Active Discussions

Luke Dashjr criticizes BIP 54 for compromising ASIC optimization by altering nLockTime.

Jeremy Rubin proposes a sparse Merkle tree over limiting transaction sizes to avoid smart contract issues.

The consensus favors pragmatic solutions, avoiding drastic changes to maintain the ecosystem's stability.

A soft fork integrates the Falcon post-quantum signature scheme into Bitcoin Core.

Falcon offers smaller key sizes and faster verification than current Bitcoin cryptography.

The project aims to benchmark Falcon's performance for future Bitcoin security enhancements.

A quantum-secure vault leverages OP_CTV and SHA256 for resistance to quantum attacks.

The approach separates execution triggers from value destinations to secure assets.

It features quantum signature safety, reorg resistance, and an escape route for added security.

SHRINCS merges stateful hash-based and stateless signatures for efficient, robust operation.

It uses unbalanced XMSS trees and SPHINCS+ variants for dual-mode functionality, enhancing security.

The scheme, particularly useful in Bitcoin wallets, ensures security even when state management fails.

Dust attack UTXOs pose a privacy risk by linking wallet transactions.

Mitigation strategies include locking dust UTXOs, though this has its own future risks.

A proposed solution suggests spending dust on fees, but raises new challenges.

Ethan Heilman and two others have completely rewritten BIP 360 for clarity.

The update introduces "Pay-to-Tapscript-Hash" to improve Bitcoin's quantum resistance.

It also adds test vectors and invites community review to enhance security.