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Bitcoin Optech newsletter #278 is here:

- describes a proposal to allow retrieval of LN offers using specific DNS addresses similar to lightning addresses
- summarizes changes to services/client software
- Bitcoin Core 26.0rc2 release candidate
- Optech Newsletter #278 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/22/

Bastien Teinturier posted to the Lightning-Dev mailing list about creating email-style addresses for LN users in a way that takes advantage of the features of the offers protocol...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/22/#offers-compatible-ln-addresses

Changes to services and client software:

- BitMask Wallet 0.6.3 released
- Opcode documentation website announced
- Athena Bitcoin adds Lightning support
- Blixt v0.6.9 released
- Durabit whitepaper announced
- BitStream whitepaper announced
- BitVM proof of concepts
- Bitkit adds taproot send support
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/22/#changes-to-services-and-client-software

Bitcoin Core 26.0rc2 is a release candidate for the next major version of the predominant full-node implementation. There’s a testing guide available.
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/26.0-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Dave Harding, Bastien Teinturier, and Robin Linus on Twitter Spaces today (Wednesday) at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ypKdkaaXDvxW