Skip to content

News346: correct waitNext() fee_threshold / MAX_MONEY description #2823

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Open
Bartok9 wants to merge 1 commit into
base: master
Choose a base branch
from
+8 −5
Open

News346: correct waitNext() fee_threshold / MAX_MONEY description #2823

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions _posts/en/newsletters/2025-03-21-newsletter.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -153,11 +153,14 @@ repo], and [BINANAs][binana repo]._
centralized element. {% assign timestamp="1:03:19" %}

- [Bitcoin Core #31283][] introduces a new `waitNext()` method to the
`BlockTemplate` interface, which will only return a new template if the chain
tip changes or the mempool fees increase above the `MAX_MONEY` threshold.
Previously, miners would receive a new template with every request, resulting
in unnecessary template generation. This change aligns with the [Stratum
V2][topic pooled mining] protocol specification. {% assign timestamp="37:27" %}
`BlockTemplate` interface, which returns a new template only when the chain
tip changes or when total fees in a freshly assembled template rise by at
least a caller-specified `fee_threshold`. The default `fee_threshold` is
`MAX_MONEY`, which skips the expensive fee comparison and effectively waits
only for a tip change (or timeout). Previously, miners would receive a new
template with every request, resulting in unnecessary template generation.
This change aligns with the [Stratum V2][topic pooled mining] protocol
specification. {% assign timestamp="37:27" %}

- [Eclair #3037][] enhances the `listoffers` command (See Newsletter
[#345][news345 offers]) to return all relevant [offer][topic offers] data,
Expand Down