Bitcoin, Explained — The Technical Side of Bitcoin

Episode 97: Bitcoin Core 29

Aaron and Sjors talk about the new Bitcoin Core 29.0 release..===This episode’s sponsor: CoinKite, maker of the ColdCard.Aaron’s Nostr: ⁠npub1art8cs66ffvnqns5zs5qa9fwlctmusj5lj38j94lv0ulw0j54wjqhpm0w5⁠Sjors’ Nostr: ⁠npro...

2025-04-20

Episode notes

Aaron and Sjors discuss what’s new in Bitcoin Core 29.


Chapters


00:00:00 Bitcoin Core 29: introduction

00:01:39 Sponsor: Coinkite and COLDCARD Q

00:02:52 Replacing UPnP with PCP for inbound connections

00:12:16 Ephemeral dust and Lightning channel fees

00:22:43 Block reserved weight for mining templates

00:27:31 Time warp protection and mining timestamps

00:42:09 Full RBF becomes the only policy

00:43:50 Building Bitcoin Core with CMake

00:45:22 Exporting the UTXO set to SQLite


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This episode’s sponsor: CoinKite, maker of the COLDCARD.


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