grant for Beulah Evangelin to build it. Beulah's already contributing to secp256k1-zkp, just finished Chaincode Labs' secp256k1 workshop, and is perfect for the job.

So we're funding the grant. Jesse/Vora will provide ongoing mentorship. And Beulah's nested MuSig implementation will go into libsecp256k1-zkp as open source, so any project can use it. It's going to be particularly valuable for layer 2s, e.g., Vora needs it for their Lightning implementation too.

Full details: https://blog.second.tech/nested-musig-grant/

Attack, attack!

@nevent1qvz...

We're hiring.

Like tinkering on bitcoin software? We need someone to help us build app prototypes and POCs on Bark. Non-stop "hackathons", publishing open-source, and posting your progress publicly.

Normally bitcoin companies need to be cautious with vibe coding. For this role, we want you to go nuts with it.

More details and application link at @nprofile1q...: https://bitcoinerjobs.com/job/1975320-devrel-engineer-second

If you're in Mauritius for @`Btrust`'s Dev Day tomorrow, don't miss @`dunxen`'s session on how Bark makes adding self-custodial Lightning to your apps simple.