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Recent newsletters and blog posts

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #140

    This week’s newsletter describes a discussion about rescuing lost LN funding transactions and includes our regular sections with announcements of releases, release candidates, and notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #139

    This week’s newsletter summarizes continued discussion about proposed methods for activating taproot and links to an effort to document existing software building on top of taproot. Also included are our regular sections with the summary of a Bitcoin Core PR Review Club meeting, announcements of releases and release candidates, and descriptions of notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.

  • Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #138

    This week’s newsletter describes discussion about a desired replacement for some of the features of the BIP70 payment protocol and summarizes proposals for a standardized way to exchange fraud proofs for Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs). Also included are our regular sections describing new software releases, available release candidates, and notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

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