Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #378 Recap

Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt discuss Newsletter #378. News ● CPU DoS from unconfirmed transaction processing (1:00) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange ● Why was -datacarriersize redefined in 2022, and why was the 2023 proposal to expand it not merged? (17:53) ● What is the smallest valid transaction that can be included in a block? (22:59) ● Why does Bitcoin Core continue to give witness data a discount even when it is used for inscriptions? (25:38) ● The ever-growing Bitcoin blockchain size? (39:17) ● I read that OP_TEMPLATEHASH is a...