Nishant Bansal and Matthew Zipkin joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #411:
- LND zero-timestamp gossip DoS disclosure
- Removal of the libevent library in Bitcoin Core
- Selected Q&A from the Bitcoin Stack Exchange
- And more
You can listen on our website:
https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/06/30/
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2A7v5pARVJ01i7gXxDxyun
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-optech-newsletter-411-recap/id1674626983?i=1000775030980
This was a very helpful episode! Have a look at the timestamps for topics that you might find interesting (I really found the parts about OP_IF and soft forks very helpful):
News
● LND zero-timestamp gossip DoS disclosure (1:00)
Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange
● Is it a bug that
OP_IFis part of the tapscript opcodes? (34:02)● Why would forbidding
OP_IFin tapscript be a problem? (41:11)● Does a softfork always succeed? (49:17)
● How to set up Bitcoin Core to mine a valid block after the BIP110 activation in August 2026? (56:44)
● Are BIP110 blocks on a branch with lower difficulty valid? (59:47)
● What is the story behind Bitcoin test networks? (1:07:41)
● Why was
-datacarriersizeredefined in 2022, and why was the 2023 proposal to expand it not merged? (1:15:35)● Are chains of 26 unconfirmed transactions prohibited by the wallet in Bitcoin Core 31.0? (1:25:33)
● Are there changes in Bitcoin Core 29.0 that affect memory usage? (1:28:20)
● What is Bitcoin Core's release schedule? (1:30:21)
Releases and release candidates
● LDK v0.1.10 (1:34:50)
● LDK v0.2.3 (1:35:31)
● BTCPay Server 2.4.0 (1:37:04)
Notable code and documentation changes
● Bitcoin Core #35070 (1:39:27)
● Bitcoin Core #35182 (13:15)
● BIPs #2198 (1:46:09)
● LDK #4713 (1:51:17)
● LDK #4684 (1:53:47)
https://twiiit.com/bitcoinoptech/status/2072361602645393422