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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #244
This week’s newsletter describes a proposal to improve capital efficiency on LN using tunable penalties. Also included are our regular sections with summaries of top questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and descriptions of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #243
This week’s newsletter includes our regular sections with descriptions of changes to services and client software, plus summaries of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #242 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Calvin Kim, James O’Beirne, and Greg Sanders to discuss Newsletter #242.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #242
This week’s newsletter relays the announcement of a service bit being used for testing Utreexo, links to several new software releases and release candidates, and describes a merged Bitcoin Core pull request.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #241 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by James O’Beirne and Greg Sanders to discuss Newsletter #241.
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