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Bitcoin Optech: Newsletter #387 Recap
Wednesday, 14 January, 2026

Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by René Pickhardt and Craig Raw to discuss ⁠Newsletter #387⁠.News● Bitcoin Core wallet migration bug (0:55) ● Using Ark as a channel factory (7:47) ● Draft BIP for silent payment descriptors (29:02) Releases and release candidates● Bitcoin Core 30.2rc1 (58:34) Notable code and documentation changes● Bitcoin Core #34156 (59:32) ● Bitcoin Core #34085 (1:03:54) ● Bitcoin Core #34197 (1:07:43) ● Bitcoin Core #33135 (1:09:10) ● LDK #4213 (1:11:02) ● Eclair #3217 (1:15:39) ● LND #10367 (1:18:49) ● Rust Bitcoin #5450 (1:22:51) ● Rust Bitcoin #5434 (1:23:40)