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Addressing remaining points on BIP 54

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By Antoine Poinsot

Involving Antoine Riard, Matt Corallo+3 others

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Original post on December 30, 2025 15:59 UTC

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Last reply on January 14, 2026 00:23 UTC

bitcoin-dev

  • Luke Dashjr criticizes BIP 54 for potentially missing optimization in ASIC controllers.

  • Jeremy Rubin suggests a sparse Merkle tree, avoiding transaction size limitations.

  • The consensus leans towards pragmatism, favoring stability over major protocol changes.

Follow-up regarding Motion to Activate BIP 3

6 replies

By Murch

Involving Bryan Bishop, Chris Stewart+4 others

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Original post on January 7, 2026 00:42 UTC

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Last reply on January 14, 2026 00:47 UTC

bitcoin-dev

  • The community largely supports adopting BIP 3 as a guideline for future Bitcoin proposals.

  • Concerns about BIP 3 led to modifications, including a reversal of the LLM-policy after feedback.

  • Notable figures and additional endorsements after December 15th update show strong backing for BIP 3 activation.

QRAMP addition: Alternative to legacy freeze: “quarantine-mode” legacy spends via two-phase destination commitment

By bnv

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Original post on January 13, 2026 02:15 UTC

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Last reply on January 13, 2026 02:15 UTC

bitcoin-dev

  • Legacy UTXOs enter quarantine mode in QRAMP to stay spendable post-quantum with a two-phase flow.

  • Technical challenge involves consensus-enforced mechanism without needing transaction history, suggesting SPV-style proofs.

  • Fee sponsorship provision allows others to cover transaction fees, with commitment authorized off-chain by the legacy holder.

Great Consensus Cleanup Revival

89 replies

By AntoineP

Involving ajtowns, sjors+14 others

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Original post on March 24, 2024 19:53 UTC

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Last reply on January 13, 2026 16:57 UTC

delvingbitcoin

  • The analysis highlights Bitcoin's vulnerabilities and proposes improvements for security and performance.

  • It suggests adjusting mining difficulty and limiting legacy transaction sizes to prevent exploitation.

  • Community debate surrounds the impact of reducing the block size limit on scalability and efficiency.

BIP352: PSBT support

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By josibake

Involving andrewtoth, achow101+3 others

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Original post on May 17, 2024 11:51 UTC

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Last reply on January 16, 2026 13:40 UTC

delvingbitcoin

  • The discussion outlines PSBT upgrades for privacy through spending tweaks and future standardizations.

  • A new BIP proposes an `OutputGenerator` role to simplify silent payments in cryptocurrency transactions.

  • Security concerns persist, especially regarding non-disclosure of private keys and the security of new cryptographic methods.

Stealth addresses using nostr

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By 1440000bytes

Involving setavenger, AdamISZ

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Original post on July 9, 2025 17:13 UTC

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Last reply on January 17, 2026 05:54 UTC

delvingbitcoin

  • Nostr uses Bitcoin's cryptographic techniques for secure Bitcoin payments through `npub`.

  • It improves BIP 47 by allowing encrypted notifications and enhancing user experience.

  • The provided Python script aids developers in creating secure, anonymous transaction systems.

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