Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #397 Recap

Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #397 Recap

From Bitcoin Optech Podcast by Bitcoin Optech

March 24, 2026 · 1h 30m

About this episode

The episode discusses the highlights and updates from Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #397, including software releases and notable changes in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Corallo, Gregory Sanders, and Sebastian van Staa to discuss ⁠Newsletter #397⁠ . Changes to services and client software ● Cake Wallet adds Lightning support (1:06:09) ● Sparrow 2.4.0 and 2.4.2 released (1:13:15) ● Blockstream Jade adds Lightning via Liquid (1:15:33) ● Lightning Labs releases agent tools (14:49) ● Tether launches MiningOS (1:17:38) ● FIBRE network relaunched (1:35) ● TUI for Bitcoin Core released (1:19:34) Releases and release candidates ● Bitcoin Core 31.0rc1 (28:24) ● BTCPay Server 2.3.6 (1:20:55) Notable code and documentation changes ● Bitcoin Core #31560 (1:21:55) ● Bitcoin Core #31774 (1:23:35) ● Core Lightning #8817 (1:25:12) ● Eclair #3265 (1:27:41) ● LDK #4427 (22:36) ● LDK #4484 (23:45) ● BIPs #1974 (49:52)

People in this episode

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

Guests: Matt Corallo, Gregory Sanders, Sebastian van Staa

Topics covered

  • Bitcoin updates
  • Lightning Network
  • Software releases
  • Wallet support
  • Mining technology
  • Code changes

Keywords

  • Bitcoin
  • Lightning support
  • software updates
  • Cake Wallet
  • Sparrow
  • Blockstream Jade
  • Tether
  • FIBRE
  • Bitcoin Core
  • BTCPay Server

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cake Wallet, Sparrow, Blockstream Jade, Lightning Labs, Tether, FIBRE, Bitcoin Core, BTCPay Server, Core Lightning, Eclair

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