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Recent newsletters, blog posts, and podcasts
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #295
This week’s newsletter announces the disclosure of a bandwidth-wasting attack affecting Bitcoin Core and related nodes, describes several improvements to the idea for transaction fee sponsorship, and summarizes a discussion about using live mempool data to improve Bitcoin Core’s feerate estimation. Also included are our regular sections with selected questions and answers from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, announcements of new releases and release candidates, and notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #294 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sebastian Falbesoner, Anthony Towns, and Russell O’Connor to discuss Newsletter #294.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #294
This week’s newsletter announces a project to create a BIP324 proxy for light clients and summarizes discussion about a proposed BTC Lisp language. Also included are our regular sections describing recent changes to clients and services, announcing new releases and release candidates, and summarizing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #293 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by ZmnSCPxj, Anthony Towns, and Armin Sabouri to discuss Newsletter #293.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #293
This week’s newsletter summarizes a post about trustless onchain betting for potential soft forks and links to a detailed overview of Chia Lisp for Bitcoiners. Also included are our regular sections summarizing a Bitcoin Core PR Review Club meeting, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
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