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*In this monthly feature, we highlight interesting updates to Bitcoin
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wallets and services.*
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- **BTCPay adds support for sending and receiving payjoined payments:**
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[payjoin][topic payjoin] is a protocol that increases the privacy of Bitcoin
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payments by including inputs from both the spender and the receiver in
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impact, other popular wallets need to implement support for creating
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compatible payjoin payments.
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- **Lightning Labs drafts Lightning Service Authentication Tokens (LSAT) specification:**
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Lightning Labs has [announced][ll lsat announcement] LSAT, a
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[specification][lsat spec], which outlines a protocol for purchasing tokens
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(macaroons) over LN and using them in an application as both authentication
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and API payment mechanisms.
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- **Lightning Labs announces Faraday for channel management:**
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[Faraday][ll faraday announcement] is a tool for LND node operators that
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analyzes existing channels and makes recommendations to close problematic or
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under-performing channels. Such channels display attributes such as low volume,
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low uptime, or high fees.
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## Releases and release candidates
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*New releases and release candidates for popular Bitcoin infrastructure
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[whatsat]: https://github.com/joostjager/whatsat
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[common input heuristic]: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common-input-ownership_heuristic
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[GNU Guix]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
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[ll lsat announcement]: https://lightning.engineering/posts/2020-03-30-lsat/
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[lsat spec]: https://lsat.tech/
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[ll faraday announcement]: https://lightning.engineering/posts/2020-04-02-faraday/

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