Jekyll2026-04-16T23:19:02+00:00/feed.xmlAustin Bitcoin Developers is a meetup devoted to the research and development of Bitcoin.2026-04-16T00:00:00+00:002026-04-16T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-75<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li>Hiatus!</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> <li><a href="https://btcplusplus.dev/conf/vegas">Btc++ Vegas</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <p>Base58 sponsored <a href="https://x.com/base58school/status/2044839425075560449?s=20">trivia</a></p> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://productionready.org/blog/productionready-launches">ProductionReady Launches</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.lexe.app/public-launch/">Lexe Wallet Public Release on App Store and Google Play</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29060">Policy: Report Debug Message Why Inputs Are Non-Standard</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/26201">Remove Taproot BIP 9 Deployment</a></li> <li><a href="https://payjoin.org/blog/2026/03/25/wallet-fingerprints-payjoin-privacy">Wallet Fingerprinting and Payjoin Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="https://spiralbtc.substack.com/p/a-decade-of-workarounds">A Decade of Workarounds</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/e9f1466155849d886faaf89b2ccf1a0a46b9b1fe/doc/release-notes.md">Bitcoin v31</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2118">BIP440/BIP441: Varops Budget and Script Restoration</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/projecteleven/status/2038821373103984850">Project Eleven Quantum Paper</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/avihu28/Quantum-Safe-Bitcoin-Transactions/blob/main/paper/QSB.pdf">Quantum-Safe Bitcoin w/o Softforks</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Q06piCEJhkI?pli=1">Post-Quantum BIP-86 Recovery via zk-STARK Proof of BIP-32 Seed Knowledge</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/csuwildcat/pqc-precommitment-migration">PQC Precommitment Migration via Tapscript</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/JA3kDl8AmQg">In Defense of a PQ Output Type</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/bitschmidty/status/2041143804883788115?s=20">Brink Funding Fabian for CISA Research</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/bitcoindudebro/status/2044553522470146298">Hornet Node: Executable Bitcoin Consensus Spec</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2141">BIP-322: Clarify Motivation, Add Prefix, Describe PSBT Signing</a></li> <li><a href="https://bnoc.xyz/t/two-block-reorg-at-height-941880/97">Two Block Reorg at Height 941880</a></li> </ul>

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2026-03-19T00:00:00+00:002026-03-19T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-74<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></p> </li> <li><a href="https://btcplusplus.dev/conf/vegas">Btc++ Vegas</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <p>Base58 sponsored <a href="https://x.com/base58school/status/2034773043919069532">trivia</a></p> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://loot.fund/hackathons/bitcoin-exploits-edition/applications">Bitcoin++ Exploits Edition</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinknowledge.dev/">Bitcoin knowledge base</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34695">Allow recovery of MtGox stolen funds</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/johncantrell97/status/2033942088983708156">John Cantrell back and working on MDK-Cloudflare</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/tempo/status/2034253707303338264">Stripe’s L402 competitor</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/johncantrell97/status/2034377639079600242">Cantrell on MPP</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/jharveyb/gossip_observer">Lightning Network Gossip</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/cake-wallet-launches-bitcoin-lightning-network-support-with-full-self-custody-and-privacy-defaults">Cake wallet with spark support</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoin-data.github.io/stale-blocks/">Bitcoin Stale Block Dataset</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/mononautical/status/2024671493146415342">Largest ever increase in absolute difficulty</a></li> <li> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://x.com/robin_linus/status/2026700104774856827">Transaction Introspection Without Softforks</a></td> <td><a href="https://mempool.space/tx/203d82a95ac621439e4f35e5d59476e3058579482fe5396244c3b6a36ab95f30?showDetails=true">First transaction</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/fCfbi8hy-AE">24 bits for nVersion nonce space</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/conordeegan/status/2029570200593412411">Lattice HD wallets</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.coinkite.com/bip322-wif/">BIP322 support in Coldcard</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/T8k47suwuOM">Script Restoration BIPS</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0442.md">OP_PAIRCOMMIT BIP442</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1974">BIP448</a></li> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/block/000000000000000000007d2904c00f3dcbdf465eacc355442a774a3486f0e52a">BIP54 is gaining traction</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/wOVjJoLDWfA">live on inquisition and possible attack vector</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/iva-eCNrmuc">Bitcoin PIPEs v2</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/recent-op-return-output-statistics/2248">Recent OP_RETURN output statistics</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/writing-fuzz-targets-for-wallets-avoiding-known-issues/2316">Writing Fuzz Targets for Wallets: Avoiding Known Issues</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/introducing-ultrafastsecp256k1-a-multi-architecture-exploration-of-secp256k1-optimizations/2280">Introducing UltrafastSecp256k1: A Multi-Architecture Exploration of Secp256k1 Optimizations</a></li> </ul>

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2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:002026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-73<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <p>Base58 sponsored <a href="https://x.com/base58school/status/">trivia</a></p> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/arkade_os/status/2013249214013440084">Arkade OS Tapscript</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-tx/pull/5">BDK Anti-fee sniping</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/RyanTheGentry/status/2014007727891083320">Bitcoin Infrastructure Companies</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/landabaso/status/2014300690131083675">Onchain wallet backups</a></li> <li><a href="https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsvs9qrtwrp4ge9rakdlkrzv25ds4qe6t678z2f6tcstkdcfumjtksafeel5">Hark</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Sl9qQOuuAoI">Quantum resistance with covenants</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34517">Removed glozow from trusted-keys</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/iBobbyShell/status/2019407415566037129">$1,000,000 lightning transaction</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/River/status/2024532716859883971">River: Lightning Network exceeds $1B in monthly volume</a></li> <li><a href="https://lightning.engineering/posts/2026-02-11-ln-agent-tools/">L402 Agentic Payments</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/0E1UyyQIUA0">Hourglass V2 Update</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/O6l3GUvyO7A">The limitations of cryptographic agility in Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/ozjr1lF3Rkc">BIP Proposal-Output Script Descriptor Annotations</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/silent-payments-notifications-via-nostr/2203">Silent Payments notifications via Nostr</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/blisk-boolean-circuit-logic-integrated-into-the-single-key/2217">BLISK: Boolean circuit Logic Integrated into the Single Key</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/Beige-Coffee/programming-lightning-payment-channels">Programming Lightning: An Introduction to Payment Channels</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/aaron-recompile/mastering-taproot">Mastering Taproot</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/PsClmK4Em1E?pli=1">Falcon Post-Quantum Signature Scheme Proposal</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/3MK8KdX-hjc">libsecp256k1 0.7.1 released</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/8UnhPg0JZ6w">QRAMP addition: Alternative to legacy freeze</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/fedibtc/status/2007139666328465726">Fedi is open-source</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/arbedout/status/2020885323778044259">Sigbash v2</a></li> <li><a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/223">Nested MuSig2</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2481">btcec/schnorr/musig2: add nested MuSig2 support for recursive cosigner trees</a></li> </ul>

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2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:002026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-72<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <p>Base58 sponsored <a href="https://x.com/base58school/status/">trivia</a></p> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <h2 id="bugs">Bugs</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/30.2/">Bitcoin Core 30.2 release</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="research">Research</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/gOfL5ag_bDU">Hash-Based Signatures for Bitcoin’s Post-Quantum Future</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/bitcoindudebro/status/2006958646694211609">Constant-time UTXO database</a></li> <li><a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/049.pdf">Argo MAC</a></li> <li><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04835">A Mathematical Theory of Payment Channel Networks</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="misc">Misc</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/tVxYD7P0NI4">Funding model question — unpaid exploratory work</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/K1NpJp9_BYk">BIP idea: Timelock-Recovery storage format</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/DFXtbUdCNZE">BIP Proposal Peer Feature Negotiation</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29415">Broadcast own transactions only via short-lived Tor or I2P connections #29415</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/murchandamus/status/2011491288735240549">BIP 3 Deployed</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/btcplusplus/status/2010668088660812039">Broken API Electrum API abstractions</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/bP6ktUyCOJI">BIP Proposal Add sp() output descriptor format for BIP352</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/shrincs-324-byte-stateful-post-quantum-signatures-with-static-backups/2158">SHRINCS: 324-byte stateful post-quantum signatures with static backups</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/building-a-vault-using-blinded-co-signers/2141">Building a vault using blinded co-signers</a></li> <li><a href="https://damus.io/note1yu8qh0l4cq9gg9fpk4jclp6q0mepuyacq8ha5ljnx76ang52t9pq2npf36">Saylor advocating for hard fork forcing to move coin</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/ark-as-a-channel-factory-compressed-liquidity-management-for-improved-payment-feasibility/2179">Ark as a channel factory</a></li> </ul>

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2025-12-18T00:00:00+00:002025-12-18T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-71<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> <li><a href="https://bosschallenge.xyz/">₿OSS Challenge</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <p>What bitcoin holiday was inaugurated in 12 years ago on this day?</p> <p>And the base58 sponsored <a href="https://x.com/base58school/status/2001785069997097368?s=20">trivia</a></p> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <h2 id="vulnerabilities">Vulnerabilities</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://blog.blockstream.com/jade-security-disclosure/">Jade disclosure</a></li> <li><a href="https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-replacement-stalling-attack/">LND Replacement Stalling Attack</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/2025/10/24/disclose-cve-2025-46598/">CPU DoS from unconfirmed transaction processing</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="research">Research</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://bnoc.xyz/t/bitcoin-core-versions-run-by-mining-pools/57">Bitcoin Core versions run by mining pools</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/oFbEQb_DB3I">OP_CIV Post-Quantum Sig Agg</a></li> <li><a href="https://uncensoredtech.substack.com/p/compact-block-relay-with-extra-pool">Compact block relay with extra pool</a> and <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/sgX8PtrD1fs">related mailing list post</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="releases">Releases</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33629">Cluster mempool merged</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/romanz/bindex-rs">Bindex</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/COLDCARDwallet/status/1991572009025675628">Coldcard Miniscript updates</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="misc">Misc</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Kap7NMwzl2k">PSBT_IN_SP_TWEAK</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/stutxo/bostr">BOSTR</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2004">Chain delegation BIP</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1228#issuecomment-3547979321">Zero Fee Commitment Txs interop</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/j4_toD-ofEc">BIP 3 Activation</a>, <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0003.md#updates-to-existing-bips-should-this-bip-be-activated">BIP text</a> and <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/j4_toD-ofEc">mailing list discussion</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/introducing-taproot-swaps-putting">Taproot Swaps</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/8LkdxVc_nI0">Penlock</a></li> </ul>

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2025-11-20T00:00:00+00:002025-11-20T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-70<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/base58btc/status/1991592698546123223?s=20">trivia</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://cash.app/press/cash-unlocks-bitcoin-everyday-stablecoins">Cash App Updates</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/L0RINC/status/1968392472717033927">v30 performance improvements</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/bitschmidty/status/1986100498567499789">Bitcoin Core Roadmap?</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2017">BIP444 Draft Published</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/mononautical/status/1982601377923891530">BIP444-compliant BIP text published on blockchain</a></li> <li><a href="https://brink.dev/blog/2025/11/19/bitcoin-core-security-audit/">Bitcoin Core security audit</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1228#issuecomment-3547979321">Zero Fee Commitment Txs interop</a></li> <li><a href="https://uncensoredtech.substack.com/p/compact-block-relay-with-extra-pool">Compact block relay with extra pool</a> and <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/sgX8PtrD1fs">related mailing list post</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/j4_toD-ofEc">BIP 3 Activation</a>, <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0003.md#updates-to-existing-bips-should-this-bip-be-activated">BIP text</a> and <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/j4_toD-ofEc">mailing list discussion</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/oFbEQb_DB3I">OP_CIV Post-Quantum Sig Agg</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/COLDCARDwallet/status/1991572009025675628">Coldcard Miniscript updates</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2004">Chain delegation BIP</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/introducing-taproot-swaps-putting">Taproot Swaps</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/chelseakomlo/status/1983173462903665107">Golden: Non-interactive DKG protocol</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/2025/10/24/disclose-cve-2025-46598/">CPU DoS from unconfirmed transaction processing</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/romanz/bindex-rs">Bindex</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/AlMqLbmzxNA">LNHANCE?</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/8LkdxVc_nI0">Penlock</a></li> </ul>

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2025-10-16T00:00:00+00:002025-10-16T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-69<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/base58btc/status/1978878417865990231">trivia</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://bitcoinforsignal.com/">Bitcoin for signal</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/bisq_network/status/1977027198717771941">Bisq on mobile</a></li> <li><a href="https://blockspace.media/insight/ice-raids-bitcoin-mine-in-pyote-texas/">ICE raids bitcoin mine in Pyote, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.therage.co/tradeogre-seized-canada/">Canada seizes exchange funds</a></li> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/tx/e8a6c482503387d7215ce553c2b6157a2f6af574da2904c9bfba887f6ce9e646?mode=details">Canadian police seize funds, announce via OP_RETURN</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33453">Undeprecate datacarrier and datacarriersize configuration options</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/30.0/">Bitcoin Core 30.0 released</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/releases/tag/v29.2.knots20251010">Bitcoin Knots v29.2 released</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.therage.co/leaked-luke-dashjr-bitcoin-hardfork/">Dashjr DM leak</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/YO8ZwnG_ISs">Limit ScriptPubkey Size &gt;= 520 Bytes Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29675">Receive &amp; spend MuSig2 aggregate key inputs</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/mononautical/status/1974493719719268610">Embedding gifs without op_return</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/robin_linus/status/1974231480944447738">BitVM3 optimizations</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/GisTcPb8Jco">GSR BIPs</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.20.0-beta.rc1">lnd v0.20.0-beta.rc1</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/releases/tag/v0.1.6">LDK v0.1.6</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/disclosure-eclair-preimage-extraction-exploit/2010/1">Disclosure: Eclair Preimage Extraction Exploit</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8398">BOLT12 recurrence spec update</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4120">Wipe splice state upon failed interactive funding construction</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/AdamISZ/schnorr-unembeddability/blob/master/unembed.pdf">The inability to embed data into Schnorr</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/optimal-threshold-signatures-in-bitcoin/2023/1">Optimal Threshold Signatures in Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/flattening-nested-2-of-2-of-a-1-of-1-and-a-k-of-n/2018/1">Flattening Nested 2-of-2 Of a 1-of-1 And a k-of-n</a></li> </ul>

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2025-09-19T00:00:00+00:002025-09-19T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-68<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.earlyriders.com/stables">Early Riders - Stables</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/base58btc/status/1968793196214755617">trivia</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/P3b7_/status/1965094840959410230">NPM supply chain attack</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/InsiderPhD/status/1960680273168711807">AI Malware</a></li> <li><a href="https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/a-knotty-irony">A knotty irony</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/glozow/status/1968310311221657809">Block Reconstruction rates go up</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/measuring-minrelaytxfee-across-the-bitcoin-network/1989">Min relay fee across the network</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/33266">Signet Vulnerability</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/benthecarman/status/1968794533291794509">Mutinynet upgrade</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/ark-and-spark-the-channel-factories-print">Spark &amp; Ark are channel factories</a></li> <li><a href="https://lightco.in/2025/09/12/covenants/">lightcoin on covenants</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/IwOY6IanJyY">Frost + BDK</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/eclipsing-bitcoin-nodes-with-bgp-interception-attacks/1965">BGP Eclipse attacks</a></li> <li><a href="https://antoinep.com/posts/misbehaving_nodes/">Misbehaving nodes</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1964013637787345116">Proof of Transit Timestamping</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1965190903762395536">Ordinals impact on node runners</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/sparrowwallet/frigate">Frigate Release</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/n1ckler/status/1965431204326580530">Crypto Workbook</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4053">Zero fee commitment txs in LDK</a></li> <li><a href="https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-09-15-PayPal-Ushers-in-a-New-Era-of-Peer-to-Peer-Payments,-Reimagining-How-Money-Moves-to-Anyone,-Anywhere">Paypal bitcoin support</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/3I-qtBhzIGY">Wallet encryption BIP</a></li> </ul>

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2025-08-21T00:00:00+00:002025-08-21T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-67<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/base58btc/status/1958667406861377871">trivia</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://harbor.cash">Harbor release!</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/el-tor/eltord">Eltor release!</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/1955741506440192463">Google removes and re-adds non-custodial wallets from Play Store</a></li> <li><a href="https://qubic.org/pr/qubic-overtakes-monero-s-hash-rate-in-live-51-takeover-demo">Monero 51% attack</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/PresidioBitcoin/status/1950333816004104319">Quantum Bitcoin Summit</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/sphincs">SPHICS+</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/ydE5u5C0xVc">Taproot script spends are quantum secure</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-launches-on-liquid-mainnet/">Simplicity on Liquid Mainnet</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/writing-simplicity-programs-with-simplicityhl/1900">Writing simplicity programs</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/AlpenLabs/status/1957808842558885902">Glock</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/0xB10C/status/1950216578194170276">Peer observer</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/W1lxBraKG_E">Utreexo BIPs</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33106">Sub 1 sat/vbyte in Core</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33050">don’t punish peers for consensus-invalid txs</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/mononautical/status/1951856672038662524">Version 3 txs taking off</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/sharing-block-templates/1906">Block template sharing</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/disclosure-lnd-gossip-timestamp-filter-dos/1859">LND gossip vulnerability</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/confidential-script-emulate-soft-forks-using-stateless-tees/1918">Emulating softforks with TEE</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/ArkLabsHQ/status/1955617205967782203">Ark working in prod</a></li> </ul>

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2025-07-17T00:00:00+00:002025-07-17T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-66<h1 id="announcements">Announcements</h1> <ul> <li>Respect people’s privacy</li> <li>Interaction and asking questions are encouraged</li> <li><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule">Chatham House Rules</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/ego-death-100-million-bitcoin-companies">Ego Death Capital closes $100M fund for bitcoin companies</a></li> <li><a href="https://btcplusplus.dev/conf/riga">Btc++ Riga Agenda Live</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="semi-regular-installment-of-bitcoin-trivia">Semi-Regular Installment of Bitcoin Trivia!</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/base58btc/status/">trivia</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li>Fun and games in block explorers <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/mononautical/status/1943941834520277336">Sending to bad addresses</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/mononautical/status/1944599986303566258">RBF battles for low entropy addresses</a></li> <li><a href="https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsgpwnyt2c7ctla7fstlz4ptm04jm36fll778v6lahvu7uw52z7p0gvc90xm">2 hours to mine 1 block??</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/mononautical/status/1944942585384198259">26% hashrate mining sub-1sat/vbyte txs</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/mononautical/status/1944934985237942662">Sub-1sat summer driving pool decentralization?</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/reimagining-onion-messages-as-an-overlay-layer/1799">Separating onion message relay from HTLC relay</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/puckberley/status/1942631305373495795">Tx Waste Analysis in Caravan</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-rust-library-to-encode-descriptors-with-a-30-40-size-reduction/1804">Compressed descriptors</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/SaniExp/status/1945584984716193928">Coinbase the best privacy L2?</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoincore.reviews/31829">Improve TxOrphanage denial of service bounds</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/chain-code-delegation-private-access-control-for-bitcoin-keys/1837">Chain Code Delegation: Private Access Control for Bitcoin Keys</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/frostsnaptech/status/1939519321862291621">Frostsnap preoorders</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/blob/main/WHITEPAPER.md">BitChat</a></li> <li>Quantum <ul> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/uEaf4bj07rE">A Post Quantum Migration Proposal</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/nSAd0UmDSvc">Changes to BIP-360 - Pay to Quantum Resistant Hash (P2QRH)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/5wLThgegha4">A Taproot-native (re-)bindable transaction bundle proposal</a></li> <li>BitVM abridged <ul> <li><a href="https://blockspace.media/insight/why-you-might-want-to-pay-attention-to-bitvm-again/">BitVM3</a></li> <li><a href="https://hackmd.io/@liameagen/bitvm3-garbling-note">Broken scheme</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitvm.org/bitvm3.pdf">BitVM3 S</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.alpenlabs.io/blog/glock-verification-on-bitcoin">Glock</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1945603864666743240">BIP353 hardware bounty</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/starkware-bitcoin/stratum">Stratum v2 STARK proof demo</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/understanding-and-mitigating-a-op-ctv-footgun-the-unsatisfiable-utxo/1809/1">Understanding and Mitigating a OP_CTV Footgun: The Unsatisfiable UTXO</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/where-does-the-33-33-threshold-for-selfish-mining-come-from/1757/1">Where does the 33.33% threshold for selfish mining come from?</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1803">BIP380: consistent hardened indicators</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1867">BIP390: repeated participant pubkeys</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1866">BIP390: multipath key expression in musig descriptors</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-28.2.md">Bitcoin Core 28.2</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/dergoegge/status/1936093236226871794">fuzzamoto finds bug in a Bitcoin Core PR</a></li> <li><a href="https://writing.chelseakomlo.com/new-paper-on-the-adaptive-security-of-frost/">Adaptive Security of FROST</a></li> </ul>

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