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We provide workshops, documentation, 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.

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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #295 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Dave Harding, Peter Todd, Abubakar Sadiq Ismail, David Gumberg, and Jeffrey Czyz to discuss Newsletter #295.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #295

    This week’s newsletter announces the disclosure of a bandwidth-wasting attack affecting Bitcoin Core and related nodes, describes several improvements to the idea for transaction fee sponsorship, and summarizes a discussion about using live mempool data to improve Bitcoin Core’s feerate estimation. Also included are our regular sections with selected questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #294 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sebastian Falbesoner, Anthony Towns, and Russell O’Connor to discuss Newsletter #294.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #294

    This week’s newsletter announces a project to create a BIP324 proxy for light clients and summarizes discussion about a proposed BTC Lisp language. Also included are our regular sections describing recent changes to clients and services, announcing new releases and release candidates, and summarizing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #293 Recap Podcast

    Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by ZmnSCPxj, Anthony Towns, and Armin Sabouri to discuss Newsletter #293.

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