About this episode

In this episode, Aaron and Sjors discuss the new features and upgrades in Bitcoin Core 28.0.

In Bitcoin, Explained 95, Aaron and Sjors discuss the new Bitcoin Core 28.0 release. Specifically, they cover upgrades to Bitcoin’s testnet (testnet 4), new mempool policies, full RBF integration, the introduction of assume UTXO, improved wallet migration support and the implementation of block file XOR. https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/ Release notes: https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/28.0/ This episode’s sponsor: CoinKite, maker of the ColdCard. Aaron’s Twitter: @AaronvanW Aaron’s Nostr: npub1art8cs66ffvnqns5zs5qa9fwlctmusj5lj38j94lv0ulw0j54wjqhpm0w5 Sjors’ Nostr: nprofile1qyvhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnnwpex7an0daehgtnwdshsqgyxsh477ejn8rwkjv0zen0ncxwe7rj6zpnujx8j9ecgrsj43786lqyul0f2

People in this episode

Host: Sjors

Guest: Aaron

Topics covered

• Bitcoin Core
• testnet upgrades
• mempool policies
• RBF integration
• wallet migration
• block file implementation

Keywords

• Bitcoin Core
• testnet 4
• mempool policies
• RBF integration
• wallet migration
• block file XOR

Sponsors

CoinKite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin, testnet 4, block file XOR

Products: ColdCard

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