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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #318
This week’s newsletter announces a new mailing list to discuss Bitcoin mining. Also included are our regular sections summarizing popular questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and descriptions of recent changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #317 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bob McElrath and moonsettler to discuss Newsletter #317.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #317
This week’s newsletter summarizes discussion about an anti-exfiltration protocol that only requires one round trip of communication between a wallet and a signing device. Also included are our regular sections describing updates to clients and services, announcing new releases and release candidates, and summarizing recent changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #316 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bastien Teinturier and Hennadii Stepanov to discuss Newsletter #316.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #316
This week’s newsletter describes a new time warp that’s particularly consequential for the new testnet4, summarizes discussion about proposed mitigations for onion message denial-of-service concerns, seeks feedback on a proposal to allow LN payers to optionally identify themselves, and announces a major change to Bitcoin Core’s build system that could affect downstream developers and integrators. Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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