Socratic Seminar 35
December 11, 2024
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 Mad Science of the Triangle in Cary.
Announcements
- no pictures or recordings
- chatham house rules
- don't be a dick
- thank you to our sponsors Lolli and Mad Science
- introductions
Bitcoin
Lightning
- Payment Censorship in the Lightning Network Despite Encrypted Communication
- Disclosure: irrevocable fees—stealing from LN using revoked commitment transactions
Mining
- Radpool - Syndicated Mining Pool
- Discouraging Pool Block Withholding Attacks in Bitcoins
- Riot is raising half a billion dollars to buy bitcoin
Ecash
- First ever ehash tokens minted
- printable ecash notes
- Bitcoin Design Guide adds an ecash section
- Cashu Blog - Buckets of blind signatures
Covenants
- Un-FE’d Covenants: Char-ting a new path to Emulated Covenants via BitVM Integrity Checks
- CTV, APO, CAT activity on signet
- Covenant Support wiki table picks up steam