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Brandon Black proposes a Bitcoin soft fork to limit ScriptPubkey size for network security.

The fork aims for consensus on outpoints over 520 bytes becoming invalid, enhancing scalability.

Potential concerns consider future tech needs but the proposal welcomes community feedback.

Bitcoin Core version 30.0 introduces new features, bug fixes, and security enhancements.

Users must shut down older versions for a straightforward upgrade, ensuring compatibility with recent OS.

Significant changes include transaction policy updates, network enhancements, and improved user and developer interfaces.

A developer tested compact block relay in Bitcoin Knots, improving synchronization and efficiency.

Block 919005's analysis showed high reconstruction success with minimal transaction requests from peers.

The experiment invites further community feedback to enhance Bitcoin's compact block relay process.

The study examines block reconstructions in the Bitcoin network, focusing on transaction awareness and node configurations.

Adjustments, like `dave` increasing connections and `erin` adopting `mempoolfullrbf=1`, impacted block reconstruction efficiency.

Analysis indicates improved efficiency with `mempoolfullrbf=1` and varied reconstruction times based on node connectivity and hardware.

Recent Bitcoin node and miner policies include full RBF, enhanced spam filters, and a minimum fee rate.

Compact block relay significantly decreases block propagation times and expected orphan rates.

Alternative solutions like weak blocks and template sharing aim to improve network efficiency and robustness.

A stealthier variant of BGP hijacking threatens Bitcoin network security through eclipse attacks.

Attackers manipulate BGP routes to intercept Bitcoin node traffic, enabling potential financial abuses.

Proposed mitigations include network data use for defense and enhancing peer connection security.