Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #243 Recap

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Alekos Filini to discuss Newsletter #243.

News

No significant news this week was found on the Bitcoin-Dev or Lightning-Dev mailing lists.

Changes to services and client software

• Xapo Bank supports Lightning (1:41)
• TypeScript library for miniscript descriptors released (3:02)
• Breez Lightning SDK announced (6:48)
• PSBT-based exchange OpenOrdex launches (10:48)
• BTCPay Server coinjoin plugin released (14:01)
• mempool.space explorer enhances CPFP support (18:46)
• Sparrow v1.7.3 released (21:38)
• Stack Wallet adds coin control, BIP47 (24:22)
• Wasabi Wallet v2.0.3 released (26:26)

Releases and release candidates

• LND v0.16.0-beta.rc3 (28:32)

Notable code and documentation changes

• LND #7448 (29:16)
• BDK #793 (36:03)