Bitcoin Core 29.0 Released

[achow101]

There's a big debate about it in Technical Discussion as achow101 mentioned.
Some short videos from Matthew Kratter to get you up to speed on the matter more quickly:

From discussions I have read elsewhere, none of the videos he has posted are actually accurate and supposedly he is significantly overexaggerating/being hyperbolic. I cannot attest this as I have not watched them myself.

the announcement was made a couple days ago by the devs and the PR will be merged. We will see.

There is no such announcement that anything will happen. I would happen to know, as I am one of the maintainers.

The document that was published a few days ago was a draft of one that had intended to be "official" from the project, but it did not have enough agreement amongst contributors to adopt it as such. The author then published the draft. It is neither an announcement nor the project's "official" stance on the topic.


Regardless, continued discussion of OP_RETURN limits is off topic for this thread and I will be removing any further posts on the subject. Go to the myriad of other threads/forums where this is being discussed.

[headingnorth]

There's a big debate about it in Technical Discussion as achow101 mentioned.
Some short videos from Matthew Kratter to get you up to speed on the matter more quickly:

From discussions I have read elsewhere, none of the videos he has posted are actually accurate and supposedly he is significantly overexaggerating/being hyperbolic. I cannot attest this as I have not watched them myself.

the announcement was made a couple days ago by the devs and the PR will be merged. We will see.

There is no such announcement that anything will happen. I would happen to know, as I am one of the maintainers.

The document that was published a few days ago was a draft of one that had intended to be "official" from the project, but it did not have enough agreement amongst contributors to adopt it as such. The author then published the draft. It is neither an announcement nor the project's "official" stance on the topic.


Regardless, continued discussion of OP_RETURN limits is off topic for this thread and I will be removing any further posts on the subject. Go to the myriad of other threads/forums where this is being discussed.

Thank you for the info. It is a relief to hear that. I am hearing a lot of conflicting information right now.
Some articles came out yesterday claiming otherwise so I don't know what to believe.

Bitcoin Developers Plan OP_RETURN Limit Removal in Next Release
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-developers-plan-op-return-062522161.html

Bitcoin Core to unilaterally remove controversial OP-Return limit
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-core-unilaterally-remove-controversial-op-return-limit

It appears they are using dev comments on Github as their source but that is not an official announcement.
I guess the only way to know for sure is when the next release of Core comes out.

[Satofan44]

Thank you for the info. It is a relief to hear that. I am hearing a lot of conflicting information right now.
Some articles came out yesterday claiming otherwise so I don't know what to believe.

You can follow the discussion on the pull request but also in the email lists. That is much better than reading articles by under qualified writers that are posing as Bitcoin journalists.

[samnew009]

How come the latest version still won't support seed phrases?

[Shishir99]

How come the latest version still won't support seed phrases?

Well, my Bitcoin core was corrupted for some reason, and I had to uninstall it. I don't remember if there is an option to recover or create a new wallet with seed phrases. I assume most people on the internet do not use Bitcoin Core as a wallet. They just run the Bitcoin core to help the network. For wallet purposes, it is recommended to use Electrum.

There might be other software wallets with better services, but I find Electrum easy to use and safe, and I have been using it for a couple of years now.

According to ChatGPT

Bitcoin Core does support seed phrases, but not in the same way as other wallets like Electrum or hardware wallets do. Bitcoin Core typically uses a 12-word seed phrase for generating and backing up wallet keys, starting from version 0.21.0 (released in 2020).

Here’s how it works:

Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 and later includes an option to create a new wallet with a seed phrase, similar to how many other wallets operate.

The seed phrase is used to restore the wallet and its private keys, which is crucial if you ever need to recover your wallet.

In these versions, when creating a new wallet, you can either create a wallet normally (with no seed phrase) or you can select the option to generate a wallet with a seed phrase for better recovery options.

Bitcoin Core uses a BIP39 standard for seed phrases (12 or 24 words). However, you should keep in mind that Bitcoin Core isn’t primarily designed to be a user-friendly wallet like others, such as Electrum or mobile wallets, so some advanced users prefer to use it as a full node to interact with the Bitcoin network directly.

[Amph]

Anything about address migration for countering quantum computer? Are we waiting 2030?

[Satofan44]

Anything about address migration for countering quantum computer? Are we waiting 2030?

No. For that you need to follow the BIP repository and the developer mailing list. Quantum resistance research is still in progress and it is unlikely that an implementation will be available or merged very soon.