Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Dave Harding are joined by Matt Morehouse and 0xB10C to discuss Newsletter #339.
News
● Vulnerability in LDK claim processing (0:47)
● Replacement cycling attacks with miner exploitation (17:28)
● Updated stats on compact block reconstruction (23:56)
Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange
● Who uses or wants to use PSBTv2 (BIP370)? (32:38)
● In the bitcoin's block genesis, which parts can be filled arbitrarily? (34:41)
● Lightning force close detection (36:47)
● Is a segwit-formatted transaction with all inputs of non-witness program type valid? (40:01)
● P2TR Security Question (41:41)
● What exactly is being done today to make Bitcoin quantum-safe? (44:27)
● What are the harmful effects of a shorter inter-block time? (47:57)
● Could proof-of-work be used to replace policy rules? (51:19)
● How does MuSig work in real Bitcoin scenarios? (54:54)
● How does the -blocksxor switch that obfuscates the blocks.dat files work? (57:18)
● How does the related key attack on Schnorr signatures work? (59:42)
Releases and release candidates
● LDK v0.1.1 (1:01:19)
Notable code and documentation changes
● Bitcoin Core #31376 (1:03:24)
● Bitcoin Core #31583 (1:04:48)
● Bitcoin Core #31590 (1:05:40)
● Eclair #2982 (1:07:17)
● BDK #1614 (1:11:39)
● BOLTs #1110 (1:12:08)