Active Discussions

Aiden McClelland proposed a BIP for a modular mempool/relay policy on GitHub.

The proposal aims to resolve Bitcoin relay policy conflicts with a flexible solution.

Despite challenges from a C++ hiatus, McClelland focuses on developing a working model.

Rusty Russell and Julian Moik aim to enhance Bitcoin's scripting language to its original capabilities.

Their proposal includes implementing a varops budget, reintroducing certain opcodes, and enabling new scripting possibilities.

Feedback is invited on their draft, which introduces innovations for Bitcoin scripting, detailed on GitHub.

The email highlights concerns over Bitcoin scalability and node burden reduction without direct compensation.

It discusses potential removal of outdated mechanisms and stresses on not accommodating harmful requests.

The dialogue suggests a consensus-ban on dust transactions for maintaining decentralization and network health.

A soft-fork proposes age-based dust output expiration to combat UTXO set spam clutter.

Since 2023, UTXO set size has doubled to 11 GB due to spam, impacting nearly half its content.

The solution would make old, small UTXOs unspendable, allowing removal from the set after reaching a threshold.

BIP-360 modifications enhance Bitcoin's defense against quantum computing by improving P2QRH.

The approach simplifies integration, boosts protection against attacks, and avoids emergency changes.

Plans include independent development of Post-Quantum signatures and flexible activation frameworks.

Bitcoin's fee estimation process is complex and unpredictable due to miner behavior.

Efforts to standardize mempools may lead to increased centralization and censorship risk.

The community should focus on adaptable, broad strategies for fee estimation amidst uncertainties.