Socratic Seminar 3
February 16, 2022
We will start with introductions, some basic ground rules, and jump into technical discussions. We will cover aspects of the bitcoin protocol, recent news, and technical developments.
Bitcoin Protocol
Lightning
- Eclair v0.7.0
- LDK merges probabilistic channel scoring
- LND v0.14.2
- Cash App Lightning Support
- Hosted Channels RFC
- Sensei: New LDK+BDK Node Implementation
Privacy
Security
- Seed Signer: DIY hardware wallet
- The dos and don'ts of Bitcoin key management
- Bandwidth-Efficient Transaction Relay in Bitcoin
Energy
- Coinshares Research: The Bitcoin Mining Network
- TX Bitcoin Miners Demand Response
- BTC Energy Consumption Compared to Gold and Banks
- Home mining/heating rig numbers
Legal
- Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund
- Peter Van Valkenburgh Interview
- New bill would hand Treasury blank check to ban crypto at exchanges
- COMPETES act manager's amendment
- Legal Contract Specifies Block Height
- Tezos Staker Sues IRS for Tax Clarity
Miscellaneous
- UTXO.live
- bitcoin v23.0 to support Apple silicon binaries
- MicroStrategy stores its btc in 2 single sig addresses
- Specter Wallet v1.8.0
- bitcoind aims to replace Boost dependency with std::filesystem in v23.0
- CTV dramatically improves DLCs
- Hash Collision Bounty from 2013
- New Opcodes proposed in lieu of CTV and ANYPREVOUT
- How To Get The Most From In-Person Bitcoin Events
- BTCPay Server v1.4.0
- Was Bitcoin 0.3.7 actually hard-forking?
- MuSig2: Multisig with Schnorr
- Taproot funds burned on the bitcoin blockchain
- Will there be 21 million bitcoins eventually?
- Feds Recover 94k BTC from 2016 Bitfinex Hack
- On-Chain Activity Used to Predict LEA Coin Seizure
- Murch Mempool Analysis
- Bitcoin Talk Thread Discussing secp256k1
- Kraken Announces Proof of Reserves
- RCMP Blacklists Trucker Protest Bitcoins