Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Nishant Bansal and Matthew Zipkin to discuss Newsletter #411.

The Bitcoin Optech Podcast and transcription content is licensed Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0

News

  • ● LND zero-timestamp gossip DoS disclosure (1:00)

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange

  • ● Is it a bug that `OP_IF` is part of the tapscript opcodes? (34:02)

  • ● Why would forbidding `OP_IF` in tapscript be a problem? (41:11)

  • ● Does a softfork always succeed? (49:17)

  • ● How to set up Bitcoin Core to mine a valid block after the BIP110 activation in August 2026? (56:44)

  • ● Are BIP110 blocks on a branch with lower difficulty valid? (59:47)

  • ● What is the story behind Bitcoin test networks? (1:07:41)

  • ● Why was `-datacarriersize` redefined in 2022, and why was the 2023 proposal to expand it not merged? (1:15:35)

  • ● Are chains of 26 unconfirmed transactions prohibited by the wallet in Bitcoin Core 31.0? (1:25:33)

  • ● Are there changes in Bitcoin Core 29.0 that affect memory usage? (1:28:20)

  • ● What is Bitcoin Core's release schedule? (1:30:21)

Releases and release candidates

Notable code and documentation changes

Transcription

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