Bitcoin Optech newsletter #396 is here:
- describes a collision-resistant hash function using Bitcoin Script
- summarizes continued discussion of Lightning Network traffic analysis
- Optech Newsletter #396 Podcast
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/03/13/
Robin Linus posted to Delving Bitcoin about Binohash, a new collision-resistant hash function using Bitcoin Script…
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/03/13/#collision-resistant-hash-function-for-bitcoin-script
Jonathan Harvey-Buschel posted updates about Gossip Observer, a tool for collecting LN gossip traffic and computing metrics to evaluate replacing message flooding with a set-reconciliation-based protocol…
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/03/13/#continued-discussion-of-gossip-observer-traffic-analysis-tool
Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter streaming live on X/Twitter Tuesday at 16:30 UTC.
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