Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #408 Recap

About this episode

The episode discusses the key points from Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #408, including advancements in post-quantum technology and notable code changes.

Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Pyth and Ademan to discuss Newsletter #408 . News ● A post-quantum path for BIP324 (37:15) ● Discussion of QR signing payloads for miniscript wallets (1:27) Changing consensus ● CTV-only vault proof of concept (13:08) ● Post-quantum Lightning discussion (43:41) ● Quantum attack game theory (47:24) ● BIP54 64-byte transactions and potential legitimate uses (49:15) Releases and release candidates ● Core Lightning 26.06 (1:11:15) Notable code and documentation changes ● Bitcoin Core #35269 (1:15:42) ● Bitcoin Core #34644 (1:20:45) ● Bitcoin Core #34198 (1:22:21) ● LND #10813 (1:26:32) ● Rust Bitcoin #6250 (1:28:05) ● BOLTs #1338 (1:36:06) ● BOLTs #1326 (1:37:23)

People in this episode

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

Guests: Pyth, Ademan

Topics covered

• BIP324
• QR signing payloads
• CTV-only vault
• post-quantum Lightning
• quantum attack game theory
• 64-byte transactions
• Core Lightning release

Keywords

• BIP324
• miniscript wallets
• CTV-only vault
• post-quantum Lightning
• quantum attack
• 64-byte transactions
• Core Lightning
• Bitcoin Core
• LND
• Rust Bitcoin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitcoin Optech, Core Lightning, Bitcoin Core, LND, Rust Bitcoin, BOLTs

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