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2023-06-14 11:55:59

Bitcoin Optech on Nostr: Bitcoin Optech newsletter #255 is here: - summarizes discussion about allowing relay ...

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #255 is here:

- summarizes discussion about allowing relay of txs containing taproot annex data
- links to a silent payments draft BIP
- includes 'Waiting for confirmation #5: Policy for Protection of Node Resources' from our series about policies for transaction relay and mempool inclusion
- recaps the "Allow inbound whitebind connections to more aggressively evict peers when slots are full" PR Review Meeting
- #255 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/06/14/

Joost Jager posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a request for a change in the Bitcoin Core transaction relay and mining policy to allow storing arbitrary data in the taproot annex field...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/06/14/#discussion-about-the-taproot-annex

Josie Baker and Ruben Somsen posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a draft BIP for silent payments, a type of reusable payment code that will produce a unique onchain address each time it is used, preventing output linking...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/06/14/#draft-bip-for-silent-payments

Waiting for confirmation #5: Policy for Protection of Node Resources

A node that fully validates blocks and transactions requires resources including memory, computational resources, and network bandwidth. We must keep resource requirements low in order to make running a node accessible and to defend the node against exploitation...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/06/14/#waiting-for-confirmation-5-policy-for-protection-of-node-resources

Allow inbound whitebind connections to more aggressively evict peers when slots are full is a PR by Matthew Zipkin (pinheadmz) that improves a node operator’s ability in certain cases to configure desired peers for the node...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/06/14/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club

Bitcoin Optech will be hosting an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Gloria Zhao, Joost Jager, Josie Baker, Ruben Somsen, and Matthew Zipkin on Twitter Spaces Thursday at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ynKOaqgqOWJR
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