Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #393 Recap

About this episode

The episode discusses the highlights from Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #393, including recent software updates and notable code changes.

Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Misha Komarov, Erik De Smedt, and arbedout to discuss ⁠Newsletter #393⁠ . News ● Recent OP_RETURN output statistics (45:54) ● Bitcoin PIPEs v2 (1:33) Changes to services and client software ● Second releases hArk-based Ark software (20:21) ● Amboss announces RailsX (55:35) ● Nunchuk adds silent payment support (56:11) ● Electrum adds submarine swap features (58:08) ● Sigbash v2 announced (33:56) Releases and release candidates ● BTCPay Server 2.3.5 (1:00:11) ● LND 0.20.1-beta (1:01:43) Notable code and documentation changes ● Bitcoin Core #33965 (1:02:55) ● Eclair #3248 (1:05:55) ● Eclair #3246 (1:07:08) ● LDK #4335 (1:08:52) ● LDK #4318 (1:14:32) ● LND #10542 (1:15:55) ● BIPs #1670 (1:17:02) ● BOLTs #1236 (1:27:50) ● BOLTs #1289 (1:29:10)

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, Mike Schmidt

Guests: Misha Komarov, Erik De Smedt, arbedout

Topics covered

• Bitcoin news
• Software updates
• OP_RETURN statistics
• Bitcoin PIPEs
• Release announcements
• Code changes

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• OP_RETURN
• software updates
• BTCPay Server
• LND
• Eclair
• Amboss
• Nunchuk
• Sigbash

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BTCPay Server, LND, Bitcoin Core, Eclair, LDK, Amboss, Nunchuk, Sigbash

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