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Adam Gibson, Vincenzo Palazzo (@PalazzoVincenzo), and João Dias (@jaoNoctus) joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #428: News ● Trust-minimized exits from a single-issuer layer 2 (1:32) ● Descriptor syntax for hash preimages (18:03) Changes to services and client software ● Ibis Wallet v5.0-beta released (26:31) ● Landfall wallet for Lightning mining payouts (28:57) ● rbitcoin 0.8.0 released (38:44) Releases and release candidates ● Eclair 0.14.4 (43:18) ● BDK chain 0.23.4 (45:37) ● LND v0.21.5-beta.rc1 (47:09) Notable code and documentation changes ● Eclair #3409 (50:16) ● Eclair #3411 (52:20) ● LDK #5126 (55:03) ● LND #10919 (56:19) ● BTCPay Server #7679 (1:01:06) ● BTCPay Server #7684 (1:02:39) ● BDK #2325 (1:04:18) ● BOLTs #1357 (1:07:13) ● BOLTs #1352 (1:10:03)

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Bitcoin Optech newsletter #428 is here: - describes a design for a single-issuer layer 2 whose users can redeem their bitcoin onchain without the issuer’s cooperation - summarizes a proposal for including hash preimages in output script descriptors. - summarizes changes to services/client software - Optech Newsletter #428 Podcast

Changes to services and client software: - Ibis Wallet v5.0-beta released - Landfall wallet for Lightning mining payouts - rbitcoin 0.8.0 released

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter streaming live on X/Twitter Tuesday at 16:30 UTC.

Erick Cestari (@iamflops) and Adam Gibson joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #427: News ● Disclosure of two DoS vulnerabilities fixed in Eclair v0.14.1 (0:53) ● Offchain contracts in Lightning channels (12:57) Releases and release candidates ● Bitcoin Core 32.0rc4 (43:15) Notable code and documentation changes ● Eclair #3396 (49:25) ● Eclair #3399 (53:23) ● Eclair #3395 (57:23) ● Eclair #3401 (59:09) ● LDK #5080 (1:01:03) ● LDK #5087 (1:02:46) ● LND #11068 (1:05:04) ● Rust Bitcoin #6956 (1:07:44) ● BDK #2319 (1:10:22)

@iamflops You can listen on our website: Fountain: Spotify: Apple Podcasts:

Welcome to our live show!

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #427 is here: - summarizes the disclosure of two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in older versions of Eclair - describes a proposed scheme for running complex multi-round contracts inside Lightning channels - Optech Newsletter #427 Podcast

Adam Gibson posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list about a proposal for protocol, called LN-GAP, to run complex, multi-round, two-party contracts inside a Lightning channel while settling disputes onchain in a constant number of transactions...

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter streaming live on X/Twitter Tuesday at 16:30 UTC.

Clara Shikhelman (@ClaraShik) and Elias Rohrer (@_tnull) joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #426: News ● Dynamic one-byte message type IDs for BIP324 (45:02) ● Discussion of conventions for tagged hash tags in BIPs (49:04) ● Proposal for onchain, private bitcoin transfers with no consensus changes (1:15) Releases and release candidates ● Bitcoin Core 32.0rc3 (53:34) ● Core Lightning 26.06.9 (54:38) ● LDK v0.3-rc3 (23:38) ● LDK v0.2.7 (24:33) ● BTCPay Server 2.4.5 (56:55) Notable code and documentation changes ● Bitcoin Core #36277 (59:51) ● Bitcoin Core #36365 (1:05:09) ● Bitcoin Core #36338 (1:07:53) ● Bitcoin Core #32895 (1:10:38) ● Core Lightning #9582 (1:12:38) ● Eclair #3390 (1:18:03) ● LDK #5057 (33:00) ● LDK #5042 (35:55) ● LDK #5046 (38:25) ● LDK #5028 (41:43) ● LND #11290 (1:20:41)

Welcome to our live show!

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #426 is here: - links to a draft BIP for letting peers choose their own one-byte message type IDs over the version 2 P2P transport - summarizes a discussion about whether BIPs should include their number in tagged hash tags - describes a proposed metaprotocol for private onchain transfers that requires no consensus changes - Optech Newsletter #426 Podcast

Misha Komarov (@nemothenoone) posted to Delving Bitcoin about a proposal for a new metaprotocol built on top of Bitcoin, called Shielded Bitcoin, that would enable private transfers while requiring no changes in consensus...

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter streaming live on X/Twitter Tuesday at 16:30 UTC.