v0.9.0 Highlights

• Our brand new Purchase channels in advance service,
• A new interface for Core Lighting users: CLNRest, which is officially supported by the Core Lightning team
• Hardware wallet / signing device support, allowing users to craft on-chain transactions, and open and close channels to and from popular hardware wallets such as:
  - Coldcard Q
  - Foundation Passport
  - Seedsigner
  - Krux
  - Keystone Pro 3
  - and many others
• Watch-only account import (xpub)
• Batch channel opens + transactions
• Close channels to external addresses
• Pending HTLCs view
• A new swipe to pay component for invoices >= 10,000 sats
• A new layout that makes for quicker one-handed invoice scanning
• A new, more performant camera

What's Changed

• LND: CloseChannel: close to external address by @kaloudis in #2134
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2143
• [v0.9.0] Accounts: hardware wallet / external signer support + batching by @kaloudis in #2127
• [v0.9.0] LND: CloseChannel: close to external address by @kaloudis in #2135
• [v0.9.0] Improve PaymentPath by @myxmaster in #2130
• [v0.9.0] Version bump: v0.9.0-alpha1 by @kaloudis in #2146
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2147
• [feature] v0.9.0 by @kaloudis in #2145
• Fixed openChannel by @myxmaster in #2164
• Fix nested VirtualizedLists error by @myxmaster in #2152
• Channel: remove keysend button by @kaloudis in #1978
• SignVerifyMessage: Fix layout by @shubhamkmr04 in #2159
• Improve delete/close button colors by @myxmaster in #2179
• AddContact: Don't scroll header along with the content by @shubhamkmr04 in #2181
• Allow entering custom fee if loading fees from mempool fails by @myxmaster in #2173
• Update README.md by @GlenCooper in #2184
• Haptic feedback for pin pad buttons by @myxmaster in #2156
• [v0.9.0] Custom route hints by @myxmaster in #2142
• Model: Payment: fix isIncomplete check by @kaloudis in #2177
• Theme: Radioactive by @kaloudis in #2190
• Upgrade react navigation by @myxmaster in #2176
• Do not require login after setting new PIN or password by @myxmaster in #2187
• Reconnect only if relevant property of active node was changed by @myxmaster in #2188
• Fix navigation upgrade regressions by @myxmaster in #2192
• Improve animations (and more) by @myxmaster in #2193
• Harmonize back icons by @myxmaster in #2196
• Nostr relays: use theme color for icons by @myxmaster in #2197
• Improve currency enabled error handling by @myxmaster in #2195
• Improve status and navigation bar colors by @myxmaster in #2186
• deps: Replace react-native-camera-kit with react-native-vision-camera by @myxmaster in #1671
• ZEUS-2201: Invoice: handle descriptions/memos returned as arrays by @kaloudis in #2202
• LSPS1 client by @shubhamkmr04 in #2097
• Embedded LND: v0.18.0-beta.rc3-zeus by @kaloudis in #2206
• docs: remove Nayuta Core by @nayuta-ueno in #2204
• Send: Lookup nostr contacts by @shubhamkmr04 in #2183
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2208
• POS: Add Delete Product btn and remove the icon by @shubhamkmr04 in #2205
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2210
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2211
• BOLT 12: offers + Twelve.cash lightning address by @kaloudis in #2207
• Alerts: detect zombie channels + problematic neutrino peers by @kaloudis in #2209
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2216
• Recovery status by @kaloudis in #2217
• ZEUS-2042: add feedback to manual SCB recovery process by @kaloudis in #2218
• UXTOsStore: reset when changing wallets by @kaloudis in #2219
• ZEUS-2215: Payment: paid, display the BOLT 11 invoice by @kaloudis in #2220
• ZEUS-2214: LNURL-channel: default to unannounced channel by @kaloudis in #2221
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2224
• Pending HTLCs view by @kaloudis in #2227
• Neutrino: auto-select peers on wallet creation by @kaloudis in #2226
• BC-UR: parse crypto-account data by @kaloudis in #2230
• Navigation: new Menu/Settings/Tools by @kaloudis in #2231
• Neutrino: increase ping threshold, 200->1000ms by @kaloudis in #2233
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2232
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2234
• Update to React Native 0.74.2 by @myxmaster in #2178
• Bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 in /zeus_modules/@lightninglabs/lnc-core by @dependabot in #2239
• Fix UTXO picker background color by @myxmaster in #2238
• LSPS1: Default values in create-order call by @shubhamkmr04 in #2235
• Contacts: Fixed the broken error display logic of bolt 12 address by @shubhamkmr04 in #2237
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2236
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2240
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2244
• Bump ws from 6.2.2 to 6.2.3 by @dependabot in #2246
• Bump ws from 6.2.2 to 6.2.3 in /zeus_modules/@lightninglabs/lnc-rn by @dependabot in #2247
• POS: Display 'sats' in CHARGE button when fiat is not enabled by @shubhamkmr04 in #2241
• Settings: Neutrino: add optimize peers button by @kaloudis in #2243
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2248
• GitHub actions: Telegram bot by @kaloudis in #2250
• GitHub Actions: Telegram: update message by @kaloudis in #2252
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2249
• Currency Converter: Fix flags position in input boxes by @shubhamkmr04 in #2256
• getFormattedAmount: fix BTC decimal amounts by @kaloudis in #2257
• LSP-101: LSPS1: Explicitly support LSPS1 payment options by @kaloudis in #2260
• POS: Bug Fix - Leading zero in product price by @shubhamkmr04 in #2245
• AmountInput enhancements by @kaloudis in #2258
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2255
• LSPS1: add defaults buttons for Channel expiry blocks by @kaloudis in #2266
• LSPS1: Add status bar for lsp and client balances by @shubhamkmr04 in #2267
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2264
• Component: SwipeButton by @shubhamkmr04 in #2263
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2269
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2270
• Startup: wait for node selection to load invoice by @kaloudis in #2276
• ErrorUtils: handle PascalCase error messages from LSPS1 by @kaloudis in #2274
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2272
• LSPS1: Change token to discount code by @shubhamkmr04 in #2275
• LSPS1: Fix bug while setting up default info data by @shubhamkmr04 in #2278
• Core Lightning: CLNRest backend by @niteshbalusu11 in #2228
• ZEUS-2225: c-lightning-REST: update getChannels call by @kaloudis in #2277
• ZEUS-2158: Embedded LND: Settings: add Custom fee estimator by @kaloudis in #2279
• ZEUS-1503: Settings: Display: add ability to hide millisat amounts by @kaloudis in #2281
• Add CLN.jpg to selection for CLNRest in SetNodePicture.tsx by @newtonick in #2282
• Embedded Node: LND config: set memory threshold for persistent Neutrino filters by @kaloudis in #2284
• BIP-353: grok out on-chain addresses by @kaloudis in #2286
• [Transifex] Updates for project ZEUS by @transifex-integration in #2285

New Contributors

• @GlenCooper made their first contribution in #2184
• @nayuta-ueno made their first contribution in #2204
• @niteshbalusu11 made their first contribution in #2228
• @newtonick made their first contribution in #2282

Full Changelog: v0.8.4-beta2...v0.9.0-beta1

Verifying the Release

In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and hopefully verified that as well), you'll first need to import the keys that have signed this release if you haven't done so already:

gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 96C225207F2137E278C31CF7AAC48DE8AB8DEE84

Once you have his PGP key you can verify the release (assuming manifest-v0.9.0-beta1.txt and manifest-v0.9.0-beta1.txt.sig are in the current directory) with:

gpg --verify manifest-v0.9.0-beta1.txt.sig manifest-v0.9.0-beta1.txt

You should see the following if the verification was successful:

gpg: Signature made Sun Jul 14 23:26:34 2024 EDT
gpg:                using RSA key 96C225207F2137E278C31CF7AAC48DE8AB8DEE84
gpg:                issuer "zeusln@tutanota.com"
gpg: Good signature from "Zeus LN <zeusln@tutanota.com>" [ultimate]

That will verify the signature on the main manifest page which ensures integrity and authenticity of the binaries you've downloaded locally. Next, depending on your operating system you should then re-calculate the sha256 sum of the binary, and compare that with the following hashes:

cat manifest-v0.9.0-beta1.txt

One can use the shasum -a 256 <file name here> tool in order to re-compute the sha256 hash of the target binary for your operating system. The produced hash should be compared with the hashes listed above and they should match exactly.

External links

Blog post
ZEUS documentation
PGP Key

Android

Universal APK
arm64-v8a APK
Manifest
Manifest Signature

iOS

Apple TestFlight
IPA