The 10 latest articles on Protocol Debates & Upgrades come from 9 sources, published between Oct 23 and Nov 5. Most come from CryptoNews (2).
People in these stories: Bitcoin (7), Bitcoin Core (6), Antoine Poinsot (4), Corallo (2), Matt Corallo (2), Paul Sztorc (2)
Organizations: Bitcoin Core (5), MARA Foundation TV (2), LayerTwo Labs (2), BTC (2)
Places: Bitcoin (3)
Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo puts the odds at 80% that the network's next soft fork will be BIP-54, a maintenance-focused proposal that patches four long-standing weaknesses in Bitcoin's consensus rules rather than adding new capabilities. Corallo, who co-authored the plan with…
Cryptonews.net Matt Corallo Puts Bitcoin (BTC) Cleanup Fork BIP-54 Odds at 80% BIP-54 Targets Four Legacy Bugs The Great Consensus Cleanup (BIP-54), a consensus-cleanup specification first proposed in 2019 and co-authored by long-time Bitcoin ($BTC) developer Matt Corallo, has become the…
Cryptonews.net Adam Back criticizes BIP-110 supporters after failed Bitcoin fork
The Bitcoin Core security policy fast-tracks patches and advisories for easily rediscovered bugs, giving node operators fixes sooner as AI hunting grows. Bitcoin Core’s new security policy, merged on Thursday, October 22, changes how quickly node operators learn about and receive…
Having decided to stop withholding vulnerabilities that AI can also discover, Bitcoin Core has already made three of them public, one of which enables strangers to crash nodes running on Windows and Mac computers. This flaw was initially flagged by…
Bitcoin Core version 32.1 has been released, introducing specific changes to network handling, privacy configurations, and software interfaces for node operators. The release follows version 32.0, which was tagged but never fully announced or distributed due to last-minute issues, making 32.1 the current…
TL;DR: Bitcoin Core 32.1 introduces network, privacy and interface changes, while 31.2 and 30.4 provide maintenance updates. Operators need to check integrations as well as version numbers. Bitcoin Core’s late-October releases give node operators several upgrade paths, but the details deserve more…
Bitcoin Core developers have released security updates after an AI-powered code scan uncovered three vulnerabilities, including one that could allow attackers to crash Bitcoin nodes running on Windows and macOS. The findings were made public on October 28, after developers verified…
Tomas Reiner covers crypto markets for InsideBitcoins: bitcoin and ether price action, spot ETF flows, corporate treasuries and the macro data that moves digital assets. Bitcoin Core merged a rule change on Oct. 22 that opens a faster lane for vulnerability…
Three newly patched bugs in Bitcoin Core can crash the nodes that keep the network running, and the project just quietly changed how it discloses vulnerabilities. Whether that puts your coins at risk depends entirely on one question about how…
Core vs Knots, OP_RETURN limits, soft-fork proposals such as BIP-110 and BIP-360, client releases, developer drama and node counts.
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