News378: add merges and releases

Author: Gustavojfe

_posts/en/newsletters/2025-10-31-newsletter.md

@@ -66,7 +66,15 @@ _New releases and release candidates for popular Bitcoin infrastructure
 projects.  Please consider upgrading to new releases or helping to test
 release candidates._
 
-FIXME:Gustavojfe
+- [LND 0.20.0-beta.rc1][] is a release candidate for this popular LN node.  One
+  improvement that would benefit from testing is the fix for premature wallet
+  rescanning, described in the notable code changes section below. See the
+  [release notes][LND notes] for more details.
+
+- [Eclair 0.13.1][] is a minor release of this LN node implementation.  This
+  release contains database changes to prepare for the removal of pre-[anchor
+  output][topic anchor outputs] channels. You will need to run the v0.13.0
+  release first to migrate your channel data to the latest internal encoding.
 
 ## Notable code and documentation changes
 
@@ -79,14 +87,53 @@ Proposals (BIPs)][bips repo], [Lightning BOLTs][bolts repo],
 [Lightning BLIPs][blips repo], [Bitcoin Inquisition][bitcoin inquisition
 repo], and [BINANAs][binana repo]._
 
-FIXME:Gustavojfe
+- [Bitcoin Core #29640][] reinitializes `nSequenceId` values at startup for
+  blocks on competing chains with the same amount of work: 0 for blocks
+  belonging to the previously known best chain, and 1 for all other loaded
+  blocks. This resolves an issue where Bitcoin Core couldn’t perform a tiebreak
+  between two competing chains because the `nSequenceId` value didn't persist
+  across restarts.
+
+- [Core Lightning #8400][] introduces a new [BIP39][] mnemonic backup format for
+  the `hsm_secret` with optional passphrase for all new nodes by default, while
+  keeping support for legacy 32-byte `hsm_secrets` on existing nodes. `Hsmtool`
+  is also updated to support both mnemonic-based and legacy secrets. A new
+  standard [taproot][topic taproot] derivation format is introduced for wallets.
+
+- [Eclair #3173][] removes support for legacy channels that don’t use [anchor
+  outputs][topic anchor outputs] or [taproot][topic taproot], also known as
+  `static_remotekey` or `default` channels. Users should close any remaining
+  legacy channels before upgrading to version 0.13 or 0.13.1.
+
+- [LND #10280][] now waits for the headers to sync before starting the chain
+  notifier (see [Newsletter #31][news31 chain]) to rescan the chain for wallet
+  transactions. This resolves an issue in which LND would trigger a premature
+  rescan while the headers were still syncing when a new wallet was created.
+  This primarily affected [Neutrino backends][topic compact block filters].
+
+- [BIPs #2006][] updates [BIP3][]’s specification (see [Newsletter #344][news344
+  bip3]) by adding guidance on originality and quality, particularly advising
+  authors against generating content with AI/LLMs, and encouraging the proactive
+  disclosure of AI/LLM usage.
+
+- [BIPs #1975][] updates [BIP155][] which specifies [addr v2][topic addr v2], a
+  new version of the `addr` message in the Bitcoin P2P network protocol, by
+  adding a note that [Tor v2][topic anonymity networks] is no longer
+  operational.
 
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+{% include linkers/issues.md v=2 issues="29640,8400,3173,10280,5516,2006,1975" %}
+
 [poinsot disc]: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/sBpCgS_yGws
 [disc pol]: https://bitcoincore.org/en/security-advisories/
 [news306 disclosures]: /en/newsletters/2024/06/07/#upcoming-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-affecting-old-versions-of-bitcoin-core
 [CVE-2025-54604]: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2025/10/24/disclose-cve-2025-54604/
 [CVE-2025-54605]: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2025/10/24/disclose-cve-2025-54605/
 [CVE-2025-46597]: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2025/10/24/disclose-cve-2025-46597/
 [CVE-2025-46598]: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2025/10/24/disclose-cve-2025-46598/
+[LND 0.20.0-beta.rc1]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.20.0-beta.rc2
+[LND notes]: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.0.md
+[Eclair 0.13.1]: https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.13.1
+[news31 chain]: /en/newsletters/2019/01/29/#lnd-2314
+[news344 bip3]: /en/newsletters/2025/03/07/#bips-1712