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Relax OP_RETURN standardness restrictions

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By Antoine Poinsot

Involving Antoine Riard, Greg Sanders+3 others

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Original post on April 17, 2025 18:52 UTC

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Last reply on April 20, 2025 08:43 UTC

bitcoin-dev

  • Bitcoin Core's standardness rules aim to mitigate DoS attacks, allow upgrades, and deter bad practices.

  • Developers, like those behind Clementine, create workarounds to standardness rules, showing the system's adaptability.

  • Proposals suggest removing OP_RETURN restrictions to prevent counterproductive outcomes and deter unwanted practices.

DahLIAS: Discrete Logarithm-Based Interactive Aggregate Signatures

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By Jonas Nick

Involving waxwing/ AdamISZ

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Original post on April 17, 2025 16:27 UTC

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Last reply on April 22, 2025 15:29 UTC

bitcoin-dev

  • DahLIAS introduces a pioneering aggregate signature scheme compatible with secp256k1, enhancing cryptographic protocols.

  • Different from prior attempts, DahLIAS proves secure under certain conditions, improving transaction efficiency for Bitcoin.

  • Its operational efficiency and compatibility with key tweaking make DahLIAS a notable advancement for CISA in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Great Consensus Cleanup Revival

84 replies

By AntoineP

Involving ajtowns, evoskuil+14 others

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Original post on March 24, 2024 19:53 UTC

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Last reply on April 21, 2025 14:57 UTC

delvingbitcoin

  • The analysis highlights Bitcoin protocol's vulnerabilities, suggesting improvements for security and performance.

  • It proposes solutions for the timewarp vulnerability and risks from malicious non-SegWit transactions.

  • Community debate emerges over block size reduction, while standardized technical changes are cautiously received.

How to linearize your cluster

72 replies

By sipa

Involving stefanwouldgo, Lagrang3+6 others

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Original post on December 20, 2023 03:59 UTC

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Last reply on April 22, 2025 19:51 UTC

delvingbitcoin

  • Optimizing transaction clusters in cryptocurrency is key for efficient transaction processing.

  • Linearization algorithms improve efficiency by sorting transactions and may include post-processing.

  • Advanced strategies employ bottleneck splitting and iterative search to optimize linearization further.

Stats on compact block reconstructions

26 replies

By 0xB10C

Involving ajtowns, instagibbs+6 others

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Original post on August 2, 2024 12:08 UTC

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Last reply on April 22, 2025 19:58 UTC

delvingbitcoin

  • The study examines block reconstruction efficiency in the Bitcoin network using `debug=cmpctblock` logging.

  • Adjustments to node configurations, like `dave` increasing connections, affected block reconstruction effectiveness.

  • Findings suggest variations in node settings and environmental conditions significantly influence block reconstruction times.

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