Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #396 Recap

About this episode

The episode discusses the highlights of Newsletter #396, including updates on Bitcoin Script and various Bitcoin-related releases.

Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Jonathan Harvey-Buschel to discuss ⁠Newsletter #396⁠ . News ● Collision-resistant hash function for Bitcoin Script (0:30) ● Continued discussion of Gossip Observer traffic analysis tool (8:58) Releases and release candidates ● BDK wallet 3.0.0-rc.1 (28:04) Notable code and documentation changes ● Bitcoin Core #26988 (30:39) ● Bitcoin Core #34692 (32:22) ● LDK #4304 (33:21) ● LDK #4416 (35:41) ● LND #10089 (38:01) ● Libsecp256k1 #1777 (39:46) ● BIPs #2047 (42:39) ● BOLTs #1316 (46:42) ● BOLTs #1312 (47:26)

People in this episode

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

Guest: Jonathan Harvey-Buschel

Topics covered

• Bitcoin Script
• Gossip Observer
• BDK wallet
• Bitcoin Core
• LDK
• LND
• Libsecp256k1

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• Gossip Observer
• BDK wallet
• Bitcoin Core
• LDK
• LND
• Libsecp256k1
• BIPs
• BOLTs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitcoin Optech

Products: BDK wallet 3.0.0-rc.1

Books & works: Newsletter #396, Bitcoin Core #26988, Bitcoin Core #34692, LDK #4304, LDK #4416, LND #10089, Libsecp256k1 #1777, BIPs #2047, BOLTs #1316, BOLTs #1312

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