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Phone as cold signer, license clarity, subtrees as sorted bags
The practical edge since the last check is custody tooling and how the new licenses sit next to the association’s own rules — with Teranode still explaining the assembly model in plain language.
Kallubi has opened a testnet beta for Kallubi Signer: put an old phone in airplane mode so keys never touch the network, sign via QR, and let a desktop or Android wallet broadcast. The signer is scheduled to ship with upcoming wallet releases and is going open source under Apache 2.0 this month, with independent review invited while it stays testnet-only.
On licensing, BSVA’s Deggen clarified the Apache 2.0 move on toolkits (TS Stack, wallets, SDKs): it replaces the custom Open BSV license with a standard OSI license so developers can use the libraries — including for bridging — without fear of suit. Articles of Incorporation still bar the Association from supporting competing blockchains; scaling code (mainly Teranode) remains off-limits for forks or rivals; building on BSV itself is fine. Patent disclaimers were framed as caution; legal review cost is the practical win of a standard license.
Teranode’s public explainers continue the subtree theme: think pre-sorted mailbags — transactions organised through the day so that when a block is found, validation is already prepared rather than sorting a single dump at delivery. Separately, LightBSV notes ElectrumSV/P-side plans leaning on Teranode rather than ingesting the subtree stream directly, and flags architectural risk if that path is treated as the scaled design.
The current pulse is usable cold-signing from spare hardware, clearer boundaries on what open tooling does and does not permit, and the same assembly model: sort early, validate fast.
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