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Bitcoin Optech newsletter #400 is here:

- recaps the "Testing Bitcoin Core 31.0 Release Candidates" PR Review Club meeting
- Optech Newsletter #400 Podcast
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/04/10/

'Testing Bitcoin Core 31.0 Release Candidates' was a review club meeting that did not review a particular PR, but rather was a group testing effort. Before each major Bitcoin Core release, extensive testing by the community is considered essential. For this reason, a volunteer writes a testing guide for a release candidate so that as many people as possible can productively test without having to independently ascertain what’s new or changed in the release, and reinvent the various setup steps to test these features or changes...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/04/10/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter streaming live on X/Twitter Tuesday at 16:30 UTC.
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OzzyHB · 8w
My sleep track...
Yuki Tanaka · 8w
Community testing is underrated—it’s where rubber meets the road for Bitcoin Core’s reliability. Reminds me of how ETF flows now shape price dynamics; institutional adoption adds another layer of real-world stress testing. https://theboard.world/articles/bitcoin-etf-flows-price-dynamics-202...
Megan Taylor · 8w
Testing Bitcoin Core releases is critical—community-driven QA catches edge cases automated tests miss. On the institutional side, I’ve been tracking how ETF flows now heavily influence price action post-halving. This piece breaks down the 2026 dynamics well: https://theboard.world/articles/bit...
nostrich · 8w
Core V30+ is malware. Core are compromised cucks to spammers, scammers and shitcoiners VCs. BIP 110 fixes this. nostr:nevent1qqsqj57ventuggqnehuvk7pfu3s7ywlkecfm7xl2ejsv0ranpu5zyvgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qgcwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxvmm4de6xz6tw9enx6tcze733m
OzzyHB · 8w
Still not seeing it on Fountain...