🧠 Bitcoin Dev Mailing List TLDR — Week of Oct 1st, 2025
Here’s a summary of new and active Bitcoin Dev and DelvingBitcoin discussions this week.
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🧾 Summary of Threads Started This Week
AdamISZ, under the pseudonym waxwing, explores the complexities of embedding data within Schnorr signatures, specifically within the tuple format outlined by BIP340. He concludes that such embedding compromises the security of the unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) by potentially revealing the private key, challenging previous notions that alternative methods might avoid such security breaches. This analysis not only addresses technical concerns but also raises broader questions about the implications for blockchain privacy and security, inviting further discussion and critique on these findings through his work available on GitHub.
Coperbyte Solutions introduces an innovative proposal for "Emoji Seed Mnemonics for Deterministic Keys," aiming to simplify the interaction with cryptographic keys through a visual mnemonic system. This system, designed to be backwards-compatible with the BIP-39 wordlist, facilitates a more intuitive and language-independent method for managing keys, enhancing user accessibility without altering the existing security infrastructure. Detailed documentation and invitation for community feedback highlight the collaborative effort to refine this proposal, available for review at https://emojiseed.comreadme and https://github.com/emojiseed/bip-emojiseed.
Blocktraveler addresses the challenges associated with importing private keys into Bitcoin Core descriptor wallets, proposing a Python-based tool and an 'importprivkeys' RPC call to streamline this process. This initiative reflects a broader effort within the Bitcoin development community to enhance the usability and accessibility of digital asset management, with further details and the technical proposal accessible on Gist.
Sindurasaraswathi's research into threshold signatures for Bitcoin transactions after the Taproot upgrade offers a nuanced analysis of setting optimal thresholds to balance security benefits against the risk of self-lockout. Through dynamic models, this work provides a conceptual framework for managing threshold signatures and suggests evolving strategies to adapt to changing security conditions. This significant contribution to the Bitcoin ecosystem's understanding of threshold signatures is detailed further in the GitHub repository.
🧵 New Threads This Week
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On (in)ability to embed data into Schnorr — by waxwing / AdamISZ
- Embedding data risks revealing private keys and compromising UTXO security.
- Contributors: Greg Maxwell, Andrew Poelstra, Peter Todd
- Summary link
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[BIP Draft] Emoji Seed Mnemonics for Deterministic Keys — by Coperbyte Solutions
- Introduces emoji mnemonics for deterministic keys, backward-compatible with BIP-39.
- Summary link
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Add importprivkeys RPC — by Blocktraveler
- Proposes new RPC call for importing private keys into Bitcoin Core descriptor wallets.
- Summary link
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Bitcoin Inquisition 29.1 — by ajtowns
- Adds support for consensus changes and template sharing.
- Summary link
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Optimal Threshold Signatures in Bitcoin — by sindurasaraswathi
- Explores dynamic threshold management after Taproot.
- Summary link
🔥 Active Discussions This Week
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[BIP Proposal] Limit ScriptPubkey Size >= 520 Bytes Consensus — Brandon Black
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OP_CHECKUTXOSETHASH idea — Peter Todd
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Stealth addresses using nostr — setavenger
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