Bitcoin Optech newsletter #394 is here:
- looks at a proposed BIP for including supplemental information with output script descriptors
- summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange
- Optech Newsletter #394 Podcast
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/02/27/
Craig Raw posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list about a new BIP idea to provide useful metadata in the form of annotations, expressed as key/value pairs, appended directly to the descriptor...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/02/27/#draft-bip-for-output-script-descriptor-annotations
Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange
- Is Bitcoin BIP324 v2 P2P transport distinguishable from random traffic?
- What if a miner just broadcasts the header and never gives the block?
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/02/27/#selected-qa-from-bitcoin-stack-exchange
Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter streaming live on X/Twitter Tuesday at 17:30 UTC.
Really appreciate the deep dive into descriptor annotations—BIP ideas like this could make wallets and tooling much more flexible. Looking forward to the podcast recap later today to hear the discussion live.