TFTC Podcast 388: OP_VAULT and Bitcoin Governance with James O'Beirne James O'Beirne is a seasoned bitcoin developer who recently proposed a new way to implement vaults on Bitcoin, which would provide users with enhanced security solutions when storing their bitcoin.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1274: Erlay support signaling has been merged into Bitcoin Core It's been a little over three years and exactly 696 issues since we last talked about Erlay in this rag. Back in September of 2019 we wrote about Pieter Wuille
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1198: OP_CTV and rough consensus I am in favor of murky rough consensus driving protocol changes over a well defined process that could potentially be socially attacked.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #972: Taproot Speedy Trial Activation has been merged into Bitcoin Core This is a very exciting time to be observing the Bitcoin network.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #913: Distributing the layer below the base layer The silver lining of this litigious asshole running amok is that it seems to have produced an urgency to harden the layer below the base layer Bitcoin code.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #907: Bitcoin Core v0.21.0 has been released I recommend you freaks go check out the specs if you get a chance.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #843: Output Descriptors will make life easier When combined with something like miniscript, the ability to track and sign a wide variety of transaction scripts from one wallet will be made significantly easier.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #752: The network strengthens with Core v0.20.0 This is the type of stuff that gets your Uncle Marty all hot and bothered.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #747: The UX improves This is a huge step forward for making the UX of verifying the UTXOs you are receiving with your own full node much better by streamlining the process.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #612: Trump is an accelerationist... It's almost as if 2012 Trump has been sitting on President Trump's shoulder saying, "F*** it, man. Just send it. End this experiment as quickly as possible."
Marty's Ƀent Issue #578: Erlay may be on the way Erlay would be a huge level up for Bitcoin's P2P layer as it would help reduce bandwidth requirements by 40% (!!), increase network connectivity, and increase privacy.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #503: Eliminating trust is important In short, when one downloads the Bitcoin Core client from official sources like the bitcoin repository on GitHub, they are trusting a number of other systems to build and compile the Bitcoin software on their local device.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #475: Cash App turning into a giant Large, successful companies with established revenue streams are able to leverage BTC as another consistent revenue stream without having to chase revenue via the even riskier altcoin markets as companies like Coinbase have been forced to do.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #474: If not you, then who? In all seriousness, if you are a developer out there who has been looking to contribute this is a great place to start for many reasons.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #470: assumeutxo proposal Friend of the Ƀent and fellow Beefy Bitcoin Boy, James O'Beirne, recently took to the [bitcoin-dev] mailing list to propose the inclusion of an assumeutxo functionality within Bitcoin Core.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #447: A Herculean Effort A huge step forward for Bitcoin on its quest to become more modular was just enabled by a Herculean effort from one man and a nebulous team of reviewers from around the globe.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #321: Bitcoin bug discovered, disclosed, and patched Earlier this week, it became apparent to the Bitcoin Core development project that there has been a critical bug found in the consensus code of their Bitcoin implementation. The bug would have allowed certain miners to DDoS and crash Bitcoin full nodes.
