fixup! :/2018-08-21

Author: harding

_posts/en/newsletters/2018-08-21-newsletter.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ type: newsletter
 layout: newsletter
 lang: en
 ---
-This week's newsletter includes the usual dashboard and action items, 
+This week's newsletter includes a request to help test the next version of Bitcoin Core,
 short descriptions of projects Bitcoin Core contributors are working on,
 and a list of notable merges during the past week.
 
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ and a list of notable merges during the past week.
   major release such as this, but each RC can theoretically be the last
   RC, so we encourage you to test as early as possible.
 
-## Dashboard items
-
-<!-- TODO: @moneyball -->
-
 ## News
 
 No significant news was posted to the bitcoin-dev or lightning-dev
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ Core.  Here's a summary of the projects discussed:
 - **Output script descriptors enhancements** being worked on by
   Pieter Wuille.  The basic idea for this was described in
   [Newsletter #5][news5 news] but Wuille is investigating adding
-  support for the ability to "import `and(xpub/...,or(xpub/...,xpub/...))`
+  support for the ability to support nested and threshold constructions, e.g.: "import `and(xpub/...,or(xpub/...,xpub/...))`
   into your wallet as watch-only chain for example and get
   [PSBT][BIP174] to sign for it."  This would make adding hardware
   wallet support to Bitcoin Core easier.  The support would also be
@@ -81,12 +77,12 @@ Core.  Here's a summary of the projects discussed:
   peers.  Well-connected nodes can receive or send more than hundred of
   these notifications for each 224-byte median-sized transaction they
   process, resulting in significant amount of long-lived nodes'
-  bandwidth being wasted (about 90% [according][nmnkgl relay] to
-  measurements by Naumenko).  Maxwell is also working on making it
+  bandwidth being wasted (up to 90% [according][nmnkgl relay] to
+  measurements by Naumenko, although recent improvements in Bitcoin Core
+  may have reduced this figure).  Maxwell is also working on making it
   possible for a newly-started (or long-disconnected) node to
-  efficiently sync its mempool with its peers using this same basic
-  mechanism, reducing the requirement for small independent miners to
-  maintain expensive high-uptime and well-connected infrastructure.
+  efficiently sync the high feerate part of its mempool from its peers using this same basic
+  mechanism.
 
 - **Dandelion protocol DoS-resistant stem routing** being worked on
   by Suhas Daftuar.  The [Dandelion protocol][] is expected to make
@@ -150,11 +146,8 @@ mentioned above for easy copy/paste next week. -harding -->{% endcomment %}
   introduced to the master development branch a couple months ago.
 
 - [LND #1693][] allows LND's autopilot funding mechanism to optionally
-  use unconfirmed outputs for funding transactions.  This can be a bit
-  riskier for the user if you're spending money from a third party that
-  you haven't finished receiving yet, but it can completely safely
-  remove a common delay when transferring money from one wallet you
-  control to a LN-compatible wallet you want to use.
+  use its own unconfirmed change outputs for funding transactions,
+  allowing it to potentially open multiple channels in the next block.
 
     Note: this was only the most notable of several minor (but useful)
     improvements to the autopilot feature merged this week.