Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Matt Corallo, Gregory Sanders, and Sebastian van Staa to discuss Newsletter #397 (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/03/20/).

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News No significant news this week was found on the Bitcoin-Dev or Lightning-Dev mailing lists.

Changes to services and client software

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#cake-wallet-adds-lightning-support)
      Cake Wallet adds Lightning support
      (1:06:09 (javascript:void(0))1:06:09)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#sparrow-2-4-0-and-2-4-2-released)
      Sparrow 2.4.0 and 2.4.2 released
      (1:13:15 (javascript:void(0))1:13:15)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#blockstream-jade-adds-lightning-via-liquid)
      Blockstream Jade adds Lightning via Liquid
      (1:15:33 (javascript:void(0))1:15:33)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#lightning-labs-releases-agent-tools)
      Lightning Labs releases agent tools
      (14:49 (javascript:void(0))14:49)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#tether-launches-miningos)
      Tether launches MiningOS
      (1:17:38 (javascript:void(0))1:17:38)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#fibre-network-relaunched)
      FIBRE network relaunched
      (1:35 (javascript:void(0))1:35)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#tui-for-bitcoin-core-released)
      TUI for Bitcoin Core released
      (1:19:34 (javascript:void(0))1:19:34)

Releases and release candidates

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#bitcoin-core-31-0rc1)
      Bitcoin Core 31.0rc1
      (28:24 (javascript:void(0))28:24)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#btcpay-server-2-3-6)
      BTCPay Server 2.3.6
      (1:20:55 (javascript:void(0))1:20:55)

Notable code and documentation changes

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#bitcoin-core-31560)
      Bitcoin Core #31560
      (1:21:55 (javascript:void(0))1:21:55)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#bitcoin-core-31774)
      Bitcoin Core #31774
      (1:23:35 (javascript:void(0))1:23:35)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#core-lightning-8817)
      Core Lightning #8817
      (1:25:12 (javascript:void(0))1:25:12)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#eclair-3265)
      Eclair #3265
      (1:27:41 (javascript:void(0))1:27:41)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#ldk-4427)
      LDK #4427
      (22:36 (javascript:void(0))22:36)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#ldk-4484)
      LDK #4484
      (23:45 (javascript:void(0))23:45)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/24/#bips-1974)
      BIPs #1974
      (49:52 (javascript:void(0))49:52)

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