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Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Gustavo Flores Echaiz are joined by Sebastian Falbesoner and Oleksandr Kurbatov to discuss Newsletter #392.News● Proposal to limit the number of per-group silent payment recipients (1:13) ● BLISK, Boolean circuit Logic Integrated into the Single Key (26:43) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 29.3 (49:18) ● LDK 0.2.2 (51:16) ● HWI 3.2.0 (52:20) ● Bitcoin Inquisition 29.2 (53:54) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #32420 (56:05) ● Core Lightning #8772 (1:02:29) ● LND #10507 (1:03:56) ● LDK #4387 (1:05:48) ● LDK #4355 (1:08:14) ● LDK #4354 (1:09:21) ● LDK #4303 (1:10:52) ● HWI #784 (1:13:10) ● BIPs #2092 (1:15:02) ● BIPs #2004 (1:16:33) ● BIPs #2017 (1:19:44) ● Bitcoin Inquisition #99 (1:26:53)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Misha Komarov, Erik De Smedt, and arbedout to discuss Newsletter #393.News● Recent OP_RETURN output statistics (45:54) ● Bitcoin PIPEs v2 (1:33) Changes to services and client software● Second releases hArk-based Ark software (20:21) ● Amboss announces RailsX (55:35) ● Nunchuk adds silent payment support (56:11) ● Electrum adds submarine swap features (58:08) ● Sigbash v2 announced (33:56) Releases and release candidates● BTCPay Server 2.3.5 (1:00:11) ● LND 0.20.1-beta (1:01:43) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33965 (1:02:55) ● Eclair #3248 (1:05:55) ● Eclair #3246 (1:07:08) ● LDK #4335 (1:08:52) ● LDK #4318 (1:14:32) ● LND #10542 (1:15:55) ● BIPs #1670 (1:17:02) ● BOLTs #1236 (1:27:50) ● BOLTs #1289 (1:29:10)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Toby Sharp, Chris Hyunhum Cho, Jonas Nick, and Antoine Poinsot to discuss Newsletter #391.News● A constant-time parallelized UTXO database (25:40) ● Bithoven: A formally verified, imperative language for Bitcoin Script (44:48) ● Discussion of dust attack mitigations (1:43:33) Changing consensus● SHRINCS: 324-byte stateful post-quantum signatures with static backups (1:30) ● Addressing remaining points on BIP54 (1:10:08) ● Falcon post-quantum signature scheme proposal (20:05) ● SLH-DSA verification can compete with ECC (23:28) Releases and release candidates● LDK 0.1.9 (1:50:27) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33604 (1:53:10) ● Bitcoin Core #34358 (1:54:58) ● Core Lightning #8824 (1:56:20) ● Eclair #3244 (1:58:17) ● LDK #4263 (2:00:07) ● LDK #4300 (2:01:54) ● LND #10473 (2:03:57) ● Rust Bitcoin #5493 (2:07:36)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Gustavo Flores Echaiz are joined by Liam Eagen to discuss Newsletter #390.News● Argo: a garbled-circuits scheme with more efficient off-chain computation (0:48) ● LN-Symmetry update (26:05) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● What is stored in dbcache and with what priority? (34:21) ● Can one do a coinjoin in Shielded CSV? (24:02) ● In Bitcoin Core, how to use Tor for broadcasting new transactions only? (36:47) ● Brassard-Høyer-Tapp (BHT) algorithm and Bitcoin (BIP360) (38:31) ● Why does BitHash alternate sha256 and ripmed160? (39:24) Releases and release candidates● Libsecp256k1 0.7.1 (41:09) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33822 (42:59) ● Bitcoin Core #34269 (44:50) ● Core Lightning #8850 (47:38) ● LDK #4349 (49:16) ● Rust Bitcoin #5470 (50:54) ● Rust Bitcoin #5443 (51:26) ● BDK #2037 (52:51) ● BIPs #2076 (55:49) ● BIPs #1500 (59:39)
Kuomet fizikai prabilo apie keliones laiku kaip apie teoriškai įmanomą galimybę? Kaip galėtų veikti laiko mašina? Kodėl kelionę ateities link yra lengviau įgyvendinti nei šuolį į praeitį?Į kokį LDK laikotarpį istorikai rekomenduotų nusitaikyti pasiryžėliams keliauti laiku? Kokius namų darbus turėtų atlikti tokie nuotykių ieškotojai? Ką apie Viduramžių visuomenę derėtų išsiaiškinti prieš sėdant į laiko mašiną? Kur keliautojai laiku galėtų apsistoti, ką valgyti, su kuo jiems patartina (ne)bendrauti, kokių dalykų vengti?Pokalbis su istorikais - Vilniaus universiteto Istorijos fakulteto doc. Tomu Čelkiu, dr. Antanu Petrilioniu, doktorantu Povilu Andriumi Stepavičiumi bei fiziku, Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų centro vyresniuoju mokslo darbuotoju dr. Mindaugu Karčiausku.Ved. Aurimas Švedas
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by René Pickhardt to discuss Newsletter #389.News● A mathematical theory of payment channel networks (0:31) Changes to services and client software● Electrum server for testing silent payments (30:04) ● BDK WASM library (33:28) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning 25.12.1 (35:14) ● LND 0.20.1-beta.rc1 (39:14) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #32471 (40:57) ● Bitcoin Core #34146 (42:02) ● Core Lightning #8831 (45:00) ● LDK #4261 (45:35) ● LDK #4152 (46:24) ● LND #10488 (47:42) ● LND #10331 (48:43) ● Rust Bitcoin #5402 (49:06) ● BIPs #1820 (50:39) ● BOLTs #1306 (51:41) ● BLIPs #59 (53:05)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bruno Garcia to discuss Newsletter #388.News● An overview of incremental mutation testing in Bitcoin Core (0:43) ● BIP process updated (18:53) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 30.2 (26:31) ● BTCPay Server 2.3.3 (27:23) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33819 (28:42) ● Bitcoin Core #29415 (31:44) ● Core Lightning #8830 (42:16) ● Eclair #3233 (44:19) ● Eclair #3237 (47:59) ● LDK #4232 (50:00) ● LND #10296 (52:24) ● BTCPay Server #7068 (53:43) ● BIPs #1982 (55:37)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by René Pickhardt and Craig Raw to discuss Newsletter #387.News● Bitcoin Core wallet migration bug (0:55) ● Using Ark as a channel factory (7:47) ● Draft BIP for silent payment descriptors (29:02) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 30.2rc1 (58:34) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #34156 (59:32) ● Bitcoin Core #34085 (1:03:54) ● Bitcoin Core #34197 (1:07:43) ● Bitcoin Core #33135 (1:09:10) ● LDK #4213 (1:11:02) ● Eclair #3217 (1:15:39) ● LND #10367 (1:18:49) ● Rust Bitcoin #5450 (1:22:51) ● Rust Bitcoin #5434 (1:23:40)
Pokalbyje su Vilniaus universiteto Istorijos fakulteto dėstytoju ir tyrėju dr. Antanu Petrilioniu žvelgiama į Vytauto Didžiojo LDK valdymo laikotarpį bei šio valdovo asmenybę, vėlesnį jo vertinimą visuomenėje, įgavusį netgi savotiškų kulto požymių. Suvokiant Vytautą Didįjį ne vien kaip valdovą, bet kaip žmogų, turėjusį savo pomėgius ir įpročius, aptariami Vytauto kasdienybės pasirinkimai, santykiai su žmonomis, per susirašinėjimus su kitais valdovais, didikais atsiskleidžiamos būdo savybės. Pokalbyje paliečiama ir didžioji Lietuvos istorijos nuoskauda - neįvykusi Vytauto karūnacija. Ėjimas link šio sprendimo, palaikymo aplinkybės, taip pat keliamas alternatyvios istorijos iššūkis pašnekovui - ar kas esmingai būtų pasikeitę LDK istorinėje perspektyvoje, jei karūnavimas būtų įvykęs?Ved. Jurgita Verbickienė ir Akvilė Naudžiūnienė
Galerijoje „Arka“ atidaroma menininkės Monikos Gedrimaitės paroda „Lauko kabinetas“„Truputį tapau šio parko įkaitu“, – sako Panevėžio rajone skulptūrų parką įkūręs Alfridas Pajuodis.2025 metų pabaigoje išleistas senosios muzikos albumas „Et in terra: Intabuliacijos XVII a. LDK muzikiniuose rankraščiuose“. Albume užfiksuoti muzikos kūriniai iš „Sapiegų albumo“, „Kražių vargonininko sąsiuvinio“ ir „Braunsbergo tabultūros“.Kaune pristatoma šiuolaikinės lietuvių tapybos klasikės Rūtos Katiliūtės personalinė paroda „Atmosfera“.Ved. Marius Eidukonis
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse and Salvatore Ingala to discuss Newsletter #384.News● Critical vulnerabilities fixed in LND 0.19.0 (0:59) ● A virtualized secure enclave for hardware signing devices (21:11) Changes to services and client software● Interactive transaction visualization tool (37:16) ● BlueWallet v7.2.2 released (38:20) ● Stratum v2 updates (38:42) ● Auradine announces Stratum v2 support (40:18) ● LDK Node 0.7.0 released (41:58) ● BIP-329 Python Library 1.0.0 release (43:30) ● Bitcoin Safe 1.6.0 released (44:34) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● Does a clearnet connection to my Lightning node require a TLS certificate? (45:12) ● Why do different implementations produce different DER signatures for the same private key and hash? (45:58) ● Why is the miniscript `after` value limited at 0x80000000? (49:27) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33528 (53:12) ● Bitcoin Core #33723 (54:17) ● Bitcoin Core #33993 (56:35) ● Bitcoin Core #33553 (59:54) ● Eclair #3220 (1:01:52) ● LDK #4231 (1:02:48) ● LND #10396 (1:05:40) ● BTCPay Server #7022 (1:08:26) ● Rust Bitcoin #5379 (1:09:32) ● BIPs #2050 (1:10:06)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Moonsettler and Julian to discuss Newsletter #383.News● Consensus bug in NBitcoin library (1:04) Changing consensus● LNHANCE soft fork (24:00) ● Benchmarking the varops budget (5:09) ● SLH-DSA (SPHINCS) post-quantum signature optimizations (45:29) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning v25.12 (1:02:24) ● LDK 0.2 (1:03:43) Notable code and documentation changes● Core Lightning #8728 (1:05:14) ● Core Lightning #8702 (1:06:55) ● Core Lightning #8735 (1:07:24) ● LDK #4226 (1:11:41) ● LND #10341 (1:12:49) ● BTCPay Server #6986 (1:14:00) ● BIPs #2015 (1:16:18)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt discuss Newsletter #382.News● Stats on compact block reconstructions updates (0:34) ● Motion to activate BIP3 (7:26) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● Do pruned nodes store witness inscriptions? (24:27) ● Increasing probability of block hash collisions when difficulty is too high (29:33) ● What is the purpose of the initial 0x04 byte in all extended public and private keys? (33:25) Releases and release candidates● LND v0.20.0-beta (34:57) ● Core Lightning v25.12rc1 (35:57) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33872 (37:55) ● Bitcoin Core #33629 (42:05) ● Core Lightning #8677 (49:49) ● Core Lightning #8546 (51:28) ● Core Lightning #8682 (53:19) ● LDK #4197 (55:39) ● LDK #4234 (1:00:56) ● LDK #4148 (1:02:17) ● BDK #2027 (1:03:04)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Antoine Poinsot and ZmnSCPxj to discuss Newsletter #381.News● Modeling stale rates by propagation delay and mining centralization (1:03) ● Private key handover for collaborative closure (30:55) Changes to services and client software● Arkade launches (52:32) ● Mempool monitoring mobile application (55:25) ● Web-based policy and miniscript IDE (56:25) ● Phoenix Wallet adds taproot channels (57:45) ● Nunchuk 2.0 launches (59:19) ● LN gossip traffic analysis tool announced (1:01:49) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33745 (1:04:23) ● Core Lightning #8537 (1:09:28) ● Core Lightning #8608 (1:11:26) ● Core Lightning #8646 (1:13:34) ● Core Lightning #8569 (1:17:44) ● Core Lightning #8558 (1:22:46) ● LDK #4126 (1:24:11) ● LDK #4208 (1:26:37) ● LND #9432 (1:27:58) ● BOLTs #1284 (1:31:38) ● BOLTs #1044 (1:33:33)
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Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by TheCharlatan to discuss Newsletter #380.Releases and release candidates● LND 0.20.0-beta.rc4 (1:30) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #30595 (2:56) ● Bitcoin Core #33443 (28:03) ● Core Lightning #8656 (29:42) ● Core Lightning #8671 (30:22) ● LDK #4204 (33:09) ● BIPs #2022 (34:45)
Kiek Lietuvos yra kompiuteriniuose žaidimuose? Ar kada nors turėsime žaidimą apie LDK laikus?Operos solistė Asmik Grigorian prestižiniuose Tarptautiniuose Operos apdovanojimuose pripažinta geriausia šių metų soliste.Niujorke vyksta performansų bienalė „Performa“.Spalio pradžioje Kaišiadoryse turėjusi įvykti spektaklio „Šarūnas“ premjera buvo perkelta, o šiandien ji vyks Dūmų fabrike Vilniuje.Ved. Donatas Šukelis
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sebastian Falbesoner, PortlandHODL, Tadge Dryja, and Antoine Poinsot to discuss Newsletter #379.News● Comparing performance of ECDSA signature validation in OpenSSL vs. libsecp256k1 (1:47) Changing consensus● Multiple discussions about restricting data (14:05) ● Post-quantum signature aggregation (1:00:05) ● Native STARK proof verification in Bitcoin Script (1:18:47) ● BIP54 implementation and test vectors (35:47) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning 25.09.2 (1:30:54) ● LND 0.20.0-beta.rc3 (1:31:44) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #31645 (1:32:34) ● Core Lightning #8636 (1:40:08) ● Core Lightning #8639 (1:43:18) ● Core Lightning #8635 (1:44:31) ● Eclair #3209 (1:46:25) ● Eclair #3206 (1:46:59) ● Eclair #3210 (1:49:31) ● LDK #4140 (1:54:13) ● LDK #4168 (1:59:12) ● Rust Bitcoin #5116 (2:01:06) ● BTCPay Server #6922 (2:05:05)
「車内を“第2のリビング”へ。大画面ホームシアターにもなる、シャープのコンセプトカー「LDK+」初展示」 10月30日(木)から11月9日(日)まで、東京ビックサイトにて開催されているジャパンモビリティショー(Japan Mobility Show)。シャープは、新たにコンセプトEVとなる「LDK+」を発表。会場にて初お披露目した。
Gustavo Flores Echaiz and Mike Schmidt are joined by Abubakar Sadiq Ismail and Carla Kirk-Cohen to discuss Newsletter #377.News● Detecting block template feerate increases using cluster mempool (1:06) ● Channel jamming mitigation simulation results and updates (9:28) Changes to services and client software● BULL wallet launches (37:22) ● Sparrow 2.3.0 released (39:40) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning 25.09.1 (40:47) ● Bitcoin Core 28.3 (41:18) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33157 (43:00) ● Bitcoin Core #29675 (45:56) ● Bitcoin Core #33517 (46:59) ● Eclair #2792 (49:01) ● LDK #4122 (51:01) ● LND #9868 (52:37) ● LND #10273 (53:48)
Gustavo Flores Echaiz and Mike Schmidt are joined by Francesco Madonna and supertestnet to discuss Newsletter #376.News● Continued discussion of block template sharing (17:30) ● B-SSL a Secure Bitcoin Signing Layer (2:54) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 30.0 (22:32) ● Bitcoin Core 29.2 (28:44) ● LDK 0.1.6 (29:37) Notable code and documentation changes● Eclair #3184 (30:59) ● Core Lightning #8597 (32:25) ● LDK #4117 (34:05) ● LDK #4077 (35:03) ● LDK #4154 (36:47)
「シャープ、“ホームシアター”搭載のEVコンセプトモデル「LDK+」を発表。2027年市場投入を目指す」 シャープは、EVのコンセプトモデルの第2弾となる「LDK+」を発表、10月30日より開催されるジャパンモビリティショウ(JMS)にて一般公開する。シャープがこれまで培ってきたAI、家電、エネルギー等の技術を結集させ、「シャープらしいEV」をテーマに、2027年の市場投入を目指して展開していくと明らかにした。
Francis is the Founder of Bull Bitcoin, one of the best bitcoin brokerage services. They recently launched a self custody mobile wallet on ios and android: Bull Wallet. This rip was earlier today, in person, in Lugano. We are both here for the PlanB Forum.Francis on Nostr: https://primal.net/francisFrancis on X: https://x.com/francispouliot_Bull Wallet: https://wallet.bullbitcoin.comPlanB Forum: https://planb.lugano.ch/planb-forum/EPISODE: 181BLOCK: 920238PRICE: 929 sats per dollar(00:00:00) Catching up from Lugano: old rips, 2019 memories, and lore(00:01:07) Introducing Bull Wallet: goals, BDK under the hood, and UX vision(00:02:21) Lightning lessons: LDK attempts, liquidity pain, and Phoenix tradeoffs(00:04:38) Fee shocks and “just-in-time” channels: why Liquid entered the plan(00:06:24) Liquid + Boltz atomic swaps: architecture, Rootstock notes, and standards push(00:07:37) Designing for privacy and power users: Sparrow on mobile, Payjoin journey(00:12:21) Data minimization in practice: no push, no cloud leaks, strict dependencies(00:13:56) Shipping realities: iOS approval grind and cross‑platform necessity(00:15:11) Secure versus Instant: Liquid framing, hype cycles, and collaborative custody(00:19:13) The UX–compromise matrix: placing Liquid among trust models(00:21:24) Auto‑swap safety rails: keeping Liquid balances modest by default(00:24:26) Confidential transactions and buying flows: privacy wins via Liquid(00:27:24) Swap providers and resilience: Boltz today, multi‑provider tomorrow(00:31:05) Builders who ship: moving fast, potentially Ark or Spark in the future(00:32:11) Why Ark: unilateral exits, pre‑confirmed states, and costs(00:50:00) Ark tradeoffs without soft forks: watchtowers, refresh, and liveness(00:57:15) Ark vs Liquid in Bull Wallet: timelines, reckless testing, and user defaults(01:04:12) Payjoin, heuristics, and passive consolidation(01:11:01) Consolidation strategies: Liquid swaps, CT, and fee‑aware UTXO management(01:15:48) Lightning address UX with Liquid: directories, costs, and tiny payments(01:17:10) Nostr as a wallet backend: zaps, contact book, and secure comms(01:18:01) Multisig in practice: BitPay's UX, Miniscript future, and mobile approvals(01:20:19) Operator messaging and alerts: following npubs inside the app(01:20:49) Core v30, OP_RETURN, and policy vs consensus(01:31:09) Funding open source: OpenSats, private companies, and shipping culture(01:35:15) Why open source keeps us sane: creativity, legacy, and closing notesmore info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.comlearn more about me: https://odell.xyz
Gustavo Flores Echaiz and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sindura Saraswathi, ZmnSCPxj, and Eugene Siegel to discuss Newsletter #375.News● Optimal Threshold Signatures (1:56) ● Flattening certain nested threshold signatures (14:33) ● Theoretical limitations on embedding data in the UTXO set (38:14) Bitcoin Core PR Review Club● Compact block harness (27:12) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Inquisition 29.1 (45:01) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33453 (47:16) ● Bitcoin Core #33504 (51:52) ● Core Lightning #8563 (53:55) ● Core Lightning #8523 (56:55) ● Core Lightning #8398 (58:22) ● LDK #4120 (59:47) ● LND #10254 (1:01:35)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gustavo Flores Echaiz to discuss Newsletter #374.Changing consensus● Draft BIPs for Script Restoration (0:40) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 30.0rc2 (19:19) ● bdk-wallet 2.2.0 (23:39) ● LND v0.20.0-beta.rc1 (24:15) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33229 (25:03) ● Bitcoin Core #33446 (26:55) ● LDK #3838 (28:11) ● LDK #4098 (30:40) ● LDK #4106 (33:40) ● LDK #4096 (35:43) ● LND #10133 (37:24) ● BDK #2029 (39:08) ● BIPs #1911 (42:15)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse, Daniela Brozzoni, and Gustavo Flores Echaiz to discuss Newsletter #373.News● Eclair vulnerability (18:50) ● Research into feerate settings (0:35) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● Implications of OP_RETURN changes in upcoming Bitcoin Core version 30.0? (28:27) ● If OP_RETURN relay limits are ineffective, why remove the safeguard instead of keeping it as a default discouragement? (42:12) ● What are the worst-case stress scenarios from uncapped OP_RETURNs in Bitcoin Core v30? (43:25) ● If OP_RETURN needed more room, why was the 80-byte cap removed instead of being raised to 160? (50:39) ● If arbitrary data is inevitable, does removing OP_RETURN limits shift demand toward more harmful storage methods (like UTXO-inflating addresses)? (59:48) ● If OP_RETURN uncapping doesn't increase the UTXO set, how does it still contribute to blockchain bloat and centralization pressure? (1:00:17) ● How does uncapping OP_RETURN impact long-term fee-market quality and security budget? (1:02:11) ● Assurance blockchain will not suffer from illegal content with 100KB OP_RETURN? (1:04:34) ● What analysis shows OP_RETURN uncapping won't harm block propagation or orphan risk? (1:05:25) ● Where does Bitcoin Core keep the XOR obfuscation keys for both block data files and level DB indexes? (1:06:10) ● How robust is 1p1c transaction relay in bitcoin core 28.0? (1:06:34) ● How can I allow getblocktemplate to include sub 1 sat/vbyte transactions? (1:10:37) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 30.0rc1 (1:13:00) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33333 (1:15:26) ● Bitcoin Core #28592 (1:18:36) ● Eclair #3171 (1:22:33) ● Eclair #3175 (1:26:41) ● LDK #4064 (1:29:36) ● LDK #4067 (1:31:04) ● LDK #4046 (1:32:43) ● LDK #4083 (1:35:27) ● LND #10189 (1:38:23) ● BIPs #1963 (1:41:17)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by ZmnSCPxj and Constantine Doumanidis to discuss Newsletter #372.News● LSP-funded redundant overpayments (16:24) ● Partitioning and eclipse attacks using BGP interception (1:02) Changes to services and client software● Zero-knowledge proof of reserve tool (13:49) ● Alternative submarine swap protocol proof of concept (15:12) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 30.0rc1 (39:14) ● BDK Chain 0.23.2 (1:16:28) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #33268 (1:17:19) ● Eclair #3157 (1:18:56) ● LND #9975 (1:19:52) ● LND #9677 (1:20:21) ● LDK #4045 (1:20:41) ● LDK #4049 (1:20:32) ● BDK #1582 (1:22:18) ● BDK #2000 (1:23:13) ● BDK #2028 (1:24:17)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Jonas Nick and Bastien Teinturier to discuss Newsletter #370.News● Provable Cryptography Workbook (0:48) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 29.1 (10:48) ● Eclair v0.13.0 (11:17) ● Bitcoin Core 30.0rc1 (25:27) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #30469 (33:18) ● Eclair #3163 (33:18) ● Eclair #2308 (40:27) ● Eclair #3021 (45:18) ● Eclair #3142 (48:08) ● LDK #4053 (50:30) ● LDK #3886 (58:12)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Russell O'Connor, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and Jeremy Rubin to discuss Newsletter #370.Changing consensus● Details about the design of Simplicity (37:56) ● Draft BIP for adding elliptic curve operations to tapscript (1:52) ● Draft BIP for OP_TWEAKADD (19:23) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning v25.09 (59:40) ● Bitcoin Core 29.1rc2 (1:00:24) Notable code and documentation changes● LDK #3726 (1:00:55) ● LDK #4019 (1:02:24) ● LND #9455 (1:03:09) ● LND #10103 (1:04:00) ● HWI #795 (1:05:20)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt discuss Newsletter #368.News● Draft BIP for block template sharing (0:30) ● Trusted delegation of script evaluation (28:07) Changes to services and client software● ZEUS v0.11.3 released (33:07) ● Rust Utreexo resources (33:25) ● Peer-observer tooling and call to action (34:11) ● Bitcoin Core Kernel-based node announced (37:22) ● SimplicityHL released (38:23) ● LSP plugin for BTCPay Server (39:17) ● Proto mining hardware and software announced (39:42) ● Oracle resolution demo using CSFS (40:46) ● Relai adds taproot support (41:11) Releases and release candidates● LND v0.19.3-beta (43:09) ● Bitcoin Core 29.1rc1 (43:29) ● Core Lightning v25.09rc2 (43:55) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #32896 (44:33) ● Bitcoin Core #33106 (46:57) ● Core Lightning #8467 (1:02:49) ● Core Lightning #8354 (1:03:26) ● Eclair #3103 (1:04:07) ● Eclair #3134 (1:04:43) ● LDK #3897 (1:05:56)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bruno Garcia and Liam Eagen to discuss Newsletter #369.News● Update on differential fuzzing of Bitcoin and LN implementations (24:56) ● Garbled locks for accountable computing contracts (0:58) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● Is it possible to recover a private key from an aggregate public key under strong assumptions? (39:45) ● Are all taproot addresses vulnerable to quantum computing? (41:24) ● Why cant we set the chainstate obfuscation key? (45:20) ● Is it possible to revoke a spending branch after a block height? (52:09) ● Configure Bitcoin Core to use onion nodes in addition to IPv4 and IPv6 nodes? (53:45) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 29.1rc2 (54:22) ● Core Lightning v25.09rc4 (56:45) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #31802 (57:37) ● LDK #3979 (1:04:46) ● LND #10102 (1:06:19) ● Rust Bitcoin #4907 (1:07:04)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by David Gumberg, Lauren Shareshian, Jameson Lopp, Steven Roose, and Tim Ruffing to discuss Newsletter #365.News● Testing compact block prefilling (1:13:00) ● Mempool-based fee estimation library (1:33:53) Changing consensus● Migration from quantum-vulnerable outputs (49:17) ● Taproot-native `OP_TEMPLATEHASH` proposal (1:13) ● Proposal to allow longer relative timelocks (12:57) ● Security against quantum computers with taproot as a commitment scheme (23:48) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 29.1rc1 (1:46:55) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #29954 (1:48:12) ● Bitcoin Core #33004 (1:49:13) ● LDK #3246 (1:52:37) ● LDK #3892 (1:53:35) ● LDK #3662 (1:54:31)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse and Jesse Posner to discuss Newsletter #364.News● LND gossip filter DoS vulnerability (0:53) ● Chain code withholding for multisig scripts (15:16) ● Research indicates common Bitcoin primitives are compatible with quantum-resistant signature algorithms (38:46) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● How does Bitcoin Core handle reorgs larger than 10 blocks? (57:36) ● Advantages of a signing device over an encrypted drive? (1:01:29) ● Spending a taproot output through the keypath and scriptpath? (1:03:21) Releases and release candidates● Libsecp256k1 v0.7.0 (1:04:26) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #32521 (1:05:16) ● Bitcoin Core #31829 (1:15:00) ● LDK #3801 (1:19:51) ● LDK #3842 (1:21:11) ● BIPs #1890 (1:21:57) ● BOLTs #1232 (1:23:53)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Davidson Souza to discuss Newsletter #363.Changes to services and client software● Floresta v0.8.0 released (0:45) ● RGB v0.12 announced (20:38) ● FROST signing device available (25:34) ● Gemini adds taproot support (29:44) ● Electrum 4.6.0 released (38:14) Releases and release candidates● LND v0.19.2-beta (38:51) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #32604 (39:38) ● Bitcoin Core #32618 (40:55) ● Bitcoin Core #31553 (43:03) ● Core Lightning #7725 (46:53) ● Eclair #2716 (47:23) ● LDK #3628 (52:19) ● LDK #3890 (53:22) ● LND #10001 (54:30)
Sanket Kanjalkar, Jonas Nick, Tadge Dryja, Steven Roose, and Brandon Black join Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt to discuss Newsletter #361.News● Separating onion message relay from HTLC relay (2:06) Changing consensus● CTV+CSFS advantages for PTLCs (5:45) ● Vault output script descriptor (15:21) ● Continued discussion about CTV+CSFS advantages for BitVM (22:57) ● Open letter about CTV and CSFS (27:59) ● OP_CAT enables Winternitz signatures (1:12:27) ● Commit/reveal function for post-quantum recovery (1:22:46) ● OP_TXHASH variant with support for transaction sponsorship (1:53:31) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #32540 (2:13:29) ● Bitcoin Core #32638 (2:14:47) ● Bitcoin Core #32819 (2:15:25) ● LDK #3618 (2:17:41)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Daniela Brozzoni and Naiyoma to discuss Newsletter #360.News● Fingerprinting nodes using `addr` messages (1:00) ● Does any software use `H` in descriptors? (29:36) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● Is there any way to block Bitcoin Knots nodes as my peers? (33:42) ● What does OP_CAT do with integers? (42:00) ● Async Block Relaying With Compact Block Relay (BIP152) (43:03) ● Why is attacker revenue in selfish mining disproportional to its hash-power? (52:47) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 28.2 (57:51) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #31981 (59:21) ● Eclair #3109 (1:00:48) ● LND #9950 (1:01:31) ● LDK #3868 (1:01:56) ● LDK #3873 (1:03:10) ● Libsecp256k1 #1678 (1:04:11) ● BIPs #1803 (1:06:21)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bryan Bishop, Robin Linus, and Rene Pickhardt to discuss Newsletter #359.News● Proposal to restrict access to Bitcoin Core Project discussion (1:11) ● Improvements to BitVM-style contracts (21:17) ● Channel rebalancing research (41:57) Changes to services and client software● Cove v1.0.0 released (1:03:58) ● Liana v11.0 released (1:04:59) ● Stratum v2 STARK proof demo (1:06:48) ● Breez SDK adds BOLT12 and BIP353 (1:08:41) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning 25.05 (1:09:51) Notable code and documentation changes● Eclair #3110 (1:11:32) ● Eclair #3101 (1:12:41) ● LDK #3817 (1:13:35) ● LDK #3623 (1:14:04) ● BTCPay Server #6755 (1:15:11) ● Rust libsecp256k1 #798 (1:15:54)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Antoine Poinsot, Peter Todd, Josh Doman, and TheCharlatan to discuss Newsletter #358.News● Calculating the selfish mining danger threshold (0:52) ● Relay censorship resistance through top mempool set reconciliation (59:26) ● Updating BIP390 to allow duplicate participant keys in `musig()` expressions (55:50) ● Descriptor encryption library (31:35) Bitcoin Core PR Review Club● Separate UTXO set access from validation functions (43:05) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning 25.05rc1 (58:25) ● LND 0.19.1-beta (58:38) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #32406 (19:54) ● LDK #3793 (1:14:21) ● LDK #3792 (1:14:59) ● LND #9127 (1:18:38) ● LND #9858 (1:20:04) ● BOLTs #1243 (1:21:49)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Carla Kirk-Cohen, Joost Jager, and Elias Rohrer to discuss Newsletter #356.News● Do attributable failures reduce LN privacy? (0:57) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● Which transactions get into blockreconstructionextratxn? (40:40) ● Why would anyone use OP_RETURN over inscriptions, aside from fees? (46:47) ● Why is my Bitcoin node not receiving incoming connections? (48:25) ● How do I configure my node to filter out transactions larger than 400 bytes? (49:44) ● What does not publicly routable node in Bitcoin Core P2P mean? (52:21) ● Why would a node would ever relay a transaction? (52:46) ● Is selfish mining still an option with compact blocks and FIBRE? (55:00) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning 25.05rc1 (57:25) ● LDK 0.1.3 (57:56) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #31622 (1:00:32) ● Eclair #3065 (37:15) ● LDK #3796 (1:03:04) ● BIPs #1760 (1:03:40) ● BIPs #1850 (1:06:13) ● BIPs #1793 (1:09:05)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Ruben Somsen, Salvatore Ingala, and Stéphan Vuylsteke to discuss Newsletter #353.News● BIP30 consensus failure vulnerability (0:52) ● Avoiding BIP32 path reuse (28:33) Bitcoin Core PR Review Club● Add bitcoin wrapper executable (16:38) Releases and release candidates● LND 0.19.0-beta.rc4 (45:01) Notable code and documentation changes● Core Lightning #8227 (45:18) ● Core Lightning #8162 (46:43) ● Core Lightning #8166 (47:44) ● Core Lightning #8237 (48:49) ● LDK #3700 (49:28) ● Rust Bitcoin #4387 (49:55) ● BIPs #1835 (50:15) ● BIPs #1800 (55:03) ● BOLTs #1245 (56:37)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Jonas Nick and Salvatore Ingala to discuss Newsletter #351.News● Interactive aggregate signatures compatible with secp256k1 (0:50) ● Standardized backup for wallet descriptors (21:34) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● Practicality of half-aggregated schnorr signatures? (17:16) ● What's the largest size OP_RETURN payload ever created? (41:17) ● Non-LN explanation of pay-to-anchor? (43:29) ● Up-to-date statistics about chain reorganizations? (48:08) ● Are Lightning channels always P2WSH? (52:33) ● Child-pays-for-parent as a defense against a double spend? (53:40) ● What values does CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY hash? (59:06) ● Why can't Lightning nodes opt to reveal channel balances for better routing efficiency? (59:32) ● Does post-quantum require hard fork or soft fork? (1:02:27) Releases and release candidates● LND 0.19.0-beta.rc3 (1:07:39) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #31247 (1:07:58) ● LDK #3601 (1:10:14)
Kodėl žygeiviams būtų įdomu keliauti po Stulgių apylinkes, kurios siekia LDK laikus?Gerą dieną Stulgių neogotikinio stiliaus raudonplytė bažnyčia, primenanti tvirtovę, matosi nuo Kryžkalnio. Apie nedidelę ir varganą parapiją 1847 metais kunigas Motiejus Valančius rašė: „Klebonija nieko naudos, vos gali kunigu išmisti“. Sudegus medinei bažnyčiai, tuometinis klebonas kunigas Antanas Skinderis su parapijiečiais pastatė naują mūrinę šventovę.Stulgių kapinėse ilsisi Lietuvai nusipelnę žmonės.Kryžkalnio obelisko prototipas – Desiukiškių kalavijas.Po Kražių kraštą, Stulgių apylinkes, keliauti kviečia Keliautojo žinynų autoriai ir leidėjai Vytenis Almonaitis ir Junona Almonaitienė.Ved. Jolanta Jurkūnienė
I'm joined by guests Rob Hamilton & Rijndael to go through the list.Housekeeping (00:01:09) OP_Next recapBitcoin • Software Releases & Project Updates (00:15:18) Coldcard (00:42:53) Bitcoin Core (00:47:21) BDK (00:48:12) Coinswap (00:48:56) Electrum Wallet (00:52:45) BTCPay Server (00:53:33) Nunchuk Android (00:54:04) Liana (00:54:51) The Mempool Open Source Project (00:57:01) BoltzExchange boltz-web-app (00:57:16) RoboSats (00:57:21) Bitcoin Safe (00:57:58) Blockstream Green (00:58:08) Rust Payjoin (01:01:15) Zaprite (01:01:48) Krux (01:02:29) Iris Wallet Desktop (01:02:46) Bitcoin Core Config Generator (01:02:52) UTXOracle• Project Spotlight (01:04:14) SwiftSync (01:04:43) PrivatePond (01:05:00) JoinMarket Fidelity Bond Simulator (01:05:52) DahLIAS (01:06:00) Satoshi Escrow (01:06:12) Taplocks (01:15:48) bitcoin.softforks.org (01:15:52) CTV and CSFS Enabled Bitcoin Node (01:16:03) UTXOscope (01:16:13) Block Bitcoin Treasury (01:16:47) Waye (01:17:08) Sovereign Craft(Not) a Vulnerability Disclosure (01:17:17) Pay-to-Anchor outputs now exploited for blockchain spamAudience Questions (01:23:46) How do we use open time stamps for transfer of assets using two party integrity between holders? (01:24:50) Does Cove have testnet4? (01:25:15) Can you explain like I'm 5 what opcodes are, how they are used on the network, and the level of optionality that applies to them? (01:26:49) Please discuss this idea: Block-based TOTP for bitcoin wallet passphrase validation.Privacy & Other Related Bitcoin Projects • Software Releases & Project Updates (01:28:48) Tor Browser (01:28:51) TailsOS (01:28:53) NymVPN (01:28:55) MapleAILightning + L2+ • Project Spotlight (01:29:17) Misty Breez (01:29:25) Sovereign Tools (01:29:28) Silk Road on Lightning (01:29:37) Cashu Token Decoder• Software Releases & Project Updates (01:29:48) Zeus (01:29:49) LDK (01:31:40) Minibits Wallet (01:31:42) HydrusNostr • Project Spotlight (01:31:44) Atomic Signature Swaps over Nostr (01:31:51) Lantern (01:31:59) Promenade (01:32:09) Noauth-enclaved (01:32:27) GM SwapBoosts (01:33:04) Shoutout to top boosters Rod Palmer Bugle News, pink monkey, btconboard, jespada, AVERAGE_GARY & larryoshi finkamotoLinks & Contacts:Website: https://bitcoin.review/Substack: https://substack.bitcoin.review/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhqNVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvkTelegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPodEmail: producer@coinkite.comNostr & LN: ⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-95
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Dave Harding are joined by Sebastian Falbesoner, Ruben Somsen, and Abubakar Sadiq Ismail to discuss Newsletter #349.News● SwiftSync speedup for initial block download (0:34) Bitcoin Core PR Review Club● Add Fee rate Forecaster Manager (29:33) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning 25.02.1 (46:54) ● Core Lightning 24.11.2 (47:03) ● BTCPay Server 2.1.0 (48:14) ● Bitcoin Core 29.0rc3 (49:25) ● LND 0.19.0-beta.rc2 (51:21) Notable code and documentation changes● LDK #2256 (53:52) ● LND #9669 (56:16) ● Rust Bitcoin #4302 (57:24)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Niklas Gögge to discuss Newsletter #350.Changes to services and client software● Bitcoin Knots version 28.1.knots20250305 released (11:26) ● PSBTv2 explorer announced (13:51) ● LNbits v1.0.0 released (14:38) ● The Mempool Open Source Project® v3.2.0 released (15:22) ● Coinbase MPC library released (17:25) ● Lightning Network liquidity tool released (21:20) ● Versioned Storage Service announced (22:25) ● Fuzz testing tool for Bitcoin nodes (1:17) ● Bitcoin Control Board components open-sourced (23:50) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 29.0 (25:13) ● LND 0.19.0-beta.rc2 (34:41) Notable code and documentation changes● LDK #3593 (35:04) ● BOLTs #1242 (35:57) Correction (37:38)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Jonas Nick, Jameson Lopp, Steven Roose, Gregory Sanders, and Salvatore Ingala to discuss Newsletter #348.News● Educational and experimental-based secp256k1 implementation (1:09) Changing consensus● Should vulnerable bitcoins be destroyed? (9:17) ● Securely proving UTXO ownership by revealing a SHA256 preimage (34:52) ● Draft BIP for destroying quantum-insecure bitcoins (44:01) ● Criticism of CTV motivation (51:16) ● CTV+CSFS benefits (1:06:02) ● Benefit of CTV to Ark users (1:24:37) ● OP_CHECKCONTRACTVERIFY semantics (1:31:49) ● Draft BIP published for consensus cleanup (1:58:29) Releases and release candidates● BDK wallet 1.2.0 (2:06:03) ● LDK v0.1.2 (2:06:48) ● Bitcoin Core 29.0rc3 (2:07:13) ● LND 0.19.0-beta.rc1 (2:08:36) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #31363 (2:09:03) ● Bitcoin Core #31278 (2:09:44) ● Eclair #3050 (2:12:41) ● Eclair #2963 (2:13:54) ● Eclair #3045 (2:14:44) ● LDK #3670 (2:15:47) ● LND #9620 (2:16:24)
Šie metai Lietuvoje oficialiai paskelbti Motiejaus Kazimiero Sarbievijaus ir Baroko literatūros metais.Jėzuito, profesoriaus, retorikos teoretiko, bene žymiausio lotyniškai rašiusio Lietuvos baroko epochos poeto veikla glaudžiai siejasi su LDK, ypač Vilniumi ir Kražiais, kurių kraštovaizdį poetas užfiksavo savo kūryboje.Su mokslininkais, Keliautojo žinyno sudarytojais, Vyteniu ir Junona Almonaičiais lankysimės Kražiuose ir apylinkėse. Užsuksime į Motiejaus Kazimiero Sarbievijaus Kražių kultūros centrą, susipažinsime su direktore Lina Mikalajūnaite.Ved. Jolanta Jurkūnienė
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sjors Provoost and Antoine Poinsot to discuss Newsletter #347.News● LN upfront and hold fees using burnable outputs (0:54) ● Discussion of testnets 3 and 4 (5:11) ● Plan to relay certain taproot annexes (19:01) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange● Why is the witness commitment optional? (24:58) ● Can all consensus valid 64 byte transactions be (third party) malleated to change their size? (36:39) ● How long does it take for a transaction to propagate through the network? (47:37) ● Utility of longterm fee estimation (49:31) ● Why are two anchor outputs are used in the LN? (54:34) ● Why are there no BIPs in the 2xx range? (57:19) ● Why doesn't Bech32 use the character b? (59:55) ● Bech32 error detection and correction reference implementation (1:00:23) ● How to safely spend/burn dust? (1:02:48) ● How is the refund transaction in Asymmetric Revocable Commitments constructed? (1:07:34) ● Which applications use ZMQ with Bitcoin Core? (42:15) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 29.0rc2 (1:08:21) ● LND 0.19.0-beta.rc1 (1:08:55) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #31603 (45:12) ● Eclair #3044 (1:09:45) ● Eclair #3026 (1:10:38) ● LDK #3649 (1:11:02) ● LDK #3665 (1:11:59) ● LND #8453 (1:14:28) ● BIPs #1792 (1:16:00) ● BIPs #1782 (1:16:40)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sindura Saraswathi, Christian Kümmerle, and Stéphan Vuylsteke to discuss Newsletter #345.News● P2P traffic analysis (1:35) ● Research into single-path LN pathfinding (6:45) ● Probabilistic payments using different hash functions as an xor function (21:17) Bitcoin Core PR Review Club● Stricter internal handling of invalid blocks (26:12) Releases and release candidates● Eclair v0.12.0 (37:49) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #31407 (38:52) ● Eclair #3027 (43:22) ● Eclair #3007 (44:17) ● Eclair #2976 (44:57) ● LDK #3608 (47:17) ● LDK #3624 (48:12) ● LDK #3016 (50:28) ● LDK #3629 (52:15) ● BDK #1838 (53:06)
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse, Matt Corallo, and Hunter Beast to discuss Newsletter #344.News● Disclosure of fixed LND vulnerability allowing theft (0:57) ● Discussion about Bitcoin Core's priorities (10:49) Changing consensus● Bitcoin Forking Guide (1:01:11) ● Update on BIP360 pay-to-quantum-resistant-hash (P2QRH) (34:37) ● Private block template marketplace to prevent centralizing MEV (21:06) Releases and release candidates● Core Lightning 25.02 (1:09:57) Notable code and documentation changes● Eclair #3019 (1:11:21) ● Eclair #3016 (1:12:05) ● LDK #3342 (33:13) ● Rust Bitcoin #4114 (1:12:50) ● Rust Bitcoin #4111 (1:14:29) ● BIPs #1758 (1:15:09) ● BIPs #1750 (1:17:07) ● BIPs #1712 (1:18:10)