Bitcoin Core v0.18, PSBT, Output Script Descriptors, Schnorr, Taproot, Bech32 ~ Bitcoin OpTech #45

This week’s newsletter highlights some of the changes in the recently-released Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, briefly mentions two proposed BIPs, describes how bech32 addresses are forward compatible with expected protocol improvements, and summarizes notable changes in popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects. https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters... The Bitcoin Operations Technology Group (Optech) works to bring the best open source technologies and techniques to Bitcoin-using businesses in order to lower costs and improve customer experiences. An initial focus for the group is working with its member organizations to reduce transaction sizes and minimize the effect of subsequent transaction fee increases. We provide workshops, documentation, weekly newsletters, original research, case studies and announcements, and help facilitate improved relations between businesses and the open source community. https://bitcoinops.org/ If you have learned something valuable, donate a couple sats to Max as a thank you note: 3DqEnU6dW6bZesrVdThrrQjQKgN7dpY5vv https://tallyco.in/HillebrandMax Support the show by buying bitcoin on https://hodlhodl.com/join/ERCT Listen to WCN Audio Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Check out the brand new http://WorldCryptoNetwork.com/ Find out more about Max https://towardsliberty.com Follow WCN on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldCryptoNet Follow Max on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax Contribute to Max’s Bachelor Thesis on Multi Signature in the Lightning Network: https://towardsliberty.com/multisig https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...