Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #290 Recap
February 22, 2024·1h 32m·w/ Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Mike Schmidt, Gloria Zhao, CalleBTC, Chris Stewart, Fabian Jahr, Pierre Corbin
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Show Notes
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Gloria Zhao, callebtc, Chris Stewart, Fabian Jahr, and Pierre Corbin to discuss Newsletter #290.
News
- DNS-based human-readable Bitcoin payment instructions (1:41)
- Thinking about mempool incentive compatibility (9:50)
- Cashu and other ecash system design discussion (29:15)
- Continued discussion about 64-bit arithmetic and `OP_INOUT_AMOUNT` opcode (39:52)
- Improved reproducible ASMap creation process (49:17)
Changes to services and client software
- Multiparty coordination protocol NWC announced (1:11:00)
- Mutiny Wallet v0.5.7 released (1:19:07)
- GroupHug transaction batching service (1:19:48)
- Boltz announces taproot swaps (1:22:43)
Releases and release candidates
- Core Lightning 24.02rc1 (1:24:07)
Notable code and documentation changes
- Bitcoin Core #27877 (1:24:58)
- BOLTs #851 (1:29:00)
