Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #357 Recap
June 12, 2025·1h 36m·w/ Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Mike Schmidt, Jose SK, Clara Shikhelman, Vojtěch Strnad, Robin Linus, Dan Gould
Show Notes
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Jose SK, Clara Shikhelman, Vojtěch Strnad, Robin Linus, and Dan Gould to discuss Newsletter #357.
News
● Syncing full nodes without witnesses (1:30)
Changing consensus
● Quantum computing report (17:38)
● Transaction weight limit with exception to prevent confiscation (41:49)
● Removing outputs from the UTXO set based on value and time (53:47)
Releases and release candidates
● Core Lightning 25.05rc1 (1:07:45)
● LND 0.19.1-beta.rc1 (1:08:02)
Notable code and documentation changes
● Bitcoin Core #32582 (1:09:08)
● Bitcoin Core #31375 (1:07:45)
● BIPs #1483 (1:14:16)
