Socratic Seminar 4

March 21, 2022

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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.

Note: This is a preliminary agenda. It is subject to change before the event date.

Bitcoin Protocol

• Introduction to Fee Bumping
• Block-Relay-Only Connections

Lightning

• LND Taproot PR
• [Lightning-dev] A Proposal for Adding Bandwidth Metered Payment to Onion Messages
• change-channel-capacity tx
• Eclair Mobile wallet enters EOL
• Rusty Russell dispute with LND over spec process participation

Privacy

• PayNyms 101
• Teleport Transactions
• Mercury Explorer

Security

• Bandwidth-Efficient Transaction Relay in Bitcoin
• A Simple CTV Vault Implementation

Energy

• AZ Hodl Home Solar Mining Setup

Miscellaneous

• Time in Blocks
• Bitfeed v2.2.1 - New Transaction Details View
• Sparrow Wallet v1.6.0
• BitcoinTalk 2013 thread on perpetual covenants
• A History of Bitcoin Transaction Dust & Spam Storms