Bitcoin Optech newsletter #281 is here:
- summarizes a discussion about griefing liquidity advertisements
- summarizes changes to services/client software
- summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange
- Optech Newsletter #281 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/13/
Bastien Teinturier posted to the Lightning-Dev mailing list about a potential problem with timelocks on dual-funded channels created from liquidity advertisements...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/13/
Changes to services and client software:
- Stratum v2 mining pool launches
- Bitcoin network simulation tool warnet announced
- Payjoin client for Bitcoin Core released
- Call for community block arrival timestamps
- Envoy 1.4 released
- BBQr encoding scheme announced
- Zeus v0.8.0 released
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/13/#changes-to-services-and-client-software
Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange:
- What are all the rules related to CPFP fee bumping?
- How is the total number of RBF replaced transactions calculated?
- What types of RBF exist and which one does Bitcoin Core support and use by default?
- What is the Block 1,983,702 Problem?
- What are hash functions used for in bitcoin?
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/13/#selected-qa-from-bitcoin-stack-exchange
Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guest Bastien Teinturier on Twitter Spaces Thursday at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!