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Bitcoin Developers Propose Bitcoin Quantum Migration Plan That Would Freeze Legacy Coins

Micah Zimmerman -
BIP-361 proposes migrating Bitcoin away from legacy cryptographic signatures to quantum-resistant alternatives through a phased deadline that could eventually make unmigrated coins permanently unspendable.
TECHNICAL

secp256k1lab: An INSECURE Python Library That Makes Bitcoin Safer

Kiara Bickers -
secp256k1lab hopes to streamline the development process of cryptographic protocols for BIP proposals with a standard library for secp256k1.
TAKES

The Unit Denomination of Bitcoin Does Not Need To Change

Nik -
A recent BIP has been proposed to change the way units of bitcoin are displayed, but this proposal is not needed.
TECHNICAL

Brink Renews Grant For Sebastian Falbesoner’s Review Of BIP324 To Enhance Bitcoin’s Censorship-Resistance

BtcCasey -
The focus of Falbesoner’s work seeks to bring greater privacy to Bitcoin node operators through encryption.
TECHNICAL

Erlay Makes It Easier To Run A Bitcoin Node

Marty Bent -
Erlay will bring bandwidth efficiency gains to Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer layer by changing the transaction relay protocol where full nodes share data.
TECHNICAL

Erlay Makes It Easier To Run A Bitcoin Node

Marty Bent -
Erlay will bring bandwidth efficiency gains to Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer layer by changing the transaction relay protocol where full nodes share data.
TECHNICAL

How BIP Bounties Will Supercharge The Bitcoin Network

Ariel Deschapell -
Bitcoin’s protocol is slow to change by design, but incentivizing the BIP feedback process with bounties could improve development.
TECHNICAL

Drivechain Allows Sidechain Node Operators To Pay Miners To Mine — And More!

Shinobi -
Drivechain, like softchains, is another sidechain implementation with two-way peg functionality.
TECHNICAL

Blockstream Announces Progress On Signature Aggregation Research

Marty Bent -
Signature aggregation could bring massive data-efficiency benefits to the network as well as open up more unique use cases, demonstrating bear market building.
TECHNICAL

We Need To Encrypt The Peer-To-Peer Layer Of Bitcoin For Privacy

Marty Bent -
By making traffic between network peers encrypted, Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 324 can improve privacy by hiding node locations and other private data.
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