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Bitcoin Optech newsletter #272 is here:
- links to a specification for a proposed OP_TXHASH opcode
- recaps the "Type-safe transaction identifiers" PR Review Meeting
- Bitcoin Core #27596 and the assumeutxo project
- Bitcoin Core #28331 and the BIP324 version 2 encrypted P2P transport project
- Optech Newsletter #272 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/10/11/

Steven Roose posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a draft BIP for a new OP_TXHASH opcode. The idea behind this opcode has been discussed before but this is the first specification of the idea...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/10/11/#specification-for-op-txhash-proposed

'Type-safe transaction identifiers' is a PR by Niklas Gögge (dergoegge) that improves type safety by introducing separate types for txid (the transaction identifier or hash that doesn’t include the segwit witness data) and wtxid...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/10/11/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club

Bitcoin Core #27596 finishes the first phase of the assumeutxo project, containing all the remaining changes necessary to both use an assumedvalid snapshot chainstate and do a full validation sync in the background...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/10/11/#bitcoin-core-27596

Bitcoin Core #28331 adds support for version 2 encrypted P2P transport as specified in BIP324. The feature is currently disabled by default but can be enabled using the `-v2transport` option...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/10/11/#bitcoin-core-28331

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Steven Roose, Gloria Zhao, and James O'Beirne on Twitter Spaces Thursday at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1nAKEamLYMgKL