Bitcoin Optech newsletter #335 is here: - links to information about longstanding deanonymization vulnerabilities in software using centralized coinjoin protocols - summarizes an update to a draft BIP about the ChillDKG distributed key generation protocol compatible with scriptless threshold signing - adds a new monthly section summarizing proposals and discussion about changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules - Optech Newsletter #335 Recap on Riverside

Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #335

This week’s newsletter links to information about longstanding deanonymization vulnerabilities in software using centralized coinjoin protocols a...

Yuval Kogman posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list details about several privacy-reducing vulnerabilities in the centralized coinjoin protocols used by current versions of the Wasabi and Ginger wallets, plus past versions of the Samourai, Sparrow, and Trezor Suite software wallets...

Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #335

This week’s newsletter links to information about longstanding deanonymization vulnerabilities in software using centralized coinjoin protocols a...

Tim Ruffing and Jonas Nick posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a link to the current draft BIP for ChillDKG, which describes a distributed key generation protocol compatible with FROST scriptless threshold signatures for Bitcoin...

Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #335

This week’s newsletter links to information about longstanding deanonymization vulnerabilities in software using centralized coinjoin protocols a...

Changing consensus: - CTV enhancement opcodes - Adjusting difficulty beyond 256 bits - Transitory soft forks for cleanup soft forks - Quantum computer upgrade path - Consensus cleanup timewarp grace period

Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #335

This week’s newsletter links to information about longstanding deanonymization vulnerabilities in software using centralized coinjoin protocols a...

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guest Yuval Kogman on Riverside.fm Tuesday at 15:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!

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