Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Jon McAlpine, Antoine Poinsot, Mike Casey, and Ethan Heilman to discuss Newsletter #395 (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/03/06/).

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News

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#a-standard-for-stateless-vtxo-verification)
      A standard for stateless VTXO verification
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#draft-bip-for-expanded-nversion-nonce-space-for-miners)
      Draft BIP for expanded `nVersion` nonce space for miners
      (1:23:45 (javascript:void(0))1:23:45)

Changing consensus

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#extensions-to-standard-tooling-for-templatehash-csfs-ik-support)
      Extensions to standard tooling for TEMPLATEHASH-CSFS-IK support
      (13:52 (javascript:void(0))13:52)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#hourglass-v2-update)
      Hourglass V2 update
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#algorithm-agility-for-bitcoin)
      Algorithm agility for Bitcoin
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#the-limitations-of-cryptographic-agility-in-bitcoin)
      The limitations of cryptographic agility in Bitcoin
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Releases and release candidates

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#bitcoin-core-28-4rc1)
      Bitcoin Core 28.4rc1
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Notable code and documentation changes

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#bitcoin-core-33616)
      Bitcoin Core #33616
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#bitcoin-core-34616)
      Bitcoin Core #34616
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#eclair-3256)
      Eclair #3256
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#eclair-3258)
      Eclair #3258
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#eclair-3255)
      Eclair #3255
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#ldk-4402)
      LDK #4402
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#lnd-10604)
      LND #10604
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#bips-1699)
      BIPs #1699
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#bips-2106)
      BIPs #2106
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#bips-2068)
      BIPs #2068
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/10/#bolts-1301)
      BOLTs #1301
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