News340: add topics

Author: harding

_topics/en/channel-announcements.md

@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Updates to the version 1.75 channel announcements proposal"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/10/25/#updates-to-the-version-1-75-channel-announcements-proposal
 
+  - title: "Utreexo-based zero-knowledge gossip for LN channel announcements compatible with MuSig2 STCs"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#zero-knowledge-gossip-for-ln-channel-announcements
+
+  - title: "Eclair #2983 only synchronizes channel announcements with the node's top peers on reconnection"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#eclair-2983
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Unannounced channels

_topics/en/cluster-mempool.md

@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Bitcoin Core #31122 allows computing the effect of a set of changes on the state of the mempool"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/11/29/#bitcoin-core-31122
 
+  - title: "Discovery of previous research for finding optimal cluster linearization"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#discovery-of-previous-research-for-finding-optimal-cluster-linearization
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Package relay

_topics/en/consensus-cleanup-soft-fork.md

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Discussion about fixing Murch-Zawy time warp and duplicate transactions in consensus cleanup"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/12/06/#continued-discussion-about-consensus-cleanup-soft-fork-proposal
 
+  - title: "Announcement of updates to the consensus cleanup soft fork proposal"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#updates-to-cleanup-soft-fork-proposal
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
  - title: Soft fork activation

_topics/en/covenants.md

@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Oracle-assisted and slashing-based pseudo-covenants"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/12/13/#incentive-based-pseudo-covenants
 
+  - title: "Request for a covenant to fairly distribute rewards in the Braidpool decentralized mining pool"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#request-for-a-covenant-design-supporting-braidpool
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: An early description of covenants in Bitcoin

_topics/en/default-minimum-transaction-relay-feerates.md

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: Discussion about lowering the default minimum transaction relay feerate
     url: /en/newsletters/2022/08/10/#lowering-the-default-minimum-transaction-relay-feerate
 
+  - title: Renewed discussion about lowering the default minimum transaction relay feerate
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#discussion-about-lowering-the-minimum-transaction-relay-feerate
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Package relay

_topics/en/difficulty-adjustment-algorithms.md

@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ where coins have no value, there's no incentive to lie.
 Other cryptocurrencies use different DAAs, and these have sometimes
 resulted in severe security vulnerabilities for those systems.
 Alternative DAAs for systems that use the same SHA256d PoW function as
-Bitcoin have occasionally resulted in inconsistent block production in
-Bitcoin.
+Bitcoin have occasionally resulted in that system temporarily overpaying
+or underpaying for hashrate, attracting miners away from (or to)
+Bitcoin, leading to inconsistent block production in Bitcoin until the
+problem is solved.
 
 Alternative DAAs may also be used in Bitcoin-related protocols, such as
 decentralized [mining pools][topic pooled mining] like Braidpool.

_topics/en/duplicate-transactions.md

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Discussion about fixing remaining duplicate transaction vulnerabilities in consensus cleanup fork"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/12/06/#continued-discussion-about-consensus-cleanup-soft-fork-proposal
 
+  - title: "Consensus cleanup proposal updated to require setting coinbase lock time to previous block height"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#duplicate-transaction-fix
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Consensus cleanup soft fork

_topics/en/ephemeral-anchors.md

@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Bitcoin Core #30239 makes ephemeral dust outputs standard, allowing zero-fee transaction relay"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/11/22/#bitcoin-core-30239
 
+  - title: "Discussion of tradeoffs in ephemeral anchor scripts related to spending trimmed HTLC value"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#tradeoffs-in-ln-ephemeral-anchor-scripts
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: V3 Transaction Relay

_topics/en/erlay.md

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Announcement of new Hyperion network simulator intended for eventual testing of Erlay"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/08/02/#hyperion-network-event-simulator-for-the-bitcoin-p2p-network
 
+  - title: "Erlay update and summary of results from multiple research questions"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#erlay-update
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Minisketch

_topics/en/htlc.md

@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Core Lightning #7190 introduces `chainlag` to allow safely sending payments during block sync"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/05/17/#core-lightning-7190
 
+  - title: "LDK #3556 proactively fails HTLCs backwards near expiration even before upstream confirmation"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#ldk-3556
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Hash Time Locked Contracts from Bitcoin Wiki

_topics/en/musig.md

@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: Interplay between Musig1 interactive aggregated signature and cross-input signature aggregation
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/01/31/#how-does-musig-work-in-real-bitcoin-scenarios
 
+  - title: "Zero-knowledge gossip for LN channel announcements compatible with MuSig2 simple taproot channels"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#zero-knowledge-gossip-for-ln-channel-announcements
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Scriptless multisignatures

_topics/en/pooled-mining.md

@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Continued discussion about rewarding pool miners with tradeable ecash shares"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/01/17/#continued-discussion-about-rewarding-pool-miners-with-tradeable-ecash-shares
 
+  - title: "Request for a covenant to fairly distribute rewards in the Braidpool decentralized mining pool"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#request-for-a-covenant-design-supporting-braidpool
+
+  - title: "Deterministic transaction selection from a committed mempool for Braidpool decentralized mining"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#deterministic-transaction-selection-from-a-committed-mempool
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 #see_also:
 #  - title:

_topics/en/responsible-disclosures.md

@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Matt Morehouse responsibly disclosed a vulnerability allowing theft from pre-release LDK nodes"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/01/31/#vulnerability-in-ldk-claim-processing
 
+  - title: "Matt Morehouse responsibly disclosed an excessive fees and DoS vulnerability affecting LDK nodes"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#channel-force-closure-vulnerability-in-ldk
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: "Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs)"

_topics/en/simple-taproot-channels.md

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Eclair #2896 enables the storage of MuSig2 partial signatures for simple taproot channels"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/01/24/#eclair-2896
 
+  - title: "Zero-knowledge gossip for LN channel announcements compatible with MuSig2 simple taproot channels"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#zero-knowledge-gossip-for-ln-channel-announcements
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Taproot

_topics/en/splicing.md

@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Eclair #2936 begins tracking splices created by third-parties"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/01/17/#eclair-2936
 
+  - title: "Eclair #2968 adds support for splicing on public channels"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#eclair-2968
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Interactive transaction construction protocol

_topics/en/time-warp.md

@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Bitcoin Core #31376 prevents creating block templates that exploit the timewarp bug"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/01/31/#bitcoin-core-31376
 
+  - title: "Consensus cleanup proposal updates time warp grace period to 2 hours"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#increase-timewarp-grace-period-to-2-hours
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Consensus cleanup soft fork proposal

_topics/en/trimmed-htlc.md

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: Continued discussion about placing trimmed HTLC value in ephemeral anchor outputs
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/01/24/#trimming-redirect
 
+  - title: "Discussion of tradeoffs in ephemeral anchor scripts related to spending trimmed HTLC value"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#tradeoffs-in-ln-ephemeral-anchor-scripts
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: HTLCs

_topics/en/utreexo.md

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Release of utreexod beta"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/05/15/#release-of-utreexod-beta
 
+  - title: "Utreexo might make it easier to manage a DAG-style blockchain"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/02/07/#fast-difficulty-adjustment-algorithm-for-a-dag-blockchain
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Uneconomical outputs