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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #345

    This week’s newsletter looks at an analysis of P2P traffic experienced by a typical full node, summarizes research into LN pathfinding, and describes a new approach for creating probabilistic payments. Also included are our regular sections summarizing a Bitcoin Core PR Review Club meeting, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #344 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse, Matt Corallo, and Hunter Beast to discuss Newsletter #344.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #344

    This week’s newsletter announces the disclosure of a vulnerability affecting old versions of LND and summarizes a discussion about the Bitcoin Core Project’s priorities. Also included are our regular sections describing discussion related to consensus changes, announcing new releases and release candidates, and summarizing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #343 Recap Podcast

    Dave Harding and Mike Schmidt discuss Newsletter #343.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #343

    This week’s newsletter summarizes a post about having full nodes ignore transactions that are relayed without being requested first. Also included are our regular sections with popular questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and summaries of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

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