My summer of bitcoin student @Luis Schwab really went above an beyond and even got a PR merged into bitcoin core. He took on a challenging project to make the BDK bitcoind_rpc crate work with prunded full nodes by using the scantxoutset rpc command. Check out the details on his blog post here: https://luisschwab.net/blog/summer-of-bitcoin-2024/

Anyone interested in BIP157/158 (compact block filters) and #Rust should checkout this cool (still early) project from rustaceanrob:

GitHub

GitHub - rustaceanrob/kyoto: An implementation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 157/158

An implementation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 157/158 - rustaceanrob/kyoto

oooff... time to go for a run and catch up on podcasts.

I finally got my DNS payment instructions setup! ₿steve@notmandatory.org Test it out: https://satso.me Will give a short demo of how I did it at the next NashBitDevs at @Bitcoin Park :

Meetup

NashBitDevs Socratic Seminar #22, Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 5:00 PM | Meetup

Date: \*Tuesday, August 20th, 2024\* Doors open: 5:00p CT - meet & greet, and general hang + a special presentation NashBitDevs begins: 6:00pm - S...

New term from Brian Domitrovic at his talk at @Bitcoin Park , we are in the “aboriginal” phase of bitcoin price discovery. 🙌

from @Conor Okus: Watch @Dan Gould showing how to implement receiving #bitcoin using #payjoindevkit V2 in 30 mins. Scale Bitcoin, save fees, and preserve privacy all at once 🔥

Anyone going to Bitcoin 2024 this year in Nashville be sure to stop by the Open Source stage for the "Building on BDK" panel! Stage: Open Source Stage Time & Date: July 27, 2024 from 10:30 am - 11:00 am Speakers: Alekos Filini - TwentyTwo Devices, Ben Carman - Mutiny Wallet, Steve Myers - Bitcoin Dev Kit @Bitcoin Dev Kit

Darknet Diaries has some great long form story telling here about Tornado Cash and privacy.

Tornado – Darknet Diaries

In this episode, Geoff White tells us what happened to Axie Infinity and Tornado cash. It’s a digital heist of epic proportions that changed ever...