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We provide workshops, weekly newsletters, original research, case studies and announcements, analysis of Bitcoin software and services, a podcast, and help facilitate improved relations between businesses and the open source community.
Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #320
This week’s newsletter announces a new testing tool for Bitcoin Core and briefly describes a DLC-based loan contract. Also included are our regular sections summarizing a Bitcoin Core PR Review Club, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #319 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Filippo Merli, Lorenzo Bonazzi, Matt Corallo, Eric Voskuil, and rkrux to discuss Newsletter #319.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #319
This week’s newsletter summarizes a proposal for allowing Stratum v2 pool miners to receive compensation for the transaction fees contained in the block templates they turn into shares, announces a research fund investigating the proposed
OP_CATopcode, and describes a discussion about mitigating merkle tree vulnerabilities with or without a soft fork. Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates as well as describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software. -
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #318 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Jay Beddict to discuss Newsletter #318.
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #318
This week’s newsletter announces a new mailing list to discuss Bitcoin mining. Also included are our regular sections summarizing popular questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and descriptions of recent changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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