It's almost time for Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #35!
What is a Socratic Seminar?
Inspired by other BitDevs meetups around the US, our Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion.
- Discussion topics are provided ahead of the event
- The event moderator(s) leads the audience through the topics
- Raise your hand to grab the mic and participate in the conversation
- We go to a bar afterwards
Logistics for Tonight
Tonight we'll be meeting at ATL BitLab. Join our telegram channel in case you need to ask for help finding us the night of the event.
Address
684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Suite A1 Atlanta, GA 30312
Parking
Park anywhere in the gravel lot that has a "tenants only" sign (ATL BitLab is the tenant and you are their guests). You can also park right in front of ATL BitLab's fence. Avoid the areas marked for valet use.
Look for the orange door behind the fence.
Topics
🧡 Bitcoin
- CTV, APO, CAT activity on signet
- Draft to update BIP-21 given a number: BIP-321 URI Schemes
- Consensus Cleanup Soft Fork Discussion
- Poll of Opinions About Covenant Proposals
- CTV Enhancement Opcodes Proposal
- Adjusting Difficulty Beyond 256 Bits
- Quantum Computer Upgrade Path Discussion
- Consensus Cleanup Timewarp Grace Period
- Mining Pool Behavior Investigation
- Bitaxe Touch: New Bitcoin Home Miner
- Canaan Introduces Avalon Mini 3 & Nano 3S Home Miners
- Blockstream Launches Jade Plus Hardware Wallet
- Bull Bitcoin Wallet Adds Serverless Payjoin V2
- Iran Blocks Payment Gateways to Crypto Exchanges
⚡️ Lightning
- Pluggable Channel Factories
- Breez SDK supports BOLT 12 offers
- Proposed LNHANCE soft fork
- Transaction Censorship Vulnerability in Lightning
- Vulnerability Allowing Theft from LN Channels
- Insights into Channel Depletion
- Updated ChillDKG Draft for FROST
- Contract-Level Relative Timelocks Discussion
- LN-Symmetry Variant with Optional Penalties
🏗️ Layer 2s
💵 Ecash
🟣 Nostr
- Nostur v1.17.0: Sync Read Notes Across Devices
- OpenSats Announces 9th Wave of Nostr Grants
- Nstart: New Nostr Onboarding Wizard
- Aegis: Premium Nostr Relay and Blossom Server
📊 Business
🕵️♂️ Privacy & InfoSec
- Vulnerability Report: Privacy Issue in WabiSabi Protocol
- Deanonymization Vulnerability in Wasabi
- Deanonymization Attacks Against Centralized Coinjoin
- Wasabi Wallet v2.4.0: Send to Silent Payment Addresses
- Tails v6.11: Critical Security Fixes
- Coinswap v0.1.0: First Public Beta Release
- Blender & Sinbad Mixer Operators Arrested