Newsletters: add 412 (2026-07-03)

_includes/references.md

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ for details --> {% endcomment %}
 [BIP91]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0091.mediawiki
 [BIP93]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0093.mediawiki
 [BIP94]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0094.mediawiki
+[BIP95]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0095.md
 [BIP103]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0103.mediawiki
 [BIP110]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0110.mediawiki
 [BIP111]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0111.mediawiki

_topics/en/compact-block-relay.md

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: Draft BIP and additional discussion of block template sharing to improve compact block effectiveness
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/08/22/#draft-bip-for-block-template-sharing
 
+  - title: "Bitcoin Core #35550 rejects sendcmpct messages with an out-of-range announcement field"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#bitcoin-core-35550
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 # see_also:
 #   - title:

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

@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Draft BIP for testnet5 would activate BIP54 from block 1"
     url: /en/newsletters/2026/06/12/#draft-bip-for-testnet5
 
+  - title: "Prohibit Merkle internal node preimages that encode minimal 64-byte transactions"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#prohibit-merkle-internal-node-preimages-that-encode-minimal-64-byte-transactions
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
  - title: Soft fork activation

_topics/en/cross-input-signature-aggregation.md

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "DahLIAS interactive aggregate signatures for secp256k1"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/04/25/#interactive-aggregate-signatures-compatible-with-secp256k1
 
+  - title: "Post-quantum signature aggregation"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/11/07/#post-quantum-signature-aggregation
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Schnorr signatures

_topics/en/merkle-tree-vulnerabilities.md

@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Question about whether 64-byte transactions can be third-party malleated to change their size"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/03/28/#can-all-consensus-valid-64-byte-transactions-be-third-party-malleated-to-change-their-size
 
+  - title: "BIP54 64-byte transactions and potential legitimate uses"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/06/05/#bip54-64-byte-transactions-and-potential-legitimate-uses
+
+  - title: "Prohibit Merkle internal node preimages that encode minimal 64-byte transactions"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#prohibit-merkle-internal-node-preimages-that-encode-minimal-64-byte-transactions
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: CVEs

_topics/en/op_checksigfromstack.md

@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Why doesn't CSFS bind signatures to specific inputs?"
     url: /en/newsletters/2026/03/27/#does-op-checksigfromstack-intentionally-allow-cross-utxo-signature-reuse
 
+  - title: "LNHANCE soft fork"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/12/05/#lnhance-soft-fork
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Covenants in Elements Alpha

_topics/en/op_checktemplateverify.md

@@ -175,9 +175,15 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "`OP_TEMPLATEHASH` proposal as an alternative to CTV"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/08/01/#taproot-native-op-templatehash-proposal
 
+  - title: "LNHANCE soft fork"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/12/05/#lnhance-soft-fork
+
   - title: "Understanding and mitigating a CTV footgun"
     url: /en/newsletters/2026/01/02/#understanding-and-mitigating-a-ctv-footgun
 
+  - title: "CTV activation meeting"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/01/02/#ctv-activation-meeting
+
   - title: "CTV-only vault proof of concept"
     url: /en/newsletters/2026/06/05/#ctv-only-vault-proof-of-concept
 

_topics/en/quantum-resistance.md

@@ -151,6 +151,18 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "BIPs #2198 makes one-path P2MR outputs unsafe to discourage omitting a post-quantum fallback leaf"
     url: /en/newsletters/2026/06/26/#bips-2198
 
+  - title: "Benchmarking SLH-DSA STARK aggregation"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#benchmarking-slh-dsa-stark-aggregation
+
+  - title: "Bird of Prey 2 (BoP-2) non-malleable schnorr and PQ signatures"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#bird-of-prey-2-bop-2-non-malleable-schnorr-and-pq-signatures
+
+  - title: "Lattice-based signatures"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#lattice-based-signatures
+
+  - title: "Triggering EC disabling with a NUMS point spend or hashrate majority"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#triggering-ec-disabling-with-a-nums-point-spend-or-hashrate-majority
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Taproot

_topics/en/schnorr-signatures.md

@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Explanation for why BIP340 uses secp256k1 instead of a different curve"
     url: /en/newsletters/2024/03/27/#why-does-bip-340-use-secp256k1
 
+  - title: "Public key recovery for P2MR EC leaves"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#public-key-recovery-for-p2mr-ec-leaves
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Will a schnorr soft fork introduce a new address format?

_topics/en/simplicity.md

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "SimplicityHL released to allow compiling Rust-like programs to Simplicity script"
     url: /en/newsletters/2025/08/22/#simplicityhl-released
 
+  - title: "Details about the design of Simplicity"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/09/05/#details-about-the-design-of-simplicity
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: "Simplicity: A New Language for Blockchains"

_topics/en/tapscript.md

@@ -88,6 +88,24 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Research showing effect of OP_SUCCESSx on covenants using output script introspection"
     url: /en/newsletters/2023/10/25/#op-success-changes-would-be-beneficial
 
+  - title: "Draft BIP for adding elliptic curve operations to tapscript"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/09/05/#draft-bip-for-adding-elliptic-curve-operations-to-tapscript
+
+  - title: "Draft BIP for OP_TWEAKADD"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/09/05/#draft-bip-for-op-tweakadd
+
+  - title: "Draft BIPs for Script Restoration"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/10/03/#draft-bips-for-script-restoration
+
+  - title: "Native STARK proof verification in Bitcoin Script"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/11/07/#native-stark-proof-verification-in-bitcoin-script
+
+  - title: "Benchmarking the varops budget"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2025/12/05/#benchmarking-the-varops-budget
+
+  - title: "Varops budget and tapscript leaf 0xc2 (aka Script Restoration) are BIPs 440 and 441"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/04/03/#varops-budget-and-tapscript-leaf-0xc2-aka-script-restoration-are-bips-440-and-441
+
   - title: "Proposal to embed post-quantum keys in tapscript without consensus changes"
     url: /en/newsletters/2026/05/01/#proposal-to-embed-post-quantum-keys-in-tapscript-without-consensus-changes
 

_topics/en/testnet.md

@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ optech_mentions:
   - title: "Draft BIP to replace testnet4 with testnet5"
     url: /en/newsletters/2026/06/12/#draft-bip-for-testnet5
 
+  - title: "BIPs #2196 adds BIP95, a draft specification for testnet5"
+    url: /en/newsletters/2026/07/03/#bips-2196
+
 ## Optional.  Same format as "primary_sources" above
 see_also:
   - title: Signet