Announcements

• Respect people’s privacy
• Interaction and asking questions are encouraged
• Chatham House Rules
• Join our Telegram group (https://t.me/BitcoinAustin) QR or Sphinx Chat
• Bitcoiner Jobs
• The Great Bitcoin Node LARP

News

• Bitcoin Optech 2021 Year in Review
• OP_CTV/BIP119 ~4BTC Bug Bounty
• HRF Bitcoin Development Grants
• HRF and Strike offer three 1BTC bounties
• 1BTC Grant- Privacy Focused Lightning Wallet
• Houston Hackathon Projects
• Simply Lightning Newsletter

Notable Code Changes

• MuSig2 merged into secp256k1-zkp
• Draft implementation of Taproot + Tapscript BIPs in btcd
• PSBT Updates merged into bitcoin core
• mempool validation and submission for packages of 1 child + parents
• lnd - remote signer without chain backend

Bitcoin

• Taproot funds burned
• Making Valid Schnorr Pubkeys Policy
• BIP-119 Deployment and Review Workshops
• RBF policy and mempool limit exemptions
• Efficient reusable Taproot addresses
• Fee Accounts
• Erlay support signaling - Bitcoin Core PR Review Club
• Musig2 spending in python (experimental)

Lightning

• Moxie Marlinspike on Web3 and Building with Lightning
• Does eltoo require trusting watchtowers not to close channels
• Split payments in 1 lightning invoice
• Using DLCs for Stable USD Channels
• What are anchor outputs
• Lightning network node operator’s guide
• Payment sender authentication

Other

• Taproot+ on Liquid
• 2 solo blocks mined in the same week Other