https://basicswapdex.com/blog News, release notes and development reports from BasicSwap, the decentralized exchange for cross-chain atomic swaps between Bitcoin, Monero and more. en Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v019_1 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v019_1 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release BasicSwap v0.19.1 adds Bitcoin Core 31.1 with legacy wallet migration, checks Electrum servers against a verified header chain, makes Monero max bids work, and hardens swaps, messaging and the web UI. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v019_0 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v019_0 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release BasicSwap v0.19.0 adds Smart Buy in beta, batched swap funding, Nostr messaging and a Networks settings tab, updates SimpleX Chat and Firo, and fixes repeated swap accepts. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v018_10 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v018_10 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security BasicSwap v0.18.10 adds six price sources, per-source rate-limit handling and stale-rate checks, fixes watched-output and Decred lock-output scans, and updates Particl Core. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v018_6-v018_9 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v018_6-v018_9 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security Four BasicSwap releases that add swipe-payout recovery when no mercy transaction is sent, tighten WebSocket handling, fix wallet and Electrum edge cases, and update Litecoin and Particl Core. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v018_0-v018_5 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v018_0-v018_5 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security Six BasicSwap releases in one post. v0.18.0 brings stricter fee verification, tighter Electrum connections, and an AMM rate-poisoning guard. v0.18.1 through v0.18.3 harden the adaptor-sig refund path against fee-replacement. v0.18.4 and v0.18.5 rework the altruistic mercy keyshare path, prune stale offers, and raise the swap protocol version again. Update recommended, and the Decred and Firo core updates are mandatory. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_8-v017_9 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_8-v017_9 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security Two BasicSwap releases in one post. v0.17.8 hardens Bitcoin Cash swaps and fixes a bug that could leave a BCH swap stuck on a non-default fee rate. v0.17.9 shortens swap timeouts by default, hardens how long a swap waits on a counterparty, and bumps the Litecoin core to v0.21.5.6, which carries important Litecoin security fixes. Update recommended, and promptly if you run Bitcoin Cash or Litecoin. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_7 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_7 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security BasicSwap v0.17.7 is a critical security fix for adaptor-signature swaps. It tightens how BasicSwap validates signatures from a swap counterparty and repairs any swap already affected. A drop-in from v0.17.6, mandatory for anyone running these swaps. Update now. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_6 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_6 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security BasicSwap v0.17.6 hardens the network against offer-revoke spam, replaces the fixed login timeout with activity-based sessions managed from a new Security settings tab, and brings transaction history to Electrum light wallets. No coin-core updates and no database migration this time. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_3-v017_5 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_3-v017_5 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security Three BasicSwap hardening releases in one post: a web-UI Host allowlist, Merkle-verified Electrum confirmations, and updated Bitcoin, Dash and Monero cores. Update to v0.17.5, run the core update step, and set allowed_hosts if you reach the UI over a LAN name or reverse proxy. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_2 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_2 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security BasicSwap v0.17.2 fixes a fund-safety race condition on the automatic refund path of adaptor-signature (Monero-style) swaps, along with watcher hardening, a BCH recovery fix, and AMM and bid-page fixes. Everyone should update before resuming swaps. No coin cores and no database migration this cycle. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_1 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017_1 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security BasicSwap v0.17.1 is a security and fixes release: Electrum light-wallet trust-boundary hardening, automatic migration of older imported keys to stronger encryption, Simplex connection hardening, and a batch of AMM v0.5.1 fixes. No coin cores and no database migration this cycle. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v017 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security BasicSwap v0.17.0 lands GUI 4.0.0 with a redesigned Create Offer flow, live-updating tables, safer offer modes, AMM v0.5.0, and a web-UI security hardening pass. No coin cores changed this cycle. Update to v0.17.0. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/hardening-the-atomic-swap-protocol https://basicswapdex.com/blog/hardening-the-atomic-swap-protocol Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Security A series of releases that harden BasicSwap's atomic-swap protocol: stronger lock-amount checks, symmetric refund-signature verification, receive-address-reuse prevention, automatic fee validation, and updated coin cores (Particl 27.2.4, mandatory Dash 23.1.4). Update to v0.16.6. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/architecture-as-defense-retoswap-haveno-exploit https://basicswapdex.com/blog/architecture-as-defense-retoswap-haveno-exploit Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team Story Security A fake-ACK exploit drained funds from RetoSwap on May 20, 2026. The same attack cannot work against BasicSwap, and the reason is architectural. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v016_2 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v016_2 Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release A new version of BasicSwap is now available for download. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v016_1 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v016_1 Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Coin Update A new version of BasicSwap is now available for download. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v016 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v016 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release A new version of BasicSwap is now available for download. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/litecoin-nexus-update https://basicswapdex.com/blog/litecoin-nexus-update Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release BasicSwap DEX is coming to mobile! Learn more about the upcoming integration on Litecoin's Nexus wallet in this progress report. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/dev-update-november2025 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/dev-update-november2025 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Report A summary of the recent developments and progress made by BasicSwap contributors since our last update https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v015_1 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v015_1 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Hardfork Coin Update A new version of BasicSwap is now available for download. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v015 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-release-v015 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release A new version of BasicSwap is now available for download. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/dev-update-august2025 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/dev-update-august2025 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Report A summary of the recent developments and progress made by BasicSwap contributors in August 2025. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/dev-update-july2025 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/dev-update-july2025 Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Report A summary of the recent developments and progress made by BasicSwap contributors in July 2025. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/amm-tool-integration https://basicswapdex.com/blog/amm-tool-integration Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Release Usability A comprehensive overview of the new Automated Market Making (AMM) user interface, a significant step towards making BasicSwap more intuitive and user-friendly. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/dev-update-june2025 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/dev-update-june2025 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Report A summary of the recent developments and progress made by BasicSwap contributors in June 2025. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/firo-core-update https://basicswapdex.com/blog/firo-core-update Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team Coin Update Release Hardfork A mandatory Firo Core update is required for the upcoming hardfork, introducing Spark Names and other improvements. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/mandatory-basicswap-update https://basicswapdex.com/blog/mandatory-basicswap-update Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team Release News Hardfork Coin Update BasicSwap's new 3.2.1 user interface and 0.14.4 codebase are now available, featuring a wide range of improvements across the board. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-dex-monerokon-2024 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-dex-monerokon-2024 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Event Watch this year's BasicSwap talk at Monerokon 2024. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-dex-litecoin-summit-2024 https://basicswapdex.com/blog/basicswap-dex-litecoin-summit-2024 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT BasicSwap Team News Event Come meet the team at the Litecoin Summit this summer in Nashville, USA. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/the-dex-revolution-part-2-atomic-swaps-web-access-gateways https://basicswapdex.com/blog/the-dex-revolution-part-2-atomic-swaps-web-access-gateways Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT Cangrejo Story Exploring considerations on BasicSwap and its future integrations into alternative access gateways. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/the-dex-revolution-atomic-swaps https://basicswapdex.com/blog/the-dex-revolution-atomic-swaps Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT Cangrejo Story Making atomic swaps more accessible and private than ever before. https://basicswapdex.com/blog/htlc-vs-adaptor-signature-swaps-in-basicswap https://basicswapdex.com/blog/htlc-vs-adaptor-signature-swaps-in-basicswap Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT Cangrejo Story Shedding some light on the distinctions between BasicSwap's atomic swap technologies currently available, and their respective privacy and decentralization implications.