Bitcoin Optech newsletter #378 is here: - announces four vulnerabilities affecting older versions of the Bitcoin Core full node - summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange - Optech Newsletter #378 Podcast Antoine Poinsot recently posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list four Bitcoin Core security advisories for low-severity vulnerabilities that were fixed in Bitcoin Core 30.0... Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange: - Why was -datacarriersize redefined in 2022, and why was the 2023 proposal to expand it not merged? - What is the smallest valid transaction that can be included in a block? - Why does Bitcoin Core continue to give witness data a discount even when it is used for inscriptions? - The ever-growing Bitcoin blockchain size? - I read that OP_TEMPLATEHASH is a variant of OP_CTV. How do they differ? Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on Riverside.fm Tuesday at 16:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
Francesco Madonna and supertestnet joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #376: - Continued discussion of block template sharing - B-SSL a Secure Bitcoin Signing Layer - Bitcoin Core 30.0 - And more You can listen on our website: Fountain: Spotify: Apple Podcasts:
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #376 is here: - shares an update on the proposal for nodes to share their current block template - summarizes a paper outlining a covenant-less vault construction - Bitcoin Core 30.0 release - Optech Newsletter #376 Podcast Discussion continued around the proposal for full node peers to occasionally send each other their current template for the next block using compact block relay encoding... Francesco Madonna posted to Delving Bitcoin about a concept which is a covenant-less vault model using taproot, OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, and OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY... Bitcoin Core 30.0 is the latest version release of the network’s predominant full node. Its release notes describe several significant improvements... Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on Riverside.fm Tuesday at 16:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
Matt Morehouse, Daniela Brozzoni, and Gustavo Flores Echaiz joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #373: - Eclair vulnerability - Research into feerate settings - 12 Bitcoin Stack Exchange questions with an OP_RETURN focus - Bitcoin Core 30.1 release candidate and testing guide - And more You can listen on our website:
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