bitcoin++ weekly · August 11, 2026
what‘s new in the bitcoin++ universe
I don’t know about you all, but this has been the longest week of any that I’ve personally experienced in bitcoin. Crazy to realize that the consensus edition in Toronto wrapped up a mere 18 days ago.
The seriousness of what happened in some ways feels like it’s overshadowing a lot of really other great stuff in bitcoin. This week we highlight new speakers, talks from Toronto including an awesome panel on PQ progress by Isabel Foxen Duke, and some highlights from the Insider Edition.
Finally, I’d like to thank HRF and NYDIG for their continued support in making bitcoin++ possible.
§ What’s Happening at bitcoin++
Nothing ever happens, except at the frontier of bitcoin. Here’s what’s new in the bitcoin++ universe.
New speakers confirmed for bitcoin++ Seoul, privacy edition:
§ bitcoin++ broadcasts
New talks were posted. Check out the latest on our YouTube.
Formal Functional Correctness of libsecp256k1’s Modular Inverse by Russell O’Connor. Published Friday, August 7.
CISA by Fabian Jahr. Published Monday, August 10.
Stuff We’re Working On by Paul Sztorc. Published Monday, August 10.
§ Last week in Bitcoin
Here’s what we’re reporting on over at Insider Edition:
PR8913 is exposing APIs for raw Hashed Time-Locked Contracts (HTLCs) APIs in Fedimint. Link
PR2285 in the Cashu Development Kit (CDK) is adding support for Iroh . Link
Marmot has been officially upgraded to the version 2 of the protocol. Link
→ Read the full weekly summary
§ Talk of the week
Quantum BIPs Showdown by conduition, Isabel Foxen Duke, Nadav Kohen, Tadge Dryja · bitcoin++ Toronto, consensus edition.
In this panel, Isabel Foxen Duke is joined by a few cryptographers and protocol engineers from the bitcoin dev community. They’ll be covering the pros and cons of different quantum-related proposals for Bitcoin - including but not limited to “what to do with Satashi’s Coins” // “best PQ signature schemes for Bitcoin -…
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