bitcoin++ weekly · August 25, 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.
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.
Bitcoin Validation Without a Node: A Practical Introduction to libbitcoinkernel by Edil Medeiros. Published Friday, August 21.
Introspection & Covenants by Jerry Qian. Published Friday, August 21.
DIY bitcoin ecosystem by Pacman. Published Monday, August 24.
§ Last week in Bitcoin
Here’s what we’re reporting on over at Insider Edition:
The LDK team is working to introduce recurrent payments in BOLT12.
A plugin for Core-lightning for rebalancing channels in a node.
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§ Talk of the week
Covenants with OP_TEMPLATEHASH and OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK by Steven Roose · bitcoin++ Toronto, consensus edition.
What are some functionalities that we want to enable with covenant opcodes in bitcoin and how are these functionalities implemented using OP_TEMPLATEHASH and OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK.
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