Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #361 Recap
- Author
- Bitcoin Optech
- Published
- Thu 10 Jul 2025
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoin-optech/episodes/Bitcoin-Optech-Newsletter-361-Recap-e35chm4
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)
