Glozow rejoins me to talk about updates coming to Bitcoin’s transactions and mempool policy. We talk about how these will be essential to keep bitcoin use efficient and safe, especially for layer 2 protocols such as Lightning. We chat:
Current state with transacting
RBF and CPFP
Problems right now
L2 security
Pinning vectors
What is package relay?
What is v3 transactions?
What are ephemeral anchors?
Policy vs consensus
Glozow links:
Glozow on X
Waiting for confirmation - blog series on Bitcoin Optech
v3 and Package RBF Bitcoin Core Review club
Bitcoin Optech v3 transaction relay
Glozow slides for BTC++ talk: v3 and ephemeral anchors
Prior episodes:
SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
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