Bitcoin Optech helps Bitcoin users and businesses integrate scaling technologies.
We provide weekly newsletters, a podcast, case studies and announcements, analyses of Bitcoin software and services, workshops and help to facilitate improved relations between businesses and the open source community.
Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #363
This week’s newsletter includes our regular sections summarizing updates to services and client software, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #362 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Josh Doman and Gloria Zhao to discuss Newsletter #362.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #362
This week’s newsletter briefly describes a new library allowing output script descriptors to be compressed for use in QR codes. 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 software.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #361 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sanket Kanjalkar, Jonas Nick, Tadge Dryja, Steven Roose, and Brandon Black to discuss Newsletter #361.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #361
This week’s newsletter describes a proposal to separate the network connections and peer management used for onion message relay from those used for HTLC relay in LN. Also included are our regular sections summarizing discussion about changing Bitcoin’s consensus and listing recent changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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