Bitcoin Optech
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We provide weekly newsletters, workshops, case studies, and research for the #Bitcoin community.
Joined June 2018
@4moonsettler @_julian256_ You can listen on our website: https://t.co/CMbQ6umWbb Fountain: https://t.co/uygEKICN9v Spotify: https://t.co/bUGicroEcE Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/7RKPTZNjBk
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Podcast Episode · Bitcoin Optech Podcast · 12/09/2025 · 1h 21m
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Moonsettler (@4moonsettler) and Julian (@_julian256_) joined Optech 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
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Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on https://t.co/4LN6fjdf6l Tuesday at 17:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions! https://t.co/DXKAz9NTTx
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Continuing the discussions around hardening Bitcoin against quantum computing, conduition (@conduition_io) presented his work on optimizing the SPHINCS signing algorithm... https://t.co/h5qog6tdJs
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This week’s newsletter describes a fixed vulnerability affecting the NBitcoin library. Also included are our regular sections summarizing discussion about changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules, announ...
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Julian (@_julian256_) posted a call to action to benchmark Bitcoin script execution under the varops budget... https://t.co/D79pXhYR55
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This week’s newsletter describes a fixed vulnerability affecting the NBitcoin library. Also included are our regular sections summarizing discussion about changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules, announ...
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Moonsettler (@4moonsettler) proposes a soft fork for LNHANCE now that all four of its constituent opcodes have updated BIPs and reference implementations... https://t.co/ECHgVjbTHm
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This week’s newsletter describes a fixed vulnerability affecting the NBitcoin library. Also included are our regular sections summarizing discussion about changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules, announ...
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Bruno Garcia (@brrrunog) posted to Delving Bitcoin about a theoretical consensus failure in NBitcoin that could occur when using OP_NIP... https://t.co/QoK8ENWPbe
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This week’s newsletter describes a fixed vulnerability affecting the NBitcoin library. Also included are our regular sections summarizing discussion about changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules, announ...
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Bitcoin Optech newsletter #383 is here: - describes a fixed vulnerability affecting the NBitcoin library - summarizes the LNHANCE soft fork proposal - relays a call to action to benchmark Bitcoin script execution under GSR's varops budget - highlights discussion of optimizations
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@murchandamus @gustavojfe @bitschmidty You can listen on our website: https://t.co/6HHwWzkc5K Fountain: https://t.co/XHpdUaHtMS Spotify: https://t.co/igNvR88xsy Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/c26BPnjmfw
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Podcast Episode · Bitcoin Optech Podcast · 12/03/2025 · 1h 6m
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Mark “Murch” Erhardt (@murchandamus), Gustavo Flores Echaiz (@gustavojfe), and Mike Schmidt (@bitschmidty) 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
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Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on https://t.co/4LN6fjdf6l Tuesday at 17:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions! https://t.co/DXKAz9NTTx
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Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange: - Do pruned nodes store witness inscriptions? - Increasing probability of block hash collisions when difficulty is too high - What is the purpose of the initial 0x04 byte in all extended public and private keys? https://t.co/VrD2YFLWL5
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This week’s newsletter provides an update on compact block reconstruction discussions and relays a call to activate BIP3. Also included are our regular sections summarizing top questions and answers...
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Murch (@murchandamus) posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a formal motion to activate BIP3... https://t.co/RSrleNGNea
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This week’s newsletter provides an update on compact block reconstruction discussions and relays a call to activate BIP3. Also included are our regular sections summarizing top questions and answers...
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0xB10C (@0xB10C) posted an update to Delving Bitcoin about his statistics around compact block reconstruction... https://t.co/hqYW2uWzd1
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This week’s newsletter provides an update on compact block reconstruction discussions and relays a call to activate BIP3. Also included are our regular sections summarizing top questions and answers...
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Antoine Poinsot (@darosior) and ZmnSCPxj joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #381: - Modeling stale rates by propagation delay and mining centralization - Private key handover for collaborative closure - Updates to services and client software - And more You can listen on our
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Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Antoine Poinsot and ZmnSCPxj to discuss Newsletter #381.
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Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on https://t.co/4LN6fjdMVT Tuesday at 16:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions! https://t.co/DXKAz9OrJ5
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