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Bitcoin Optech newsletter #333 is here:

- describes a vulnerability that allowed stealing from old versions of various LN implementations
- announces a deanonymization vulnerability affecting Wasabi and related software
- summarizes a post and discussion about LN channel depletion
- links to a poll for opinions about selected covenant proposals
- describes two types of incentive-based pseudo-covenants
- references summaries of the periodic in-person Bitcoin Core developer meeting
- recaps the "Track and use all potential peers for orphan resolution" PR Review Meeting
- summarizes changes to services/client software
- summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange
- Optech Newsletter #333 Recap on Riverside

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/


David Harding announced to Delving Bitcoin a vulnerability he had responsibly disclosed earlier in the year. Old versions of Eclair, LDK, and LND with default settings allowed the party who opened a channel to steal up to 98% of channel value...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#vulnerability-allowing-theft-from-ln-channels-with-miner-assistance


A developer of GingerWallet disclosed a method a coinjoin coordinator could use to prevent users from gaining any privacy during a coinjoin...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#deanonymization-vulnerability-affecting-wasabi-and-related-software

René Pickhardt posted to Delving Bitcoin and participated, along with Christian Decker, in an Optech Deep Dive about his research into the mathematical foundations of payment channel networks...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#insights-into-channel-depletion

/dev/fd0 posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a link to a public poll of developer opinions about selected covenant proposals...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#poll-of-opinions-about-covenant-proposals

Jeremy Rubin posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a link to a paper he authored about oracle-assisted covenants. The model involves two oracles: a covenant oracle and an integrity oracle...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#incentive-based-pseudo-covenants

Many Bitcoin Core developers met in person in October, and several notes from the meeting have now been published...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#bitcoin-core-developer-meeting-summaries

'Track and use all potential peers for orphan resolution' is a PR by glozow that improves the reliability of orphan resolution by letting the node request missing ancestors from all peers instead of just the one that announced the orphan...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club

Changes to services and client software:

- Java-based HWI released
- Saving Satoshi Bitcoin development education game announced
- Neovim Bitcoin Script plugin
- Proton Wallet adds RBF
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#changes-to-services-and-client-software

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange:

- How long does Bitcoin Core store forked chains?
- What is the point of solo mining pools?
- Is there a point to using P2TR over P2WSH if I only want to use the script path?
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#selected-qa-from-bitcoin-stack-exchange

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Dave Harding and /dev/fd0 on Riverside.fm Tuesday at 15:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://riverside.fm/studio/bitcoin-optech