bitcoin++ weekly · August 18, 2026
what‘s new in the bitcoin++ universe
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§ 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:
Ticket prices for bitcoin++ Berlin, payments edition rise from €315 to €400 on Tuesday, September 1. Get them before they’re gone.
§ bitcoin++ broadcasts
New talks were posted. Check out the latest on our YouTube.
Tail Emissions and Demurrage by Peter Todd. Published Friday, August 14.
Realities of an alternative bitcoin implementation by Calvin Kim. Published Friday, August 14.
Compact Block Filters for Users and Wallet Developers by thunderbiscuit. Published Monday, August 17.
§ Last week in Bitcoin
Here’s what we’re reporting on over at Insider Edition:
Fedimint released a security patch on August 13th which fixes several vulnerabilities on the federated ecash protocol.
→ Read the full weekly summary
§ Talk of the week
Hand-Computed Checksums and Secret Sharing by Andrew Poelstra · bitcoin++ Austin 2022, bootstrap edition.
This talk was recorded at the very first bitcoin++ in Austin, Texas way back in June 2022. In it, Andrew Poelstra leads participants through a 2hr workshop, where they learn about a variant of “codex32”, a volvelle (paper computer) based scheme for generating and verifying checksums; splitting and recovering secrets; encrypting and decrypting them. Throughout we will avoid the use of electronic computers, whose complexity and lack of transparency make them a liability for long-term cold storage. Codex32 is designed to work with 128-bit keys. Because of a current lack of wallet support, and time constraints, we will instead work through the processes for 32- or 48-bit keys.
§ Want more?
Come to our upcoming event, bitcoin++ Berlin, payments edition, Oct 1 - 3, 2026 · Berlin, Germany.
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See you there,
~nifty