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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #269 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sergi Delgado Segura to discuss Newsletter #269.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #269

    This week’s newsletter shares the announcement of an upcoming research event and includes our regular sections summarizing significant updates to various service and client software, announcing new software releases and release candidates, and describing recent changes to popular infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #268 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Olaoluwa Osuntokun, Greg Sanders, and Pieter Wuille to discuss Newsletter #268.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #268

    This week’s newsletter links to draft specifications related to taproot assets and describes a summary of several alternative message protocols for LN that can help enable the use of PTLCs. Also included are our regular sections with the summary of a Bitcoin Core PR Review Club meeting, announcements of new software releases and release candidates, and descriptions of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #267 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Tom Briar and Nick Farrow to discuss Newsletter #267.

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