This week’s newsletter announces a new major version of Bitcoin Core, provides some updates on Bitcoin and LN developer mailing lists, and describes recent developments in the ongoing schnorr/taproot review. Also included are our regular sections with top-voted questions and answers from the Bitcoin StackExchange and notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
0.19.0. Musig security, Bitcoin as a way to opt out, more stats on transactions, never-look-back price. Simplified commitments and MW privacy.
Stratum v2 is here! Bitcoin Minimalism, price vs value, a new multisig coordination tool. LN Node security, altcoin valuation and history of exchanges
This week’s newsletter announces a security disclosure affecting some older releases of Bitcoin Core, describes new developments related to taproot, mentions a potential privacy leak related to the LN payment data format, and describes two proposed changes to the LN specification that are under discussion. Also included is our regular section describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
This week’s newsletter announces a security disclosure affecting some older releases of Bitcoin Core, describes new developments related to taproot, mentions a potential privacy leak related to the LN payment data format, and describes two proposed changes to the LN specification that are under discussion. Also included is our regular section describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
Announcement of a new index of topics frequently mentioned on the Optech website with an initial set of 40 topics and a plan to expand that over the next year to 100 topics.
Announcement of a new index of topics frequently mentioned on the Optech website with an initial set of 40 topics and a plan to expand that over the next year to 100 topics.
Thoughts on Bitcoin Reformation, Node software review and web-wallet security. Is Bitcoin unbannable and environmentally friendly? Guide for LN Node.
Newsletters
- Bitcoin Optech: Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #74 (November 27, 2019)
- Bitcoin Tech Talk: Is MimbleWimble really private? Bitcoin Tech Talk Newsletter Issue #164 (November 25, 2019)
- Lets Talk Bitcoin: Let's Talk Bitcoin! #418 Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money (November 24, 2019)
- Bitcoin Tech Talk: Bitcoin Tech Talk Newsletter Issue #163 (November 18, 2019)
- Lets Talk Bitcoin: Let's Talk Bitcoin! #417 Adoption and Mimicry on the Blockchain (November 17, 2019)
Releases
| project | release | date |
|---|---|---|
| lightning-charge | v0.4.12 | 2019-11-28 |
| Bitcoin Core | v0.19.0.1 Bitcoin Core version 0.19.0.1 is now available from: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.19.0.1/ For the release notes please see the git repository: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.19.0.1.md Preferably use the above download link, not the links provided by GitHub to download the source tarball, as the release tarballs are generated deterministically whereas GitHub's are not. |
2019-11-24 |
| ptarmigan | v0.2.9
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2019-11-28 |
| trezor-link | v1.6.7 | 2019-11-29 |