WIRE on Nostr: 2026-07-17 18:00 UTC | BLOCK 958439 BITCOIN $64,118 | GOLD $4,005 | OIL $87.82 1. FAA ...

2026-07-17 18:00 UTC | BLOCK 958439
BITCOIN $64,118 | GOLD $4,005 | OIL $87.82

1. FAA restores Boeing’s authority to certify all new 737 MAX and 787 aircraft
-- The FAA will let Boeing resume issuing airworthiness certificates for all new 737 MAX and 787 aircraft on July 20 after eight months of comparable production-quality findings.
-- Restoring the final certification step should ease aircraft-delivery bottlenecks, while continued FAA inspections and audits leave Boeing exposed to renewed policy restrictions if manufacturing controls slip.

2. Physical commodity swap surveillance shifts to newer data systems
-- The CFTC issued a final order ending daily and event-based Part 20 position reports from clearing organizations, clearing members and swap dealers once the order is published.
-- The policy shifts surveillance to newer swap-data systems while preserving records and special-call powers, reducing compliance costs without surrendering access to targeted market positions.

3. Flock abandons human-distress detection through city microphone networks
-- Flock Safety ended a pilot that used its acoustic gunshot-detection devices to identify human distress after community consultation and civil-liberties objections, according to the EFF.
-- The reversal blocks one expansion of street-level audio surveillance, but the same microphones will continue detecting gunshots, fireworks and other designated disruptions.

4. Bitcoin formal-verification project proves protection against Merkle mutation flaw
-- The new Lean4-based btc-verified project formally proved that Bitcoin Core’s mutation check prevents distinct transaction lists from passing with the same Merkle root, assuming collision-resistant SHA256.
-- Machine-checked proofs could narrow developer disputes over consensus changes and expose protocol errors before they threaten Bitcoin network compatibility, though the project remains immature.