Socratic Seminar 8

July 11, 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, new research developments, recent news, and software developments.

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

Bitcoin Protocol

• SIGHASH flag types and their meanings
• Script: A mini programming language

Lightning

• LND v0.15.0 Release Notes
• Anchor Outputs

Privacy

• Teleport Transactions
• Private Authentication Protocols

Security

• Package Relay Proposal

Scaling

• CoinPool: efficient off-chain payment pools for Bitcoin

DLC

• Discreet Log Contracts Part 4: Security and Trust Model

Miscellaneous

• OP_CTV can be simulated using SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT
• Seed Tool
• How much blockspace would it take to spend the complete UTXO set?
• ln.cash sats deaddrop
• add glozow to trusted-keys