Bitcoin Optech newsletter #342 is here:
- describes an idea for allowing mobile wallets to settle LN channels without extra UTXOs
- summarizes continued discussion about adding a quality-of-service flag for LN pathfinding
- summarizes changes to services/client software
- adds a v3 commitments topic
- Optech Newsletter #342 Recap on Riverside
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/02/21/
Bastien Teinturier posted to Delving Bitcoin about an opt-in variation of v3 commitments for LN channels that would allow mobile wallets to settle channels using the funds within the channel for all cases where theft is possible...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/02/21/#allowing-mobile-wallets-to-settle-channels-without-extra-utxos
Joost Jager posted to Delving Bitcoin to continue discussion about adding a quality of service (QoS) flag to the LN protocol to allow nodes to signal that one of their channels was highly available (HA)—able to forward payments up to a specified amount with 100% reliability...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/02/21/#continued-discussion-about-an-ln-quality-of-service-flag
Changes to services and client software:
- Ark Wallet SDK released
- Zaprite adds BTCPay Server support
- Iris Wallet desktop released
- Sparrow 2.1.0 released
- Scure-btc-signer 1.6.0 released
- Py-bitcoinkernel alpha
- Rust-bitcoinkernel library
- BIP32 cbip32 library
- Lightning Loop moves to MuSig2
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/02/21/#changes-to-services-and-client-software
V3 commitments are LN commitment transactions made using version 3 transactions adhering to the policies for TRUC, a P2A outputs, ephemeral dust, and sibling replacement...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/v3-commitments/
Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Bastien Teinturier and Joost Jager on Riverside.fm Tuesday at 17:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://riverside.fm/studio/bitcoin-optech
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