bitcoin++ weekly · September 1, 2026
what‘s new in the bitcoin++ universe
The bitcoin developer ecosystem has had its most exciting month I can remember. It’s slowed down quite a bit since the beginning of this month, but I can’t help that feel like we’re on the precipice of an incredible new era for the developer community as a whole.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve been making more progress on my long standing software dreams in the last two weeks than the last 5 years. I suspect I’m not alone in this, and hope that it means we’ll have even more projects competing to share the stage at bitcoin++ in the coming weeks.
The Berlin event is definitely oversubscribed in terms of too many great talks, not enough stage space. I anticipate that our event in Seoul this coming November will be similar, so if you’re looking to present please don’t hesitate to apply ASAP.
We’d like to thank HRF and NYDIG for their 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++ Berlin, payments edition:
§ bitcoin++ broadcasts
New talks were posted. Check out the latest on our YouTube.
Building Bitcoin-Native Applications with Discreet Log Contracts by Tony Cai. Published Tuesday, August 25.
Fork Strategies: From the Front Lines by Chris Guida, Paul Sztorc, Peter Todd, Tadge Dryja. Published Tuesday, August 25.
Bitcoin Prediction Markets by James Pierog. Published Wednesday, August 26.
§ Last week in Bitcoin
Here’s what we’re reporting on over at Insider Edition:
Cashu devs are working on nutroot secrets, a new way to express spending conditions inspired by taproot.
Shielded CSV has been renamed Glass Coins, and promises a better transaction throughput on Bitcoin with improved privacy.
→ Read the full weekly summary
§ Talk of the week
Fork Strategies: From the Front Lines by Chris Guida, Paul Sztorc, Peter Todd, Tadge Dryja · bitcoin++ Toronto, consensus edition.
Bitcoin has changed a few times in its history, and we’re now at a point of several proposals for new changes. In this 45m panel we invite a host of experienced developers to talk about their successes and plans for changing bitcoin.
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~nifty