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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #426 Recap Podcast

    Gustavo Flores Echaiz is joined by Clara Shikhelman and Elias Rohrer to discuss Newsletter #426.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #426

    This week’s newsletter links to a draft BIP for letting peers choose their own one-byte message type IDs over the version 2 P2P transport, summarizes a discussion about whether BIPs should include their number in tagged hash tags, and describes a proposed metaprotocol for private onchain transfers that requires no consensus changes. Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #425 Recap Podcast

    Gustavo Flores Echaiz and Brandon Black are joined by Matt Morehouse to discuss Newsletter #425.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #425

    This week’s newsletter summarizes the responsible disclosure of two denial-of-service vulnerabilities affecting older versions of Eclair and describes a proposal for synchronizing wallet labels between devices through an untrusted store. Also included are our regular sections summarizing proposals and discussion about changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #424 Recap Podcast

    Gustavo Flores Echaiz and Mike Schmidt are joined by Ahmet Kurt and Jan B to discuss Newsletter #424.

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