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# ![@bitcoinoptech Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1003652995349975041.png) @bitcoinoptech Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech posts on X about bitcoin, stack exchange, core, stack the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours.

### Engagements: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::1003652995349975041/interactions)
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- X Week XXXXX +176%
- X Month XXXXXX -XX%
- X Months XXXXXXX +79%
- X Year XXXXXXX -XXXX%

### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1003652995349975041/posts_active)
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- X Month XX -XX%
- X Months XX +94%
- X Year XXX +12%

### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1003652995349975041/followers)
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- X Week XXXXXX -XXXX%
- X Month XXXXXX -XXXX%
- X Months XXXXXX +1.60%
- X Year XXXXXX +3.80%

### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1003652995349975041/influencer_rank)
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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [finance](/list/finance) 

**Social topic influence**
[bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) #6139, [stack exchange](/topic/stack-exchange) #5, [core](/topic/core), [stack](/topic/stack), [compact](/topic/compact) #1490, [signature](/topic/signature), [virtual](/topic/virtual), [relay](/topic/relay), [safeguard](/topic/safeguard), [limits](/topic/limits)

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@bitschmidty](/creator/undefined) [@murchandamus](/creator/undefined) [@darosior](/creator/undefined) [@glozow](/creator/undefined) [@theinstagibbs](/creator/undefined) [@ajtowns](/creator/undefined) [@peterktodd](/creator/undefined) [@actuallycarlakc](/creator/undefined) [@jesseposner](/creator/undefined) [@roasbeef](/creator/undefined) [@hrdng](/creator/undefined) [@sadeeqismaela](/creator/undefined) [@pwuille](/creator/undefined) [@stevenroose3](/creator/undefined) [@realtbast](/creator/undefined) [@rot13maxi](/creator/undefined) [@renepickhardt](/creator/undefined) [@4moonsettler](/creator/undefined) [@n1ckler](/creator/undefined) [@tdryja](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Moonsettler (@4moonsettler) and Julian (@_julian256_) joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #383: News Consensus bug in NBitcoin library (1:04) Changing consensus LNHANCE soft fork (24:00) Benchmarking the varops budget (5:09) SLH-DSA (SPHINCS) post-quantum signature optimizations (45:29) Releases and release candidates Core Lightning v25.12 (1:02:24) LDK XXX (1:03:43) Notable code and documentation changes Core Lightning #8728 (1:05:14) Core Lightning #8702 (1:06:55) Core Lightning #8735 (1:07:24) LDK #4226 (1:11:41) LND #10341 (1:12:49) BTCPay Server #6986 (1:14:00) BIPs #2015 (1:16:18)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1998495931247812724)  2025-12-09T20:52Z 18K followers, 7246 engagements


"Bitcoin Optech newsletter #384 is here: - discloses vulnerabilities in LND - describes a project for running a virtual machine in an embedded secure element - summarizes changes to services/client software - summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange - Optech Newsletter #384 Podcast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1999430512314585482)  2025-12-12T10:45Z 17.9K followers, 1362 engagements


"Matt Morehouse Daniela Brozzoni (@danielabrozzoni) and Gustavo Flores Echaiz (@gustavojfe) joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #373: News 18:50 Eclair vulnerability 0:35 Research into feerate settings Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange 28:27 Implications of OP_RETURN changes in upcoming Bitcoin Core version XXXX 42:12 If OP_RETURN relay limits are ineffective why remove the safeguard instead of keeping it as a default discouragement 43:25 What are the worst-case stress scenarios from uncapped OP_RETURNs in Bitcoin Core v30 50:39 If OP_RETURN needed more room why was the 80-byte cap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1973442544366223647)  2025-10-01T17:39Z 18K followers, 12.3K engagements


"Mark Murch Erhardt (@murchandamus) and Mike Schmidt (@bitschmidty) discussNewsletter #378: News Disclosure of four low-severity vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Core (1:00) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange Why was -datacarriersize redefined in 2022 and why was the 2023 proposal to expand it not merged (17:53) What is the smallest valid transaction that can be included in a block (22:59) Why does Bitcoin Core continue to give witness data a discount even when it is used for inscriptions (25:38) The ever-growing Bitcoin blockchain size (39:17) I read that OP_TEMPLATEHASH is a variant of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1985799435746677000)  2025-11-04T20:00Z 18K followers, 68K engagements


"Bitcoin Optech newsletter #382 is here: - provides an update on compact block reconstruction discussions - relays a call to activate BIP3 - summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange - Optech Newsletter #382 Podcast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1994409986852549003)  2025-11-28T14:16Z 18K followers, 1275 engagements


"Mark Murch Erhardt (@murchandamus) Gustavo Flores Echaiz (@gustavojfe) and Mike Schmidt (@bitschmidty) discuss Newsletter #382: News Stats on compact block reconstructions updates (0:34) Motion to activate BIP3 (7:26) Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange Do pruned nodes store witness inscriptions (24:27) Increasing probability of block hash collisions when difficulty is too high (29:33) What is the purpose of the initial 0x04 byte in all extended public and private keys (33:25) Releases and release candidates LND v0.20.0-beta (34:57) Core Lightning v25.12rc1 (35:57) Notable code and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1996266274113110259)  2025-12-03T17:12Z 18K followers, XXX engagements


"Matt Morehouse posted to Delving Bitcoin about critical vulnerabilities fixed in LND 0.19.0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1999430513552179429)  2025-12-12T10:45Z 18K followers, XX engagements


"Salvatoshi (@salvatoshi) posted to Delving Bitcoin about Vanadium a virtualized secure enclave for hardware signing devices"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1999430515087278503)  2025-12-12T10:45Z 18K followers, XXX engagements


"Changes to services and client software: - Interactive transaction visualization tool - BlueWallet v7.2.2 released - Stratum v2 updates - Auradine announces Stratum v2 support - LDK Node 0.7.0 released - BIP-329 Python Library 1.0.0 release - Bitcoin Safe 1.6.0 released"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1999430517544870357)  2025-12-12T10:45Z 18K followers, XX engagements


"Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange: - Does a clearnet connection to my Lightning node require a TLS certificate - Why do different implementations produce different DER signatures for the same private key and hash - Why is the miniscript after value limited at 0x80000000"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1999430518887125420)  2025-12-12T10:45Z 18K followers, XXX engagements


"Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on Tuesday at 17:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/1999430520158191994)  2025-12-12T10:45Z 18K followers, XXX engagements