Merge pull request #186 from BitDevsNYC/socratic-146

Add topics for Socratic Seminar 146 (Thu Apr 24 2025)

Author: pinheadmz

_posts/2025-04-24-socratic-seminar-146.md

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 ## Presentation
 - [Cake Wallet](https://cakewallet.com/) presents their [PayJoin](https://payjoin.org/) implementation.
+
+## Mailing Lists, Meetings and Bitcoin Optech
+### Mailing Lists
+#### [bitcoin-dev](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev)
+- [Relax OP_RETURN standardness restrictions](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ)
+- [DahLIAS: Discrete Logarithm-Based Interactive Aggregate Signatures](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/eothFkxAvK0)
+- [Bitcoin Core 29.0 Released](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/nfiWEOBGyzk)
+- [Post Quantum Signatures and Scaling Bitcoin](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/wKizvPUfO7w)
+- [SwiftSync - smarter synchronization with hints](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/FpSWUxItXQs)
+- [secp256k1lab: a Python library for prototyping](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/f3MQRO-yxEw)
+- [Consensus Cleanup BIP draft](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/0tSvml90Qcw)
+- [Unbreaking testnet4](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/iVLHJ1HWhoU)
+- [UTXO probing attack using payjoin](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Xo3HOJlVfp0)
+
+
+#### [Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/)
+- [A simple backup scheme for wallet accounts](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-simple-backup-scheme-for-wallet-accounts)
+- [Evolving the Ark protocol using CTV and CSFS](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/evolving-the-ark-protocol-using-ctv-and-csfs)
+- [How CSFS+PAIRCOMMIT enables mass delegated introspection](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/how-csfs-paircommit-enables-mass-delegated-introspection)
+- [Hashing to remember forgotten seed words?](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/hashing-to-remember-forgotten-seed-words)
+- [How CTV+CSFS improves BitVM bridges](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/how-ctv-csfs-improves-bitvm-bridges)
+- [Post Quantum Signatures and Scaling Bitcoin with STARKs](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/post-quantum-signatures-and-scaling-bitcoin-with-starks)
+- [SwiftSync -- Speeding up IBD with pre-generated hints (PoC)](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/swiftsync-speeding-up-ibd-with-pre-generated-hints-poc)
+- [Overflow handling in Script](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/overflow-handling-in-script)
+- [Cluster mempool partitioning attacks](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/cluster-mempool-partitioning-attacks)
+
+
+### Meetings
+- [Bitcoin PR Review Club](https://bitcoincore.reviews)
+    - [#29532 Refactor BnB tests](https://bitcoincore.reviews/29532)
+    - [#31664 Add Fee rate Forecaster Manager](https://bitcoincore.reviews/31664)
+    - [#31689 Benchmark Chainstate::ConnectBlock duration](https://bitcoincore.reviews/31689)
+
+- Bitcoin Core general developer meetings
+    - [March 27](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-03-27.html#l-199)
+    - [April 3](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-04-03.html#l-198)
+    - [April 10](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-04-10.html#l-193)
+    - [April 17](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-04-17.html#l-156)
+
+- Lightning Specification meeting
+    - [April 7](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1244)
+    - [April 21](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1251)
+
+### Optech
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #347](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/03/28/)
+  - [Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2025/04/01/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #348](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/04/)
+    - [Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2025/04/08/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #349](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/11/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #350](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/18/)
+
+
+## Network Data
+- [5 "proxy" pools blast ~5 templates per second for ~33 blocks](https://x.com/boerst/status/1907813787492581575)
+- ["ancient" proto-inscriptions](https://x.com/mononautical/status/1910703196672340007)
+- [Ark transaction on mainnet](https://x.com/softsimon_/status/1910955700441981231)
+- [Bitcoin Mining Centralization in 2025](https://b10c.me/blog/015-bitcoin-mining-centralization/)
+- [Bitcoin's Duplicate Transactions](https://blog.bitmex.com/bitcoins-duplicate-transactions/)
+- [Grid interactive block visualization tool](https://orange.surf/grid/)
+- [Hashrate spikes to 1 zetahash for first time](https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/hashrate-difficulty)
+- [mempool.space visualization of taproot script paths](https://x.com/mempool/status/1911389181101679080)
+- [New "Mining Squared" proxy pool finds multiple blocks](https://x.com/boerst/status/1907036334784458974)
+- [New large solo miner mines block](https://x.com/mononautical/status/1908776941068697745)
+- [stratum.work visualization updates](https://x.com/boerst/status/1906320686886400159)
+- [Up-to-date statistics about chain reorganizations](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/126019/up-to-date-statistics-about-chain-reorganizations)
+
+
+## CVEs and Research
+### Research
+- [A Place for Everyone vs Everyone in its Place: Measuring and Attacking the Ethereum Global Network](https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/588)
+- [Breaking ECDSA with Two Affinely Related
+Nonces](https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/705.pdf)
+- [ColliderVM: Stateful Computation on Bitcoin without Fraud Proofs](https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/591), [video](https://x.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1910317337301152034)
+- [Cross-Input Signature Aggregation for Bitcoin](https://github.com/fjahr/cisa-research/blob/main/hrf-fellowship.md)
+- [Defeating AutoLock: From Simulation to Real-World Cache-Timing Exploits against TrustZone](https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/589)
+- [ECDSA Cracking Methods](https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/654)
+- [Round-Efficient Adaptively Secure Threshold Signatures with Rewinding](https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/638)
+- [Thunderbolt: A Formally Verified Protocol for Off-Chain Bitcoin Transfers](https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/709)
+
+### InfoSec
+- [ESP32 CVE does not effect Blockstream Jade](https://developer.espressif.com/blog/2025/03/esp32-bluetooth-clearing-the-air/), [commentary](https://x.com/Blockstream/status/1912468476200997138)
+- [Hackers are selling counterfeit phones with crypto-stealing malware](https://cointelegraph.com/news/counterfeit-android-devices-loaded-crypto-stealing-malware)
+- [Mempool Partitioning and Identifying Mining Nodes](https://crypt-iq.github.io/coinscope-post.html)
+- [OpenSSH 10.0 makes the post-quantum ML-KEM hybrid mlkem768x25519-sha256 the default](https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-10.0)
+- [Taproot Denial of Service Bug](https://rubin.io/bitcoin/2025/03/11/core-vuln-taproot-dos/)
+
+## Pull Requests and repo updates
+### [Bitcoin Core](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin)
+- [descriptor: Move filling of keys from `DescriptorImpl::MakeScripts` to `PubkeyProvider::GetPubKey`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31243)
+- [feefrac: avoid integer overflow in temporary](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32300)
+- [torcontrol: Fix addrOnion outdated comment](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32282)
+- [psbt: MuSig2 Fields](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31247)
+- [Make TxGraph fuzz tests more deterministic](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32191)
+- [(IBD) batch block reads/writes during `AutoFile` serialization](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31551)
+- [Have createNewBlock() wait for tip, make rpc handle shutdown during long poll and wait methods](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31785)
+- [miniscript: Correct off-by-one assert guards (#31727 follow-up)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32255)
+- [multiprocess: Add libmultiprocess git subtree](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31741)
+- [miniscript: convert non-critical asserts to CHECK_NONFATAL](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31727)
+- [net: Prevent accidental circuit sharing when using Tor stream isolation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32176)
+- [fuzz: Make p2p_headers_presync more deterministic](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32198)
+- [wallet, migration: Fix empty wallet crash](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32149)
+- [build: Switch to Qt 6](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30997)
+- [coins: replace manual `CDBBatch` size estimation with LevelDB's native `ApproximateSize`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32185)
+- [feefrac: add support for evaluating at given size](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30535)
+- [TxGraph: Increase fuzz coverage](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32177)
+- [fuzz: Make partially_downloaded_block more deterministic](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32158)
+- [fuzz: coinselection: cover `SetBumpFeeDiscount`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31806)
+- [descriptors: Multipath/PR 22838 follow-ups](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32134)
+- [Follow-ups for txgraph #31363](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32151)
+
+
+### [BDK](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk)
+- [feat(chain): Add method for constructing TxGraph from a ChangeSet](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/1930)
+
+
+### [rust-bitcoin](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin)
+- [Add ControlBlock constructor that takes a hex string](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4375)
+- [Accessing XOnlyPublicKey from bitcoin::taproot](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4370)
+- [Deserialize witness from a list of hex strings](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4366)
+- [Use InputWeightPrediction to calculate effective_value](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/2456)
+- [units: Implement privacy boundaries](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4319)
+- [Remove Option return from `minimal_non_dust`](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4342)
+- [primitives: Make `hex` optional](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4262)
+- [Add push_relative_lock_time() and deprecate push_sequence()](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4302)
+- [Return `ControlBlock` from `Witness::taproot_control_block`](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/4281)
+
+
+### [Core Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning)
+- [`cln-grpc` Expose `NotificationStream`](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8220)
+- [Enforce minimum witness program length for fallback addresses in BOLT11 parsing](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8219)
+- [Update Release Dates for May 2025](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8205)
+- [wallet: don't debug spam every output script as we rescan blocks.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8202)
+- [Fix missing p2wpkh for mutual close with old peers.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8175)
+- [lightningd: don't spam logs on dangling outgoing HTLCs.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8192)
+- [lightningd: fix anchorspend HTLC deadline logic.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8190)
+- [lightningd: allow bitcoind_getrawblockbyheight callback to free call struct](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8186)
+- [trace: minimal fix to avoid crash when > 128 traces active.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8188)
+- [common: fix crash when we have a localmod with unrepresentable fee values](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8187)
+- [docs: Update Security Information on Doc Portal](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8173)
+
+
+### [eclair](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/)
+- [Remove support for claiming remote anchor output](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3062)
+- [ChannelKeyManager: add optional list of spent outputs to sign() methods](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3047)
+- [Relay non-blinded failure from wallet nodes](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3050)
+- [Use package relay for anchor force-close](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/2963)
+
+
+### [LDK](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning)
+- [(2/3) Add Enum for HTLCHandlingFailed Reasons](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3601)
+- [Add `ChannelContext::get_commitment_stats`](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3682)
+- [Remove data dependency on OnchainTxHandler from onchain claims](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3690)
+- [(RFC) Implement a way to do BOLT 12 Proof of Payment](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3593)
+- [Batch `commitment_signed` messages for splicing](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3651)
+- [Fix long route failure attribution](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3709)
+- [Attributable failures](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/2256)
+- [Dual funding extension: begin_interactive_funding_tx_construction](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3443)
+- [Do not track HTLC IDs as separate MPP parts which need claiming](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3680)
+- [Replace use of HolderSignedTx with HolderCommitment](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3664)
+- [Static invoice server prefactor](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3667)
+- [Handle receiving payments via Trampoline](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3670)
+
+
+### [lnd](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd)
+- [accessman: add logging to new sub-system](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9719)
+- [Improve logging when fetching invoices and payments](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9734)
+- [Change RPC call order for the btcd notifier](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9722)
+- [walletrpc: allow custom lock ID and duration in `FundPsbt`](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9724)
+- [scripts+GitHub: use bitcoind v29.0](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9628)
+- [Aux bandwidth manager: also pass HTLC blob to `ShouldHandleTraffic`](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9727)
+- [Fix inaccurate `locked_balance`](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9693)
+- [`AuxTrafficShaper.PaymentBandwidth` uses HTLC view](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9687)
+- [chainntnfs: increase logging of the subsystems](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9720)
+- [scripts: use LND status to determine when a node is ready for RPC calls](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9713)
+- [Patch htlc attempt hash for legacy payments](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9703)
+- [multi: downgrade to legacy coop close for taproot channels](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9669)
+- [lnrpc+rpcserver: add custom channel data for closed channels](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9504)
+- [Sweep inputs even the budget cannot be covered](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9627)
+
+
+
+### [BOLTs](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc)
+- [BOLT 4: fix broken link](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1250)
+- [Make payment_secret mandatory and ASSUMED](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1242)
+
+
+## New Releases
+- [Android CTV Playground](https://github.com/percy-g2/android_app_ctv_playground)
+- [bitcoin_payment_instructions](https://docs.rs/bitcoin-payment-instructions/latest/bitcoin_payment_instructions/)
+- [Fuzzamoto: Holistic Fuzzing for Bitcoin Protocol Implementations](https://github.com/dergoegge/fuzzamoto)
+- [Open source ESP32 firmware for BitAxe](https://github.com/404-Panda/ESP-Miner-Matrix)
+- [PrivatePond PayJoin implementation](https://github.com/Kukks/PrivatePond), [context](https://njump.me/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqg42s9gsae3lu2cketskuzfp778fh2vg9c5x3elx8ttdpzhfkk25qq2nv5nzddgxxdjtd4u9vwrdv939vmnswfzk6j85dxk)
+
+## Events and Podcasts
+- [Shinobi and darosier on the Great Consensus Cleanup](https://x.com/brian_trollz/status/1913308769016287686)
+- [Shinobi and Gloria Zhao on the mempool](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW8r9hq8-yU)
+- MIT Bitcoin Expo - [Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqxDr_SjAgg), [Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT-B9k9t5B8)
+- OPNEXT - [Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhRZZOdJzGE), [Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPE18SrKrQ4)
+
+## Mining
+- [Bitcoin Mining Centralization in 2025 by 0xB10C](https://b10c.me/blog/015-bitcoin-mining-centralization/)
+- [Bitcoin Mining Industry Report: March 2025 - Monthly Operational Updates](https://education.compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-industry-report-march-2025-monthly-operational-updates/)
+- [Braiins open sources the Bitcoin Control Board](https://x.com/BraiinsMining/status/1904601547855573458)
+- [The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58287-3)
+
+## Miscellaneous
+- [256Foundation Mining Grants](https://x.com/256FOUNDATION/status/1908585602968170598)
+- [Bitcoin Address Poisoning Attacks](https://blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-address-poisoning-attacks/)
+- [BitScript Sandbox](https://www.bitscript.app/sandbox)
+- [BitVM Activation on Clementine & Core Protocol Upgrades](https://www.blog.citrea.xyz/tangerine-upgrade-bitvm-activation-on-clementine/)
+- [BitVM meets Consensus Cleanup over 64-byte transactions](https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/issues/285)
+- [Clementine: A Collateral-Efficient, Trust-Minimized, and Scalable
+Bitcoin Bridge](https://citrea.xyz/clementine_whitepaper.pdf)
+- [Critical Wallet Bugs Expose Users to Silent Crypto Drains](https://www.coinspect.com/blog/wallet-silent-drain/)
+- [Crypto crime is legal](https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-81/)
+- [Delbrag](https://rubin.io/bitcoin/2025/04/04/delbrag/)
+- [DOJ Ends Crypto Enforcement Unit and Regulation by Prosecution](https://www.defieducationfund.org/_files/ugd/84ba66_4278778963f14119be0ef1c7976bc3b2.pdf)
+- [Human Rights Foundation Grants 10 BTC to 23 Bitcoin Projects Worldwide](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/human-rights-foundation-bitcoin-q1-2025/)
+- Opensats - [Fourth Wave of Education Grants](https://opensats.org/blog/fourth-wave-of-education-grants), [Advancements in Lightning Infrastructure](https://opensats.org/blog/advancements-in-lightning-infrastructure)
+ -[Phoenix wallets returns to the US](https://x.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1909652018207109567)
+- [Soft fork research database](https://bitcoin.softforks.org/about-softforks)
+- [Spiral grant - l0rinc](https://x.com/spiralbtc/status/1912176891609362505)
+- [Taplocks: Verifiable but unspendable tapleafs](https://github.com/taproot-wizards/taplocks/blob/main/README.md)
+- [The Evolution of Payjoin: From Two-Party Protocol to Multiparty Framework](https://payjoindevkit.org/2025/03/18/the-evolution-of-payjoin/)
+- [The Timewarp Attack](https://blog.bitmex.com/the-timewarp-attack/)
+- [Trump signs bill to nullify expanded IRS crypto broker rule](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-bill-nullify-expanded-irs-crypto-broker-rule-2025-04-11/)
+- [Try Ark on signet](https://blog.second.tech/try-ark-on-signet/)
+- [Uncle Sam kills funding for CVE program](https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/homeland_security_funding_for_cve/)
+- [Vinteum renews grant for Lima](https://nitter.poast.org/Vinteum_org/status/1909617517451960724)