It's almost time for Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #41!
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
Please see this page for current parking information: Parking at ATl BitLab
Look for the orange door behind the fence.
Topics
Bitcoin
- Frostpunk
- A rust library to encode descriptors with a 30-40% size reduction Output Descriptor Optech Descriptor QR Stacker News Post
- [bitcoindev] Proposal for Decentralized Satellite-Based Bitcoin Nodes
- [bitcoindev] Make pathological transactions with more than 2500 legacy signature operations non-standard
- Exploring extended relative timelocks
- Private access control for private keys
- Fingerprinting nodes via addr requests
- Stratum v2 STARK proof payouts
- Fuzzamoto found a bug in bitcoin core repo
- Min transaction fee reduction debate
CTV+CSFS
- [bitcoindev] CTV + CSFS: a letter
- [bitcoindev] What's a good stopping point? Making the case for the capabilities enabled by CTV+CSFS
- How CTV+CSFS improves BitVM bridges
- CTV vault output descriptor
- CTV+CSFS advantages for PTLCs
- Using MuHash to commit to sibling prevouts
Quantum
- [bitcoindev] Against Allowing Quantum Recovery of Bitcoin
- [bitcoindev] A Post Quantum Migration Proposal
- [bitcoindev] OP_CAT Enables Winternitz Signatures
- [bitcoindev] Post-Quantum commit / reveal Fawkescoin variant as a soft fork
- BIP-360 Updates
- Breaking a 5-bit ECDSA key with a Quantum Computer
Lightning
- Reimagining Onion Messages as an Overlay Layer
- LDK #3618: Async recipient-side of static invoice server
- LDK #3817: Revert attribution of failures
- Eclair #3110: Increase channel spent delay to 72 blocks
- LDK #3873: Follow-ups #3741: Exchange splice_locked messages
Ecash
Other Layer 2s
Policy
- Bitcoin Policy Summit
- Senator Lummis unveils Bitcoin tax legislation
- Connecticut bans bitcoin use in government
- Kenya's Deadly Tax Protests
- Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Business
- Kazakhstan ccnsiders investing reserves in bitcoin
- Federal Reserve clears US banks to custody bitcoin
- Standard Chartered becomes first global bank to offer spot bitcoin trading
- Roxom Announces Launch of Bitcoin Denominated Capital Market Platform
- Vanguard becomes top MSTR holder
- Ego Death Capital Raises $100M for Bitcoin Startup Fund
- Blockstream Announces plan for SPAC
