Socratic Seminar 52
May 13, 2026
Event Time: May 13, 2026 at 06:00 PM EDT
We will start with introductions, cover some basic ground rules, and then jump into technical discussions.
Please note the meeting location is in room APEX 1 at 100 New Millennium Way, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
Announcements
- no pictures or recordings
- follow the chatham house rule
- discuss what was said, not who said it
- don't be a jerk
- thank you to our sponsor Fidelity Investments
- introductions
Bitcoin Core
- Bitcoin Core 31.0
- CVE-2024-52911 - Script Interpreter Remote Crash
- Binary fuse filters as an alternative to BIP158's GCS
- Utreexod v0.5.0
- TCP hole punching for Bitcoin nodes behind home NATs
- b10c - BIP-54: Block propagation and validation duration during slow-to-validate blocks on Signet
- merged: BIP323: 24 nVersion bits for general purpose use
- BIP139: Wallet Metadata Backup Format
- Bitcoin Core project board
Quantum
- Post-quantum HD wallets with fallback SPHINCS keys
- Discussion of a post-quantum output type
- Post-quantum BIP86 recovery using zk-STARK proofs of BIP32 seeds
- Post Quantum Lightning: Layer by Layer
Lightning Network
- Onion message jamming in the Lightning Network
- Public fraud proof for just-in-time channels
- Core Lightning 26.04
- Eclair adds support for the official splicing protocol
- BOLTs: simple taproot channels
- BOLTs: zero-fee commitment channels