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 Crafty Beer, Wine, and Spirits near Five Points.

Announcements

• no pictures or recordings
• chatham house rules
• don’t be a dick
• Freedom Tech Workshop - May 23rd The Loading Dock on Whitacre Mill
• thank you to our sponsors Lolli and Swan Bitcoin
• introductions

Bitcoin

• BIP repo gets 5 new editors
• Restored Script covenant and kitchen sink proposal twitter summary, article
• new libsecp release is harder better faster stronger
• utreexod enters beta

Lightning

• LDK adds bolt12 support
• lipa blogs their journey from LDK to Breez SDK blog, mutiny wallet comments

Mining

• Ocean launches bolt12 support twitter announcement, website instructions

Ecash

• gandlaf the graet explains ecash
• Fedimint module for signing Nostr events using ROAST

Miscellaneous

• AJ Towns encapsulates the bitcoin builder’s mantra: team slow and steady
• weak blocks proposal