Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #284

👉 Bitcoin Optech #284

• Summarizes discussion about LN anchors and elements of the v3 transaction relay proposal
  • Frequent use of exogenous fees may risk mining decentralization
  • Implications of exogenous fees on safety, scalability, and costs
  • Ephemeral anchors introduce a new pinning attack
  • An alternative: use endogenous fees with presigned incremental RBF bumps
  • Overall conclusions
• Announces a research implementation of LN-Symmetry
• The “Nuke adjusted time (attempt 2)” Bitcoin Core PR Review Club meeting
• Notable code and documentation changes
• Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #284 Recap Podcast