Rabbit Hole Recap #176 - Dec 9 2021

- Swan adds taproot support and api, no longer supporting ny

- Major swiss tech company ceo runs surveillance operation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-06/this-swiss-tech-exec-is-said-to-have-operated-a-secret-surveillance-operation

- Malicious actor appears to be attacking Tor https://therecord.media/a-mysterious-threat-actor-is-running-hundreds-of-malicious-tor-relays/

Sparrow Wallet v1.5.3: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.5.3

Mercury Wallet v0.4.62: https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.62

btc-rpc-explorer v3.3.0: https://github.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer/releases/tag/v3.3.0

Zap android v0.5.4-beta: https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-android/releases/tag/v0.5.4-beta

Lightning Terminal v0.6.1-alpha: https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/releases/tag/v0.6.1-alpha

Lightning Pool v0.5.3-alpha: https://github.com/lightninglabs/pool/releases/tag/v0.5.3-alpha

Elements v0.21.0.1: https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases/tag/elements-0.21.0.1

- Private home mining using a VPN guide https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/how-to-mine-bitcoin-privately-at-home