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Nov 29, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #279 is here:

- summarizes an update to the liquidity advertisements specification
- summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange
- Bitcoin Core 26.0rc3
- Optech Newsletter #279 Recap on Twitter Spaces

bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters… Lisa Neigut (@niftynei) posted to the Lightning-Dev mailing list to announce an update to the specification for liquidity advertisements...

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Nov 22, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #278 is here:

- describes a proposal to allow retrieval of LN offers using specific DNS addresses similar to lightning addresses
- summarizes changes to services/client software
- Bitcoin Core 26.0rc2
- #278 Twitter Spaces Recap

bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters… Bastien Teinturier (@realtbast) posted to the Lightning-Dev mailing list about creating email-style addresses for LN users in a way that takes advantage of the features of the offers protocol...

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Nov 15, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #277 is here:

- describes an update to the ephemeral anchor proposal
- includes a contributed field report outlining miniscript's ecosystem adoption
- provides Bitcoin Core 26.0rc2 testing materials
- #277 Recap on Twitter Spaces
bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters… Gregory Sanders (@theinstagibbs) posted to the Delving Bitcoin forum about a tweak to the ephemeral anchors proposal. That proposal would allow transactions to include a zero-value output with an anyone-can-spend output script...

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Mar 30, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #193 is here:

- describes a proposal for Bitcoin Core to allow replacing transaction witnesses in its mempool
- summarizes continued discussion about updating the LN gossip protocol
- summarizes Stack Exchange Q&A

bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters… Larry Ruane (@LarryRuane) asked the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list for information and opinions about allowing a transaction to be replaced by the same transaction with the same txid but a smaller witness (and, thus, a different wtxid)...

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