Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #326 Recap

Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #326 Recap

Bitcoin Optech Podcast

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Elle Mouton and Andrew Toth to discuss Newsletter #326.


News

  • Updates to the version 1.75 channel announcements proposal (1:36)
  • Draft BIP for sending silent payments with PSBTs (16:28)

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange

  • Duplicate blocks in blk*.dat files? (30:07)
  • How was the structure of pay-to-anchor decided? (32:45)
  • What are the benefits of decoy packets in BIP324? (36:38)
  • Why is the opcode limit 201? (39:20)
  • Will my node relay a transaction if it is below my minimum tx relay fee? (40:31)
  • Why doesn't the Bitcoin Core wallet support BIP69? (42:09)
  • How can I enable testnet4 when using Bitcoin Core 28.0? (44:50)
  • What are the risks of broadcasting a transaction that reveals a `scriptPubKey` using a low-entropy key? (47:33)

Releases and release candidates

  • Core Lightning 24.08.2 (52:12)

Notable code and documentation changes

  • Eclair #2925 (52:56)
  • LND #9172 (53:37)
  • Rust Bitcoin #2960 (55:47)


Activity

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