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Bitcoin Optech
@bitcoinoptech
We provide weekly newsletters, workshops, case studies, and research for the #Bitcoin community.
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Apr 29, 2020
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #95 is here: - summarizes disclosure of issue affecting the safety of routed LN payments - announces new presigned vault proposal - popular StackExchange Q&A - announcements of RCs - notable code changes in popular Bitcoin repos
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #95
    This week’s newsletter summarizes the disclosure of an issue affecting the safety of routed LN payments and announces a new presigned vault proposal. Also included are our regular sections with...
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Jun 3, 2020
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #100 is here: - summarizes proposed coinswap implementation - describes new middleware for lightweight wallets to request info directly from a user’s node - highlights 2 tx size calculators - celebration of Newsletter #100
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #100
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Oct 25, 2023
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #274 is here: - describes the replacement cycling attack against HTLCs used in LN and other systems, examines deployed mitigations, and summarizes additional mitigation proposals - notes a bug affecting a Bitcoin Core RPC ...
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    Dec 21, 2022
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #231: 2022 Year-in-Review Special is here: - notes Bitcoin developments during each month of 2022 - feature: Replace-By-Fee - feature: Major releases of popular projects - feature: Bitcoin Optech - feature: Soft fork proposals
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #231: 2022 Year-in-Review Special
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Dec 28, 2019
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #78 Year-in-Review Special is here: - summarizes developments in Bitcoin during 2019 - major releases of infrastructure projects - notable technical conferences / events - new open source infrastructure - Bitcoin Optech efforts
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #78: 2019 Year-in-Review Special
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Dec 28, 2018
    The Bitcoin Optech 2018 Year-in-Review summary is here! We've rounded up the most important technical developments of the year in one newsletter. This newsletter contains lots of graphs and tables, so is best viewed on the website with a larger screen.
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #27: 2018 Year-in-Review Special
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Nov 12, 2019
    Over the past 18 months, we've published the equivalent of about 350 printed pages worth of Bitcoin news and documentation. Today, we’re pleased to announce a new index that organizes that content by topic.
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    New Website Feature: Topics Index
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Dec 23, 2020
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #129 Year-in-Review Special is here: - summarizes developments in Bitcoin during 2020 - outlines taproot, tapscript, and schnorr signatures - notes major releases of infrastructure projects - reviews Bitcoin Optech efforts
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #129: 2020 Year-in-Review Special
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Dec 20, 2024
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #334: 2024 Year-in-Review Special is here: - notes Bitcoin developments during each month of 2024 - Vulnerability disclosures - Cluster mempool - P2P transaction relay - Covenants and script upgrades - Major releases - Optech
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #334: 2024 Year-in-Review Special
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Jul 20, 2018
    We're proud to announce the launch of Bitcoin Optech today. We're here to help Bitcoin businesses integrate scaling technology.
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    Announcing Bitcoin Optech
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Feb 28, 2023
    Announcing the Bitcoin Optech Podcast! The last few months we've had the pleasure of hosting Twitter Spaces discussions with prominent Bitcoin/Lightning developers & researchers who author the software and mail list posts covered in our newsletters...
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    Podcast
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Oct 29, 2019
    Last month, we held two workshops on the schnorr/taproot proposal. We're releasing all content (videos, slides, transcripts, jupyter notebooks) from those workshops so anyone can learn about the proposals and play with the technology: bitcoinops.org/en/schorr-tapr…
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Dec 22, 2021
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #180: 2021 Year-in-Review is here: - notes developments in Bitcoin during each month of 2021 - featured summary: taproot - featured summary: major releases of popular infrastructure projects - featured summary: Bitcoin Optech
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #180: 2021 Year-in-Review Special
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    Bitcoin Optech
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    Jun 10, 2020
    Bitcoin Optech newsletter #101 is here: - links to a post/paper about eclipse attacks to steal from LN channels - describes history of a fee overpayment attack affecting hardware wallets - summary of Connection eviction logic tests PR Review Club meeting
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    Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #101
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