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Discussing Taproot’s Lock In

In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” the hosts discussed the lock in of Bitcoin’s Taproot soft fork upgrade.

Lightning Network Capacity Breaks 1,500 BTC

The Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s Layer 2 solution for fast and cheap transactions, has crossed the 1,500 BTC capacity milestone.

Inside The Scam: Victims Of Ledger Hack Are Receiving Fake Hardware Wallets

A new attack vector following the Ledger data breach of July 2020 involves sending convincing but fake hardware wallets to victims.

Bitcoin Optech #153: Locking In Taproot

This week’s newsletter celebrates the lock-in of Taproot, describes a draft BIP for improving transaction privacy and more.

Taproot Activation Brings Massive Upgrades To Bitcoin

Taproot brings new optimizations to security and usability to the Bitcoin network as the activation is locked in.

Taproot Locks In: Bitcoin Protocol Upgrade Will Activate In November

Taproot has locked in with the Bitcoin protocol upgrade now set to activate in November.

Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) And The BIP Process

This episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado” covered Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) and how the process works.

Bitcoin Optech #152: Lightning Node Payments And More

This week’s newsletter describes a LN node payment proposal, Bitcoin Core PR Review Club meeting and more.

With 98% Of Blocks Signaling Activation And About 300 To Go, Here’s The Latest On Taproot

The activation of Bitcoin protocol upgrade Taproot appears imminent as only 300 more signaling blocks are needed.

Bitcoin Optech #151: Transaction Selection

This week's Bitcoin Optech newsletter describes a proposal to change Bitcoin Core’s transaction selection algorithm and more.

Bitcoin Optech #150: Libera.Chat And Celebrating 150 Editions

This week’s newsletter features a letter from John Newbery, founder of Bitcoin Optech, information about IRC channel updates and more.

Bitcoin Core’s CVE-2021-31876 Bug And Potential Complications

In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” the hosts discussed CVE-2021-31876, a bug in the Bitcoin Core code affecting replace-by-fee.
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