Bitcoin Optech on Nostr: Bitcoin Optech newsletter #260 is here: - includes 'Waiting for confirmation #10: Get ...

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #260 is here:

- includes 'Waiting for confirmation #10: Get Involved' from our series about policies for transaction relay and mempool inclusion
- summarizes changes to services/client software
- Optech Newsletter #260 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/07/19/

Waiting for confirmation #10: Get Involved

We hope this series has given readers a better idea of what’s going on while they are waiting for confirmation. We started with a discussion about how some of the ideological values of Bitcoin translate to its structure and design goals. The distributed structure of the peer-to-peer network offers increased censorship resistance and privacy over a typical centralized model...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/07/19/#waiting-for-confirmation-10-get-involved

Changes to services and client software:

- Wallet 10101 beta testing pooling funds between LN and DLCs
- LDK Node announced
- Payjoin SDK announced
- Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) beta announced
- BitGo adds MuSig2 support
- Peach adds RBF support
- Phoenix wallet adds splicing support
- Mining Development Kit call for feedback
- Binance adds Lightning support
- Nunchuk adds CPFP support
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/07/19/#changes-to-services-and-client-software

Bitcoin Optech will be hosting an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guest Gloria Zhao on Twitter Spaces Thursday at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OdKrzzpmLkKX