Sebastian Falbesoner on Code Review and BIP324

06/09/2023 43 min

Listen "Sebastian Falbesoner on Code Review and BIP324"

Episode Synopsis

Sebastian Falbesoner (theStack) and Mike Schmidt talk about Bitcoin Core code review, BIP324, and Sebastian’s plans for the next year.


(0:00) - Sebastian’s journey to Bitcoin development
(4:00) - Thoughts on contributing to Bitcoin Core in a remote, part time capacity
(7:26) - What is the Bitcoin Core test framework?
(12:15) - From testing to PR authorship (and Bitcoin Core #25957)
(17:05) - The scarcity and importance of code review
(22:56) - Benefits of BIP324, Version 2 P2P Encrypted Transport Protocol
(29:13) - Sebastian’s approach to contributing to BIP324 and libsecp256k1
(37:18) - BIP322 generic signmessage


Brink exists to strengthen the Bitcoin protocol and network through fundamental research and development, and to support the Bitcoin developer community through funding, education, and mentoring. Visit ⁠https://brink.dev/⁠ to learn more.