Bitcoin Optech newsletter #379 is here:
- shares an analysis comparing the historical performance of the OpenSSL and libsecp256k1 libraries
- highlights multiple discussions about restricting data
- summarizes a proposed post-quantum signature aggregation opcode
- summarizes an idea for STARK proof verification in Bitcoin Script
- updates progress on BIP54's consensus cleanup
- Optech Newsletter #379 Podcast
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/11/07/
Sebastian Falbesoner posted to Delving about comparing the performance of ECDSA signature validation between OpenSSL and libsecp256k1 over the last decade...
Multiple conversations examined ideas to change the limits of various fields in consensus...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/11/07/#multiple-discussions-about-restricting-data
Tadge Dryja posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a proposal for an OP_CHECKINPUTVERIFY (OP_CIV) opcode that enables a locking script to commit to a specific UTXO being spent in the same transaction...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/11/07/#post-quantum-signature-aggregation
Abdelhamid Bakhta posted to Delving Bitcoin a detailed proposal for a new tapscript opcode OP_STARK_VERIFY which would enable the verification of a specific variant of STARK proof in Bitcoin Script...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/11/07/#native-stark-proof-verification-in-bitcoin-script
Antoine Poinsot posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list an update on his consensus cleanup work on BIP54...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/11/07/#bip54-implementation-and-test-vectors
Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on Riverside.fm Tuesday at 16:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!