Socratic Seminar 38
March 12, 2025
Event Time: March 12, 2025 at 22:00 UTC
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 Fidelity Investments near RTP.
Announcements
- no pictures or recordings
- chatham house rules
- discuss what was said, not who said it
- don't be a jerk
- thank you to our sponsor Fidelity Investments
- introductions
Bitcoin Core
Mining
- Hashpool has a landing page! hashpool.dev
- Rebooting P2Pool for Bitcoin
- mononaut highlights a recent P2Pool block
- MEVpool: A Private Mempool Marketplace Standard
Privacy
- Payjoin - batch payments PR merged
Covenants
- Jeremy Rubin, instigator of CTV endorses a covenant proposal
- Bitcoin Core - CTV PR opened once again
- Decentralized Coordination Free Mining Pools
Ecash
Politics
- Trump signs order to establish strategic bitcoin reserve
- Lopp thinks we should timelock the funds. Galaxy brain move!
- Bitcoin Used To Secure Results Of Tennessee County Republican Convention Vote