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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #325

    This week’s newsletter looks at summaries of some of the topics discussed at a recent LN developer meeting. Also include are our regular sections with descriptions of changes to popular clients and services, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and summaries of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #324 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Antoine Poinsot to discuss Newsletter #324.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #324

    This week’s newsletter announces three vulnerabilities affecting old versions of the Bitcoin Core full node, announces a separate vulnerability affecting old versions of the btcd full node, and links to a contributed Optech guide describing how to use multiple new P2P network features added in Bitcoin Core 28.0. Also included are our regular sections summarizing a Bitcoin Core PR Review Club meeting, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and descriptions of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Guide for Wallets Employing Bitcoin Core 28.0 Policies

    In Bitcoin Core 28.0 contains new P2P and mempool policy features that may be useful for a number of wallets and transaction types. Here Gregory Sanders presents a high-level guide to the feature set and how they can be used individually or together.
  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #323 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bastien Teinturier to discuss Newsletter #323.

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