Active Discussions

BIP 3 was proposed in March 2025, receiving broad support and significant modifications.

Stakeholders have until December 2, 2025, to discuss or endorse the proposal formally.

Changes include SPDX License Expressions adoption and refined BIP process clarifications.

Hash-based cryptographic solutions for Bitcoin focus on security against quantum attacks.

Optimizations allow for smaller signature sizes, enhancing practicality for blockchain use.

The Bitcoin community is encouraged to discuss the integration of post-quantum cryptography.

The email discusses implementing "The Cat" proposal to delete spammy UTXOs in Bitcoin.

Critics argue such measures contradict Bitcoin's decentralization, but some support exists.

The sender backs "The Cat" for economic efficiency, despite ethical concerns on digital property rights.

The proposal suggests expiring old, small UTXO outputs to combat spam-induced expansion.

UTXO set size doubled since 2023, significantly affected by spam activities.

The community is asked to provide feedback on the age-based UTXO expiration solution.

The project monitors the Lightning Network, analyzing message propagation and updating resources online.

Significant findings include reduced convergence delay and inefficiencies in network connectivity or filtering policies.

Future plans involve expanding the infrastructure for broader gossip message collection and community engagement for data analysis.

The Bitcoin fee estimation process is complex due to miners' unpredictable behavior.

Strategies to standardize mempools to predict miner actions are deemed futile and risky.

A shift towards broader network-wide heuristics is advocated to embrace inherent uncertainties.