Bitcoin Optech Podcast

Mike Schmidt is joined by Steven Roose and Gloria Zhao to discuss Newsletter #272.

News

• Specification for `OP_TXHASH` proposed (1:42)

Bitcoin Core PR Review Club

• util: Type-safe transaction id…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gijs van Dam and Dave Harding to discuss Newsletter #271.

News

• Secure remote control of LN nodes (1:48)
• Payment splitting and switching (12:23…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Anthony Towns to discuss Newsletter #270.

News

• Using covenants to improve LN scalability (2:07)

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange

• How…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Sergi Delgado Segura to discuss Newsletter #269.

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Olaoluwa Osuntokun, Greg Sanders, and Pieter Wuille to discuss Newsletter #268.

News

• Specifications for taproot assets (1:10)
• LN messaging cha…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Tom Briar and Nick Farrow to discuss Newsletter #267.

News

• Bitcoin transaction compression (1:13)
• Privacy enhanced co-signing (14:43)

Releas…

This podcast is a compilation of previous podcast discussions about the Waiting for confirmation series on mempool and relay policy. Series coauthors Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Gloria Zhao describe the…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Corallo, Brandon Black, Gregory Sanders, and James O’Beirne to discuss Newsletter #266.

News

• Disclosure of past LN vulnerability related to…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Peter Todd and Henrik Skogstrøm to discuss Newsletter #265.

News

• Fraud proofs for outdated backup state (1:20)

Changes to services and client …

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Brandon Black and Dan Gould to discuss Newsletter #264.

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• Adding expiration metadata to silent payment addresses (0:51)
• Serverless payjoin (…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Dave Harding, Clara Shikhelman, Peter Todd, Josie Baker, and Eduardo Quintana to discuss Newsletter #263.

Action items

• Severe Libbitcoin Bitcoin…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Tom Trevethan, Lisa Neigut, and Dusty Daemon to discuss Newsletter #262.

News

• Transcripts of periodic LN specification meetings (1:13)
• Safety …

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Greg Sanders and Bastien Teinturier to discuss Newsletter #261.

News

• Simplified LN closing protocol (1:03)
• LN Summit notes (10:48)

Selected …

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gloria Zhao, Rearden Code, Ken Sedgwick, and Jack Ronaldi to discuss Newsletter #260.

Waiting for confirmation #10: Get Involved (2:01)

Changes t…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gloria Zhao, Bastien Teinturier, and Martin Zumsande to discuss Newsletter #259.

News

• LN specification clean up proposed (0:58)

Waiting for co…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gloria Zhao to discuss Newsletter #258.

Waiting for confirmation #8: Policy as an Interface (0:30)

Releases and release candidates

• Core Lightni…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gloria Zhao, Robin Linus, Dave Harding, and Pavlenex to discuss Newsletter #257.

News

• Preventing coinjoin pinning with v3 transaction relay (16:…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Thomas Voegtlin to discuss Newsletter #256.

News

• Proposal to extend BOLT11 invoices to request two payments (1:00)

Waiting for confirmation #6…

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gloria Zhao, Ruben Somsen, Josie Baker, Matthew Zipkin, and Joost Jager to discuss Newsletter #255.

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• Discussion about the taproot annex (1:3…

Dave Harding and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gloria Zhao, Johan Torås Halseth, and Salvatore Ingala to discuss Newsletter #254.

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• Using MATT to replicate CTV and manage joinpools (1:23)

Waitin…