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Recent newsletters and blog posts
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #96
This week’s newsletter links to a discussion about using enhanced QR codes for communicating large transactions, includes a field report from Suredbits about building a high-availability LN node, and briefly summarizes several recently transcribed talks and conversations. Also included are our regular sections with releases, release candidates, and notable code changes from popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Field Report: Running a Lightning node in an enterprise environment
A field report about how Suredbits uses Eclair, AWS, and a remote PostgreSQL database to operate an LN node with fast failover capability.Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #95
This week’s newsletter summarizes the disclosure of an issue affecting the safety of routed LN payments and announces a new presigned vault proposal. Also included are our regular sections with popular questions and answers from the Bitcoin StackExchange, announcements of releases and release candidates, and descriptions of notable code changes in popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
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