Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #247 Recap

Dave Harding and Mike Schmidt are joined by Maxim Orlovsky to discuss Newsletter #247.

News

• RGB update (1:12)

Changes to services and client software

• Descriptor wallet library adds block explorer (36:02)
• Stratum v2 reference implementation update announced (38:02)
• Liana 0.4 released (42:35)
• Coldcard firmware supports additional sighash flags (46:12)
• Zeus adds fee bumping features (45:12)
• Utreexo-based Electrum Server announced (48:12)

Releases and release candidates

• BDK 0.28.0 (53:08)
• Core Lightning 23.02.2 (55:01)
• Core Lightning 23.05rc1 (55:40)

Notable code and documentation changes

• Bitcoin Core #27358 (56:57)
• Core Lightning #6120 (1:01:14)
• Eclair #2584 (1:04:54)