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🌊 #002: Feel the Breez - Breez Newsletter

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### Diamond Hands just dropped the beta release of Diamond Wallet, the first functional self-custodial Lightning wallet from Japan. 

The wallet was built using the [Breez SDK's Native (*Greenlight*) implementation](https://sdk-doc-greenlight.breez.technology/). 

It includes a new feature they’ve added called '*sats4ads*,' where you can earn sats for watching ads.

Here are some of the key features:

* You can earn sats through '*sats4ads*' — just by watching ads in the app.

* There’s Bolt Link, which is like bit.ly but with Lightning payments. You click a link, watch an ad, and earn bitcoin. Only users with a Lightning channel can claim rewards, keeping it secure and spam-free.

* It’s self-custodial, so no third parties holding your funds.

[Koji Higashi](https://x.com/Coin_and_Peace), the co-founder, mentioned that the regulations in Japan make it difficult to offer custodial services, so going the non-custodial route was the best move.

It’s still in beta, but they’re working on adding more features like in-app channel opening, direct ad delivery, interoperability with other wallets, as well as a referral program.

The Diamond Hands team shared a [demo on X](https://x.com/DiamondHandsLN/status/1841168020196246005) as well as [this blog](https://diamondhandsen.substack.com/p/diamond-hands-beta-releases-diamond) sharing more details on what they've built. They've also shared more technical details on their [GitHub](https://github.com/DiamondHandsInc/bolt-link-readme?tab=readme-ov-file).

If you’re into testing out new stuff, you can find it on [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=technology.diamondhands.wallet) and [Apple TestFlight](https://testflight.apple.com/join/Kjbu5pII).

Introducing Diamond Wallet — a new self-custodial ⚡️ wallet from Japan 🇯🇵

There's a new release of the Breez SDK - Nodeless (Liquid Implementation).

# Breez SDK Liquid 0.3.2 #

## Features

- Use lowball fees for direct Liquid transactions
- Send all funds is now supported in `pay_onchain` 
- Update default electrum URLs

## Breaking Changes

- [API key is now required](https://breez.technology/request-api-key/#contact-us-form-sdk)
- Parse invoice: short_channel_id is now formatted as a string instead of a number

For more on what's included in this release, [follow this link.](https://github.com/breez/breez-sdk-liquid/releases/)
