Ever since I was an infant in poopy diapers drinking milk from a bottle, I’ve dreamed of writing consensus-critical code for a peer to peer monetary protocol at the network layer.
Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #359 Recap
By Bitcoin Optech
Aired Jun 24, 2025 · 1h 18m · Last boosted Jun 25, 2025
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Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bryan Bishop, Robin Linus, and Rene Pickhardt to discuss Newsletter #359. News ● Proposal to restrict access to Bitcoin Core Project discussion (1:11) ● Improvements to BitVM-style contracts (21:17) ● Channel rebalancing research (41:57) Changes to services and client software ● Cove v1.0.0 released (1:03:58) ● Liana v11.0 released (1:04:59) ● Stratum v2 STARK proof demo (1:06:48) ● Breez SDK adds BOLT12 and BIP353 (1:08:41) Releases and release candidates ● Core Lightning 25.05 (1:09:51) Notable code and doc...
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