Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #215 Recap

01/09/2022 1h 4min

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Episode Synopsis

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Craig Raw to discuss Newsletter #215.

News

Wallet label export format (1:00)

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange

Why isn't it possible to add an OP_RETURN commitment (or some arbitrary script) inside a taproot script path with a descriptor? (23:12)
Why does Bitcoin Core rebroadcast transactions? (24:56)
When did Bitcoin Core deprecate the mining function? (33:27)
UTXO spendable by me or deposit to exchange after 5 years? (35:50)
What was the bug for the Bitcoin value overflow in 2010? (41:03)

Releases and release candidates

LND 0.15.1-beta (45:13)

Notable code and documentation changes

Bitcoin Core #23202 (45:38)
Eclair #2275 (49:36)
Eclair #2387 (52:01)
LDK #1652 (56:21)
HWI #627 (58:00)
BDK #718 (1:00:47)
BDK #705 (1:02:19)