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2024-05-17 10:42:19

Bitcoin Optech on Nostr: Bitcoin Optech newsletter #303 is here: - summarizes a new scheme for anonymous usage ...

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #303 is here:

- summarizes a new scheme for anonymous usage tokens that could be used for LN channel announcements and other sybil-resistant coordination protocols
- links to discussion about a new BIP39 seed phrase splitting scheme
- announces an alternative to BitVM for verifying successful execution of arbitrary programs in interactive contract protocols
- relays suggestions for updating the BIPs process
- Optech Newsletter #303 Recap
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/05/17/

Adam Gibson posted to Delving Bitcoin about a scheme he has developed to allow anyone who can keypath-spend a UTXO to prove they could spend it without revealing which UTXO it is...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/05/17/#anonymous-usage-tokens

Rama Gan posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a link to a set of tools they have developed for generating and splitting a BIP39 seed phrase without using any electronic computing equipment...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/05/17/#bip39-seed-phrase-splitting

Sergio Demian Lerner and several co-authors posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list about a new virtual CPU architecture based in part on the ideas behind BitVM. The goal of their project, BitVMX, is to be able to efficiently prove the proper execution of any program that can be compiled to run on an established CPU architecture, such as RISC-V...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/05/17/#alternative-to-bitvm

Mark “Murch” Erhardt continued the discussion on the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list about updating BIP2, which is the document that currently describes the Bitcoin improvement proposals (BIP) process...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/05/17/#continued-discussion-about-updating-bip2

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on Twitter Spaces Tuesday (note the day change) at 14:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
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