LibMiniSketch, Schnorr+Taproot Soft Fork, LN IRC Meeting ~ Bitcoin Op Tech #26

The Bitcoin Operations Technology Group (Optech) works to bring the best open source technologies and techniques to Bitcoin-using businesses in order to lower costs and improve customer experiences.
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This week’s newsletter describes the new libminisketch library for bandwidth efficient set reconciliation, links to an email about Schnorr/Taproot plans, and mentions an upcoming LN protocol specification meeting. Also included are a list of notable code changes in the past week from popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2018/12/18/

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