Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Oliver Gugger and 0xB10C to discuss Newsletter #406 (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/22/).

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News

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#significant-updates-to-bip322-generic-signed-message-format)
      Significant updates to BIP322 Generic Signed Message Format
      (1:17 (javascript:void(0))1:17)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#tcp-hole-punching-for-bitcoin-nodes-behind-nats)
      TCP hole punching for Bitcoin nodes behind NATs
      (17:39 (javascript:void(0))17:39)

Changes to services and client software

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#ibis-wallet-announced)
      Ibis Wallet announced
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#ldk-server-announced)
      LDK Server announced
      (41:10 (javascript:void(0))41:10)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#mempool-space-v3-3-0-released)
      Mempool.space v3.3.0 released
      (42:06 (javascript:void(0))42:06)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#peer-observer-p2p-monitoring-tooling)
      peer-observer P2P monitoring tooling
      (32:28 (javascript:void(0))32:28)

Notable code and documentation changes

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#bitcoin-core-29136)
      Bitcoin Core #29136
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#bitcoin-core-34893)
      Bitcoin Core #34893
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#bitcoin-core-34860)
      Bitcoin Core #34860
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#bitcoin-core-31298)
      Bitcoin Core #31298
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#bitcoin-core-28802)
      Bitcoin Core #28802
      (57:04 (javascript:void(0))57:04)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#eclair-3298)
      Eclair #3298
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#ldk-4575)
      LDK #4575
      (1:02:08 (javascript:void(0))1:02:08)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#lnd-10814)
      LND #10814
      (1:03:13 (javascript:void(0))1:03:13)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#rust-bitcoin-6191)
      Rust Bitcoin #6191
      (1:04:35 (javascript:void(0))1:04:35)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/05/26/#blips-42)
      BLIPs #42
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