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@ Bitcoin Optech
2025-05-09 10:45:03
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #353 is here:
- describes a recently discovered theoretical consensus failure vulnerability
- links to a proposal to avoid reuse of BIP32 wallet paths
- recaps the "Add bitcoin wrapper executable" PR Review Meeting
- Optech Newsletter #353 Recap
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/05/09/
Ruben Somsen posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list about a theoretical consensus failure that could occur now that checkpoints have been removed from Bitcoin Core...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/05/09/#bip30-consensus-failure-vulnerability
Kevin Loaec posted to Delving Bitcoin to discuss options for preventing the same BIP32 wallet path from being used with different wallets, which could lead to a loss of privacy due to output linking and a theoretical loss of security...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/05/09/#avoiding-bip32-path-reuse
"Add bitcoin wrapper executable" is a PR by ryanofsky that introduces a new bitcoin binary which can be used to discover and launch the various Bitcoin Core binaries...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/05/09/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club
Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on Riverside.fm Tuesday at 16:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://riverside.fm/studio/bitcoin-optech