Socratic Seminar 36
January 08, 2025
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
- Trivial QC signatures with clean upgrade path
- Proposing a P2QRH BIP towards a quantum resistant soft fork
- Taproot - Technical Explanation
- Props to Lopp for Dropping Another Top Crop of Stats in the Bitcoin 2024 Annual Review
- Bitcoin Optech 2024 Year-In-Review
Anthropology
Ecash
Covenants
- Covenants Support beauty contest table adds rationale column. Some bangers in there!
- Merkelize All The Things (MATT) covenant proposal
- AJ Towns presents BLL - Basic Bitcoin Lisp Language
Privacy
- new rust joinstr implementation from pythcoiner
- WabiSabi vulnerability fix
- Bull Bitcoin implements BIP77 payjoin V2