We will start with introductions, some basic ground rules, and jump into technical discussions. We will cover aspects of the bitcoin protocol, new research developments, recent news, and software developments.

Please note the meeting location at 4801 Glenwood Ave suite 200 in Raleigh, right above Fifth Third Bank.

Announcements

• no pictures or recordings
• chatham house rules
• don’t be a dick
• SeedSigner Workshop - March 20 Office Evolution
• thank you to our sponsors Lolli and Swan Bitcoin
• introductions

Bitcoin

• signature half-aggregation
• Bitcointalk thread discussing the introduction of ‘standardness’ rules and the (de)merits of storing data on the blockchain
• Downsides of Suboptimal Op Code Soft Forks - This Bitcoin Stack Exchange answer from Greg Maxwell discusses the problems that can arise from activating a suboptimal opcode proposal.
• Non-standard Transactions
• Over Half of RBFR Replacements Are Mined

Lightning

• Braiins adds lightning payouts
• Swaproot - Phoenix Wallet adds taproot swaps
• dual funding BOLT merged

Mining

• Marathon launches Slipstream - direct Bitcoin transaction submission service
• Braidpool

Ecash

• Multinuteral payments - pay a single lightning invoice with ecash from multiple mints using MPP

BitVM

• Winternitz signatures cut BitVM transaction fees >50%

Miscellaneous

• New Satoshi Emails dropped
• Portal Hardware Wallet - twitter announcement