Socratic Seminar 29

[vnprc]

Welcome

Hello Bitcoiners! This is where we'll organize the topics of discussion for our upcoming Socratic Seminar.

Please use this issue to suggest topics that you'd like to see discussed at the seminar. To suggest a topic, simply add a new comment to this issue with the topic title as the comment's title.

As we work through organizing the topics, feel free to edit and update your comments as needed. This will help us keep everything organized and easy to follow.

To help get us started, here are some main topics of discussion that we could consider:

• Bitcoin Core
• Lightning Network
• Scaling
• Privacy
• Media
• Miscellaneous

• Remember, this is Bitcoin only, do not post about your favorite clown-coin.
  Thank you for your contributions and we look forward to a great seminar!

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really simple site explaining how ecash works https://numbnoot.gandlaf.com/cashu

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weak blocks proposed as a solution to fractured mempools and increased block propagation latency https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/second-look-at-weak-blocks/805

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The BIP repo finally got some new editors and they have begun clearing the backlog. Hooray! \o/ https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1573/files

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LDK launches BOLT12 support https://lightningdevkit.org/blog/bolt12-has-arrived/

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Fedimint module for signing Nostr events using ROAST https://github.com/m1sterc001guy/roastr

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Navigating Lightning Innovation: lipa’s journey from LDK to Breez SDK https://medium.com/@lipa_btc/navigating-lightning-innovation-lipas-journey-from-ldk-to-breez-sdk-c5ba36550000

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Ocean mining pool launches BOLT12 payout support https://twitter.com/ocean_mining/status/1784983835492360312 instructions page: https://ocean.xyz/docs/lightning

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Rearden Code summarizes the Restored Script covenant and kitchen sink proposal that Rusty Russel presented at BTC++: https://twitter.com/reardencode/status/1786403843141505416

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AJ Towns encapsulates the bitcoin builder's mantra as a counterpoint to team ossification: team slow and steady. https://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2024/04/20/team-slow-and-steady

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new libsecp dropped and it's harder, better, faster, stronger https://twitter.com/n1ckler/status/1787575188797681763

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utreexod enters beta https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/5GyV9af9lv4

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BTC++ ATX, Consensus and the Great Script Restoration https://twitter.com/reardencode/status/1788074956225651060