Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #344 Recap

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse, Matt Corallo, and Hunter Beast to discuss Newsletter #344.

News

● Disclosure of fixed LND vulnerability allowing theft (0:57)

● Discussion about Bitcoin Core's priorities (10:49)

Changing consensus

● Bitcoin Forking Guide (1:01:11)

● Update on BIP360 pay-to-quantum-resistant-hash (P2QRH) (34:37)

● Private block template marketplace to prevent centralizing MEV (21:06)

Releases and release candidates

● Core Lightning 25.02 (1:09:57)

Notable code and documentation changes

● Eclair #3019 (1:11:21)

● Eclair #3016 (1:12:05)

● LDK #3342 (33:13)

● Rust Bitcoin #4114 (1:12:50)

● Rust Bitcoin #4111 (1:14:29)

● BIPs #1758 (1:15:09)

● BIPs #1750 (1:17:07)

● BIPs #1712 (1:18:10)