Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Toby Sharp, Chris Hyunhum Cho, Jonas Nick, and Antoine Poinsot to discuss Newsletter #391 (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/02/06/).

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News

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#a-constant-time-parallelized-utxo-database)
      A constant-time parallelized UTXO database
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#bithoven-a-formally-verified-imperative-language-for-bitcoin-script)
      Bithoven: A formally verified, imperative language for Bitcoin Script
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#discussion-of-dust-attack-mitigations)
      Discussion of dust attack mitigations
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Changing consensus

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#shrincs-324-byte-stateful-post-quantum-signatures-with-static-backups)
      SHRINCS: 324-byte stateful post-quantum signatures with static backups
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#addressing-remaining-points-on-bip54)
      Addressing remaining points on BIP54
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#falcon-post-quantum-signature-scheme-proposal)
      Falcon post-quantum signature scheme proposal
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#slh-dsa-verification-can-compete-with-ecc)
      SLH-DSA verification can compete with ECC
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Releases and release candidates

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#ldk-0-1-9)
      LDK 0.1.9
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Notable code and documentation changes

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#bitcoin-core-33604)
      Bitcoin Core #33604
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#bitcoin-core-34358)
      Bitcoin Core #34358
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#core-lightning-8824)
      Core Lightning #8824
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#eclair-3244)
      Eclair #3244
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#ldk-4263)
      LDK #4263
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#ldk-4300)
      LDK #4300
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#lnd-10473)
      LND #10473
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/02/10/#rust-bitcoin-5493)
      Rust Bitcoin #5493
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