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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #413
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #413 covers research on using fountain codes to enable pruned nodes to assist in Initial Block Download (IBD), the release of Bitcoin Core 31.1 and LND v0.20.2-beta, and various technical updates to Bitcoin Core, Core Lightning, Eclair, and LND.
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Why It Matters
Technical improvements to node synchronization (IBD), privacy fixes in Bitcoin Core, and enhancements to the Lightning Network (LN) ecosystem improve the overall robustness, privacy, and efficiency of the Bitcoin network.