Feb 24, 2026

I also see that BC 30 slapped in another custom protocol (over IPC), so that mining tools get block templates and then relay them (possibly via SV2). The hacks just keep coming. Here's a discussion where Matt (who initially developed sv2) strongly makes the obvious argument - this is just more BC attempted lock-in. https://gnusha.org/bitcoin-core-dev/2024-10-24.log