Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #312 Recap
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Jonas Nick and Pieter Wuille to discuss Newsletter #312.
News
Distributed key generation protocol for FROST (1:37)
Introduction to cluster linearization (28:45)
Changes to services and client software
ZEUS adds BOLT12 offers and …
Pieter Wuille on Building Bitcoin - WBD132
Location: San Fransisco Date: Monday 22nd July Company: Blockstream Role: Co-founder
Pieter Wuille is one of the most influential, respected and prolific Bitcoin developers. While his career began at Google, the appeal of working on Bitcoin's open-source protocol was too tempting and led him to co…
You Can Have Any Block Version as Long as It’s 001 | Bite Size Bitcoin
Block Version Number in BitcoinThe block version number in Bitcoin serves as an indicator of which set of consensus rules a block follows. It's also used to signal miners' readiness or support for upcoming protocol upgrades. Over time, block version numbers have evolved from simple sequential numbe…
Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #340 Recap
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Morehouse, Johan Halseth, Pieter Wuille, Sergi Delgado, Bastien Teinturier, Oleksandr Kurbatov, Antoine Poinsot and Bob McElrath to discuss Newsletter #340.
News
● Channel force closure vulnerability in LDK (2:14)
● Zero-knowledge gossip fo…
Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #385: 2025 Year-in-Review Special Recap
Mark “Murch” Erhardt and Mike Schmidt are joined by Bastien Teinturier, Rearden Code, and Pieter Wuille to discuss Newsletter #385: 2025 Year-in-Review Special.
January
● Updated ChillDKG draft (43:08)
● Offchain DLCs (45:53)
● Compact block reconstructions (2:29:27)
February
● Erlay update (1…
Cluster Mempool Explained & How Bitcoin Fees Actually Work w/Bitcoin Core Dev Peter Wuille
Cluster mempool is more than a code refactor, it’s a fundamental rethink of how Bitcoin handles transactions. Pieter Wuille breaks down how grouping related transactions into clusters solves long-standing computational and incentive problems. Shinobi connects the dots between mempool behavior, mine…
Cluster Mempool Explained with Pieter Wuille | SLP730
Stephan Livera and Pieter Wuille discuss Cluster Mempool for Bitcoin Core, its motivations, and its implications for Bitcoin users and miners. Where does the current mempool design have issues? Why is it important to maintain a transparent and reliable open mempool?
Pieter Wuille also explains the…
The History of SegWit and Taproot | with Pieter Wuille
A primary maintainer of Bitcoin Core from 2011-2022, Pieter Wuille is arguably the most influential developer in Bitcoin’s history since Satoshi himself.
After receiving keys to the Bitcoin codebase from Gavin Andersen, who was tasked with maintaining the codebase by Satoshi Nakamoto, Pieter went …
The Birth of BitVM and the Fight for "End Game" Money I with Robin Linus
In early 2024, independent developer Robin Linus published a paper outlining how one theoretically could verify zero-knowledge proofs on native Bitcoin for near-trustless scaling. A feat long considered impossible without a soft fork—the paper went viral, amassing over 3 million views and “nerd-sni…
Perfect Number Day and the Road to Schnorr
We celebrated June 28 as “Perfect Number Day” and finally told one of my favorite origin stories behind this whole project: a late-night drive home from a Phish show with Kayla, where a quick conversation about why 6 and 28 are perfect numbers turned into a full-blown family math obsession. We revi…
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