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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #347 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sjors Provoost and Antoine Poinsot to discuss Newsletter #347.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #347
This week’s newsletter describes a proposal to allow LN to support upfront and hold fees based on burnable outputs, summarizes discussion about testnets 3 and 4 (including a hard fork proposal), and announces a plan to begin relaying certain transactions containing taproot annexes. Also included are our regular sections summarizing selected questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #346 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse, Yong Yu, Alejandro De La Torre, Jan B, and Marco De Leon to discuss Newsletter #346.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #346
This week’s newsletter summarizes a discussion about LND’s updated dynamic feerate adjustment system. Also included are our regular sections describing recent changes to services and client software, announcing new releases and release candidates, and summarizing recent merges to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #345 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sindura Saraswathi, Christian Kümmerle, and Stéphan Vuylsteke to discuss Newsletter #345.
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