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In March 2025, BIP 3 was promoted to "Proposed" after finishing work in February.

Significant updates to BIP 3 include SPDX License Expressions and elimination of the License-Code header.

A call for support or concerns for BIP 3's activation extends till December 2, 2025.

The email proposes a novel approach to filtering objectionable Bitcoin blockchain content.

It suggests changes at consensus and client levels for post-mining content removal without compromising integrity.

The solution enables deletion or alteration of data without affecting blockchain's overall integrity.

Hash-based cryptographic solutions for Bitcoin are gaining attention for post-quantum security.

These schemes, including SPHINCS+, are optimized for practicality without security compromise.

The Bitcoin community is encouraged to explore these solutions' integration and implications.

The proposed soft-fork aims to expire dust outputs to reduce UTXO set spam.

Spam activities have doubled the UTXO set size from 4.6 GB to 11 GB since 2023.

The solution makes old, tiny outputs unspendable, addressing UTXO spam's permanence.

Bitcoin's fee estimation process is complex and uncertain due to miner unpredictability.

Efforts to standardize mempools may harm Bitcoin by increasing vulnerability to censorship.

The call is for adapting to uncertainties in transactions, not for controlling them with rigid models.

The project aims to monitor the Lightning network, analyzing message dynamics and propagation changes.

Findings show a decrease in message convergence delay and potential network inefficiencies.

Future plans involve expanding infrastructure to enhance geographic and P2P graph diversity in data collection.