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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #301 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Ethan Heilman and Gloria Zhao to discuss Newsletter #301.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #301

    This week’s newsletter describes an idea for securing transactions with lamport signatures without requiring any consensus changes. Also included are our regular sections with the summary of a Bitcoin Core PR Review Club, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and descriptions of changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #300 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Tadge Dryja to discuss Newsletter #300.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #300

    This week’s newsletter summarizes a CTV-like proposal that uses commitments embedded in public keys, examines the analysis of a contract protocol with Alloy, announces the arrests of Bitcoin developers, and links to summaries of a CoreDev.tech developer meetup. Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates and summarizing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #299 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gregory Sanders to discuss Newsletter #299.

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