Merge pull request #192 from BitDevsNYC/socratic-148

 Add topics for Socratic Seminar 148 (Thursday June 26, 2025)

Author: pinheadmz

_posts/2025-06-26-socratic-seminar-148.md

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 # Presentation
 - [Sergi Delgado](https://github.com/sr-gi/) presents his work on [Erlay](https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/erlay/) and his research using network simulations.
+
+## Mailing Lists, Meetings and Bitcoin Optech
+### Mailing Lists
+#### [bitcoin-dev](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev)
+
+- [The case for privatizing Bitcoin Core](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/43yjt8MXMvo)
+- [CTV + CSFS: a letter](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/KJF6A55DPJ8)
+- [Pre-emptive commit/reveal for quantum-safe migration (poison-pill)](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/oa4nDmlLzN4)
+- [OP_CAT Enables Winternitz Signatures](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Zx_NMqZH65Y)
+- [Sybil resistance in different coinjoin implementations](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/xKlbd2tDfxs)
+- [Post-Quantum commit / reveal Fawkescoin variant as a soft fork](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/LpWOcXMcvk8)
+- [Allowing Duplicate Keys in BIP 390 musig() Expressions](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/SSpyvbD9CMg)
+- [Draft BIP: Well-Known Bitcoin Identity Endpoint](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/lfMIFPcOz7M)
+
+
+#### [Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/)
+- [Why CTV+CSFS and not TXHASH](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/why-ctv-csfs-and-not-txhash)
+- [Garbled circuits and BitVM3](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/garbled-circuits-and-bitvm3)
+- [Research Update: A Geometric Approach for Optimal Channel Rebalancing](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/research-update-a-geometric-approach-for-optimal-channel-rebalancing)
+- [CTV vault output descriptor](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/ctv-vault-output-descriptor)
+- [JIT fees with TXHASH: comparing options for sponsorring and stacking](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/jit-fees-with-txhash-comparing-options-for-sponsorring-and-stacking)
+- [Where does the 33.33% threshold for selfish mining come from?](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/where-does-the-33-33-threshold-for-selfish-mining-come-from)
+- [Scaling Noncustodial Mining Payouts with CTV](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/scaling-noncustodial-mining-payouts-with-ctv)
+- [(Rust) descriptor-encrypt: Encrypt any descriptor such that only authorized spenders can decrypt](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/rust-descriptor-encrypt-encrypt-any-descriptor-such-that-only-authorized-spenders-can-decrypt)
+- [Correcting the error in getnetworkhashrateps](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/correcting-the-error-in-getnetworkhashrateps)
+- [Witnessless Sync for Pruned Nodes](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/witnessless-sync-for-pruned-nodes)
+
+
+### Meetings
+- [Bitcoin PR Review Club](https://bitcoincore.reviews)
+    - [#31829 Improve TxOrphanage denial of service bounds](https://bitcoincore.reviews/31829)
+    - [#30605 Cluster linearization: separate tests from tests-of-tests](https://bitcoincore.reviews/30605)
+
+- Bitcoin Core general developer meetings
+    - [May 29](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-05-29.html#l-123)
+    - [June 5](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-06-05.html#l-177)
+    - [June 12](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-06-12.html#l-183)
+    - [June 19](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-06-19.html#l-152)
+
+- Lightning Specification meeting
+    - [June 2](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1262)
+    - [June 16](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1267)
+
+### Optech
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #356](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/05/30/)
+	- [#356 Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2025/06/03/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #357](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/06/06/)
+	- [Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2025/06/10/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #358](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/06/13/)
+	- [Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2025/06/17/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #359](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/06/20/)
+
+
+## Network Data
+- [<1s/vB fee transactions getting mined](https://x.com/peterktodd/status/1935709056695775583)
+
+## CVEs and Research
+### Research
+-
+
+### InfoSec
+- [Google fixes bug that could reveal users’ private phone numbers](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/09/google-fixes-bug-that-could-reveal-users-private-phone-numbers/)
+- [Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans](https://reason.com/2025/06/02/palantir-paves-way-for-trump-police-state/)
+
+## Pull Requests and repo updates
+### [Bitcoin Core](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin)
+- [Add checkBlock() to Mining interface](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31981)
+- [thread-safety: fix annotations with REVERSE_LOCK](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32465)
+- [wallet: have external signer use PSBT error code EXTERNAL_SIGNER_NOT_FOUND](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32682)
+- [wallet, refactor: Remove Legacy wallet unused warnings and errors](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32481)
+- [wallet, rpc: Return normalized descriptor in parent_descs](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32594)
+- [wallet: Fix wallet interface detection of encrypted wallets](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32620)
+- [validation: stricter internal handling of invalid blocks](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31405)
+- [config: allow setting -proxy per network](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32425)
+- [policy: uncap datacarrier by default](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32406)
+- [init: Configure reachable networks before we start the RPC server](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32539)
+- [fuzz: Add target for coins database](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32602)
+- [test: apply microsecond precision to test framework logging](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32676)
+- [signet: omit commitment for some trivial challenges](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29032)
+- [wallet: init, don't error out when loading legacy wallets](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32449)
+- [wallet, rpc, gui: List legacy wallets with a message about migration](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32619)
+
+
+### [rust-bitcoin](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin)
+- [Add fee rate constructors that take `Amount` as arg](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4614)
+- [bitcoin: secp256k1 global-context feature re-export](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4569)
+- [Modify `locktime` `serde` implementations](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4511)
+- [Make `FeeRate` use MvB internally](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4534)
+- [Remove all `p2p` dependency from `network`](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4565)
+- [Introduce empty p2p messages crate](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4572)
+- [Move `p2p` encodings from `encode` and into `p2p`](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4571)
+- [Improve lock times - fix off-by-one bug](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4468)
+
+
+### [Core Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning)
+- [wallet: initialize previously closed channels](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8348)
+- [lightningd: fix log crash on weird escape lines from plugin.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8341)
+- [CHANGELOG.md: warn that spec compliance mean we broke splicing.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8342)
+- [gossipd: check for existing channel announcement before sigcheck](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8322)
+
+
+### [eclair](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/)
+- [Simplify force-close transaction signing and replaceable publishers](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3106)
+- [Prepare attribution data for trampoline payments](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3109)
+- [Increase channel spent delay to 72 blocks](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3110)
+- [Round hold times to decaseconds](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3112)
+- [Stop storing commit tx and HTLC txs in channel data](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3099)
+- [Remove non-final transactions from `XxxCommitPublished`](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3097)
+- [Add attribution data to UpdateFulfillHtlc](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3100)
+- [Parse offers and pay offers with currency](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3101)
+- [Add more splice channel_reestablish tests](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3094)
+- [Rework closing channel balance computation](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3096)
+- [Watch spent outputs before watching for confirmation](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3092)
+- [Cleaner handling of HTLC settlement during force-close](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3090)
+
+
+### [LDK](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning)
+- [Follow-ups #3741: Exchange `splice_locked` messages](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3873)
+- [`option_simple_close`: Add feature, messaging types, shutdown script construction](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3861)
+- [Exchange `splice_locked` messages](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3741)
+- [fuzz: Add LSPS message decoder fuzzing](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3849)
+- [Sort LSPS2 opening fee params menu according to spec requirements](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3840)
+- [Check if a batch is expected for `commitment_signed`](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3852)
+- [Don't generate a commitment if we cannot afford a holding cell feerate](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3828)
+- [Async BumpTransactionEventHandler](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3752)
+- [Revert attribution of failures](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3817)
+- [Fix possible dust HTLC sweep tx when feerate remains unchanged during a bump](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3832)
+- [Peer Storage Feature – Part 2](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3623)
+- [Separate auxiliary HTLC data from holder commitment transaction](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3774)
+- [Implement `start_batch` message batching](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3793)
+- [Channel Establishment for V3 Channels](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3792)
+- [Allow counterparty pending monitor update within quiescence handshake](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3806)
+- [Allow setting a `payer_note` on `pay_for_offer_from_human_readable_name`](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3808)
+- [LSPS2: Add error handling events for failed client requests ](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3804)
+- [Introduce Flow utilities and OffersMessageFlow implementation](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3639)
+- [LSPS2: Fail (or abandon) intercepted HTLCs if LSP channel open fails](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3712)
+
+
+### [lnd](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd)
+- [Improve access control in peer connections](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9880)
+- [lnrpc: add auth_proof to graph APIs](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9950)
+- [(11) graph/db: Implement various "ForEach" methods on the graph SQLStore](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9935)
+- [(10) graph/db+sqldb: implement ForEachSourceNodeChannel](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9931)
+- [graph/db+sqldb: channel policy SQL schemas, queries and upsert CRUD](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9887)
+- [Use spent height as the rescan start height in `RegisterSpendNtfn`](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9921)
+- [lnrpc: add incoming/outgoing channel ids filter to forwarding history request](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9356)
+- [htlcswitch: exit early if no adds are in the fwd pkg](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9911)
+- [multi: explicitly define InboundFees in ChannelUpdate and ChannelEdgePolicy](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9897)
+- [lnrpc: add HtlcIndex to ForwardingEvents](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9813)
+- [Add the option on path creator to specify the incoming channel on blinded path](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9127)
+- [accessman: remove restrictions on protected/temporary peers](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9876)
+- [peer+feature: start to signal the prod rbf coop close bit](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9858)
+- [brontide: fix peer disconnection issue](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9872)
+- [sqldb+graph/db: add channel tables and implement some channel CRUD](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9869)
+
+
+### [BIPs](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips)
+- [BIP380: make specs consistent about hardened indicators](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1803)
+- [390: clarifications on KEY expression restrictions](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1871)
+- [390: Allow repeated participant pubkeys](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1867)
+- [390: mention about multipath key expression in musig descriptors](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1866)
+
+
+### [BOLTs](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc)
+- [Clarify Mandatory Field Length Requirements and Add Note on Low R Signatures in BOLT 11](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1243)
+
+
+## New Releases
+-
+
+## Events and Podcasts
+-
+
+## Mining
+- [BitMain announces a decentralized mining pool solution](https://x.com/bitmaintech/status/1927581481674670492)
+
+## Miscellaneous
+- [SaveOurWallets.org:  Support Section 110 of the CLARITY Act](https://saveourwallets.org/)
+- [BTCPayServer crashes on block 896727 coinbase transaction](https://x.com/btcpayserver/status/1922845019494318519)
+- [Trump to launch branded crypto trading application](https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto-wallet/)
+- [CTV+CSFS letter](https://ctv-csfs.com/)
+- [Texas cops cut open crypto ATM to recover $25K lost to scam](https://cointelegraph.com/news/texas-police-open-crypto-atm-family-scam-funds-bitcoin-community-question-decision)
+- [Fuzzamoto just found its first bug on a Bitcoin Core PR](https://x.com/dergoegge/status/1936093236226871794)