Bitcoin Optech newsletter
#411 is here:
- describes the responsible disclosure of a denial-of-service vulnerability that affected older versions of LND
- summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange
- Optech Newsletter
#411 Podcast
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/06/26/Nishant Bansal posted to Delving Bitcoin disclosing a denial-of-service vulnerability he discovered through state-machine fuzzing of LND’s gossip handling...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/06/26/#lnd-zero-timestamp-gossip-dos-disclosureSelected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange
- Is it a bug that OP_IF is part of the tapscript opcodes?
- Why would forbidding OP_IF in tapscript be a problem?
- Does a softfork always succeed?
- How to set up Bitcoin Core to mine a valid block after the BIP110 activation in August 2026?
- Are BIP110 blocks on a branch with lower difficulty valid?
- What is the story behind Bitcoin test networks?
- Why was -datacarriersize redefined in 2022, and why was the 2023 proposal to expand it not merged?
- Are chains of 26 unconfirmed transactions prohibited by the wallet in Bitcoin Core 31.0?
- Are there changes in Bitcoin Core 29.0 that affect memory usage?
- What is Bitcoin Core’s release schedule?
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/06/26/#selected-qa-from-bitcoin-stack-exchangeBitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter streaming live on X/Twitter Tuesday at 16:30 UTC.
