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Bitcoin Optech newsletter #312 is here:

- describes a distributed key generation protocol for the FROST scriptless threshold signature scheme
- links to a comprehensive introduction to cluster linearization
- summarizes changes to services/client software
- Optech Newsletter #312 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/07/19/

Tim Ruffing and Jonas Nick posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a BIP draft with a reference implementation of ChillDKG, a protocol for securely generating keys to be used with FROST-style scriptless threshold signatures that are compatible with Bitcoin’s schnorr signatures...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/07/19/#distributed-key-generation-protocol-for-frost

Pieter Wuille posted to Delving Bitcoin a detailed description of all the major parts of cluster linearization, the basis for cluster mempool...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/07/19/#introduction-to-cluster-linearization

Changes to services and client software:

- ZEUS adds BOLT12 offers and BIP353 support
- Phoenix adds BOLT12 offers and BIP353 support
- Stack Wallet adds RBF and CPFP support
- BlueWallet adds silent payment send support
- BOLT12 Playground announced
- Moosig testing repository announced
- Real-time Stratum visualization tool released
- BMM 100 Mini Miner announced
- Coldcard publishes URL-based transaction broadcast specification
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/07/19/#changes-to-services-and-client-software

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Jonas Nick and Pieter Wuille on Twitter Spaces Tuesday at 14:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwxWNjWyZwJQ