Listen "Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #326 Recap"
Episode Synopsis
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)
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)
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