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Bitcoin Core v31 Release, Project Loupe Launches, Lightning Network's Future

Published 1 week ago

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10:09 It used to be that if you left your job to study bitcoin. Now it's study vibecoding.

11:50 PBJ Podcast worth a MILLION dollars?

16:44 Okay, let's talk about bitcoin

17:24 Unpacking Bitcoin Core v31

21:12 Steve's top three highlights from Core v31. Feature 1: Embedded ASMAP

30:14 DK's security concerns and Anthropic Mythos model

31:16 Getting to Max's questions and other initiatives around node security

39:27 Feature 2: private transactions

47:47 Feature 3: cluster mempool & discussing block rewards vs fee.

58:22 Okay, what is cluster mempool, how it works, and why this could matter

1:01:56 Closing out the Bitcoin Core conversation and why it's important

1:03:22 Project Loupe, AI security scanning, to discover vulnerabilities in projects

1:13:26 This is important as bitcoin is the biggest honeypot for AI to hack

1:20:31 Another big release! Updates to LDK Server to ease building and operating an LSP

1:29:45 Steve's hot takes on the Lightning Network

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