🔖 Title: Bitcoin mail list needs an explicit moderation policy 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • alicexbt ( @npub1w30z...zhn2 ) • Dr Maxim Orlovsky ( @npub1a80j...pwgy ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: Dr. Maxim Orlovsky proposed clear moderation policies and the replacement of the current moderator on the bitcoin-dev mail list. Alicexbt suggested creating an unmoderated mailing list for non-censored submissions, regular changes in moderators, and reputation-based incentives. 📅 Messages Date Range: 2023-06-02 to 2023-06-03 ✉️ Message Count: 2 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 16621

🔖 Title: Standardisation of an unstructured taproot annex 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • Peter Todd ( @npub1m230...2np2 ) • David A. Harding ( @npub16dt5...4wrd ) • Joost Jager ( @npub1aslm...fqmx ) • Greg Sanders ( @npub1jdl3...gh0m ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: The Bitcoin-dev mailing list discussed the taproot annex feature, which allows for immediate utilization and future flexibility. However, there are potential issues with signature hashes not covering other inputs' annex fields in coinjoin scenarios, and the proposed solution may not align with economic incentives. The annex malleability vector could mislead developers into believing their transactions are immune to replacement, resulting in compromised assumptions. A policy to mitigate annex malleability could mislead developers into thinking their transactions are immune to replacement, when they may not be. 📅 Messages Date Range: 2023-06-02 to 2023-06-03 ✉️ Message Count: 11 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 21582

🔖 Title: Vaults in the MATT framework 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Johan Torås Halseth ( @npub1ppn2...s2fw ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-06-02 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 19911

🔖 Title: Scaling and anonymizing Bitcoin at layer 1 with client-side validation 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • Dr Maxim Orlovsky ( @npub1a80j...pwgy ) • John Tromp ( @npub1jzv8...sze5 ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: The LNP/BP Standards Association proposed Prime, an anonymous layer 1 upgrade for Bitcoin protocol that doesn't affect BTC or PoW. A white paper proposing Bitcoin PoW anchoring can be found on GitHub, but questions were raised about miner behavior and consensus on protocol reset. Dr Maxim Orlovsky suggested a Bitcoin PoW Anchoring protocol reset that allows for a special bitcoin transaction providing publicly-identifiable OP_RETURN information about a new miner single-use-seal. 📅 Messages Date Range: 2023-06-01 to 2023-06-03 ✉️ Message Count: 3 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 5250

🔖 Title: Encrypted (like BIP38) master private key 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Ali Sherief ( @npub1xq96...2u5f ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-30 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 998

🔖 Title: Full-RBF Peering Bitcoin Core v25.0 Released 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Peter Todd ( @npub1m230...2np2 ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-06-01 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 1325

🔖 Title: Bitcoin Core 25.0 released 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Michael Ford ( @npub1zc4d...d4kg ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-26 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 11634

🔖 Title: bitcoin-dev Digest, Vol 96, Issue 58 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: ecurrencyhodler ( @npub1sttq...j43q ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-25 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 14882

🔖 Title: Bitcoin Transaction Relay over Nostr 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • alicexbt ( @npub1w30z...zhn2 ) • David A. Harding ( @npub16dt5...4wrd ) • Joost Jager ( @npub1aslm...fqmx ) • Greg Sanders ( @npub1jdl3...gh0m ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: Nostr, a proposed alternative relay mechanism for Bitcoin transactions, could improve the current P2P system and support non-standard transactions. It could boost the system's resilience, democratize access to miner mempools, and delegate responsibility for dealing with DoS threats to relays. Block templates and weak blocks can be relayed through Nostr, improving fee estimation and providing valuable insights for miners and full nodes. A BIP proposal is needed for weak blocks to improve block relay. 📅 Messages Date Range: 2023-05-23 to 2023-05-30 ✉️ Message Count: 6 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 19298

🔖 Title: Coinjoin with less steps using ALL|ANYONECANPAY 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • alicexbt ( @npub1w30z...zhn2 ) • Lucas Ontivero ( @npub16q9n...qufk ) • Ben Carman ( @npub17lts...7hwm ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: A new method for reducing steps in coinjoin using ALL|ANYONECANPAY sighash flag in PSBTs has been discovered and tested, but it poses risks such as adding unwanted inputs, lower fee rates, and lack of uniformity. Concerns about DoS attacks and input verification remain, but client-side validation can help manage potential risks. 📅 Messages Date Range: 2023-05-22 to 2023-05-23 ✉️ Message Count: 5 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 14008

🔖 Title: Ark: An Alternative Privacy-preserving Second Layer Solution 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • jk_14 at op.pl ( @npub1dalw...7r9n ) • adiabat ( @npub1sax5...4xsu ) • David A. Harding ( @npub16dt5...4wrd ) • Ali Sherief ( @npub1xq96...2u5f ) • ZmnSCPxj ( @npub1g5zs...ms3l ) • G. Andrew Stone ( @npub1tsl0...cyxz ) • Burak Keceli ( @npub136rm...pezn ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: The Ark protocol enables off-chain, anonymous payments through virtual UTXOs that expire after four weeks. The protocol uses an untrusted intermediary called the Ark Service Provider to provide liquidity and charge fees. Lightning payments can be made with zero-conf coins, but there are risks. A watchtower program for Ark has been proposed to mitigate the disadvantage of requiring users to refresh their coins every few weeks. 📅 Messages Date Range: 2023-05-22 to 2023-05-28 ✉️ Message Count: 15 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 55683

🔖 Title: Full-RBF Peering Bitcoin Core v24.1 Released 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Peter Todd ( @npub1m230...2np2 ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-21 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 1324

🔖 Title: Bitcoin Core 23.2 released 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Michael Ford ( @npub1zc4d...d4kg ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-19 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 2701

🔖 Title: Stake Certificates and Web-of-Stakes: privacy-preserving proving UTXOs attributes in P2P systems 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Antoine Riard ( @npub1vjzm...x8dd ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-18 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 7523

🔖 Title: Bitcoin Core 24.1 released 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • Michael Ford ( @npub1zc4d...d4kg ) • Sjors Provoost ( @npub1uxks...wq7p ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: Bitcoin Core version 24.1 is out with bug fixes, performance improvements, and updated translations. Users should upgrade for security and stability. The new version is available for download via BitTorrent or from the Bitcoin Core website, with a minor typo in the tracker subdomain. 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-19 ✉️ Message Count: 2 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 4831

🔖 Title: libsecp256k1 0.3.2 released 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Tim Ruffing ( @npub1cmt6...wkls ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-14 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 1376

🔖 Title: Seeking concept ACKs for transaction terminology BIP 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Keagan McClelland ( @npub1f2nx...s289 ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-10 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 1814

🔖 Title: ZeroSync: Introducing Validity Proofs to Bitcoin 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • Robin Linus ( @npub12478...paq3 ) • Weiji Guo ( @npub1adg6...jwsm ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: ZeroSync uses SNARKs to compress the entire blockchain into a compact proof of validity, addressing Bitcoin's scalability challenges. It enables quick bootstrapping of full nodes, trustless light clients, enhanced Lightning Network privacy, and secure cross-chain bridges. The paper also introduces zkCoins, improving privacy and throughput of token transactions. Implementing a SNARK verifier on Bitcoin's base layer is a long-term option, but Simplicity could be used to experiment on the Liquid sidechain. Establishing consensus over a particular kind of opcode is difficult due to competing proof systems with different trade-offs. 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-12 ✉️ Message Count: 3 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 6763

🔖 Title: Interactive Payment Batching w/ Payjoin 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: Dan Gould ( @npub1l58t...xs5k ) 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-10 ✉️ Message Count: 1 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 10720

🔖 Title: Package Relay Proposal 🏷️ Categories: bitcoin-dev 👥 Authors: • Tom Trevethan ( @npub1axsh...yw7n ) • Greg Sanders ( @npub1jdl3...gh0m ) 🗒️ Conversation Summary: Tom suggests using the submitpackage RPC on regtest to solve mempool purge issues, but there's no talk of deploying it on mainnet. Greg shares a PR and tracking link for the next release. 📅 Messages Date: 2023-05-10 ✉️ Message Count: 2 📚 Total Characters in Messages: 1462