Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #265 Recap

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• Fraud proofs for outdated backup state (1:20)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

• Scaling Lightning call for feedback (18:07)


• Torq v1.0 released (30:31)


• Blixt Wallet v0.6.8 released (36:03)


• Sparrow 1.7.8 released (37:19)


• Open source ASIC miner bitaxeUltra prototype (38:21)


• FROST software Frostsnap announced (39:10)


• Libfloresta library announced (42:25)


• Wasabi Wallet 2.0.4 released (51:32)

Releases and release candidates

• Core Lightning 23.08rc3 (43:57)


• HWI 2.3.1 (44:35)

Notable code and documentation changes

• Bitcoin Core #27981 (45:03)


• BOLTs #919 (46:55)


• Rust Bitcoin #1990 (49:21)


• Rust Bitcoin #1962 (50:09)


• BIPs #1485 (50:39)