Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #426

This week’s newsletter links to a draft BIP for letting peers choose their own one-byte message type IDs over the version 2 P2P transport, summarizes a discussion about whether BIPs should include their number in tagged hash tags, and describes a proposed metaprotocol for private onchain transfers that requires no consensus changes. Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software. News ● Dynamic one-byte message type IDs for BIP324: Anthony Towns posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a draft BIP that lets each peer choose its own one-byte message type IDs for the messages it sends over the v2 P2P transport.

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