Merge pull request #206 from BitDevsNYC/socratic-seminar-155

 Add topics for Socratic Seminar 155 (Thursday February 5, 2026)

Author: pinheadmz

_posts/2026-02-05-socratic-seminar-155.md

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 ## Presentation
 - [Antoine Poinsot](https://x.com/darosior) will give a whiteboard presentation on fixing the timewarp bug in Bitcoin's consensus code. This will be the first in a series of deep dive sessions on the [great consensus cleanup proposal.](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0054.md)
+
+## Mailing Lists, Meetings and Bitcoin Optech
+### Mailing Lists
+#### [bitcoin-dev](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev)
+- [Falcon Post-Quantum Signature Scheme Proposal](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/PsClmK4Em1E)
+- [libsecp256k1 0.7.1 released](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/3MK8KdX-hjc)
+- [SLH-DSA verification can compete with ECC](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/8UFkEvfyLwE)
+- [Garbled Circuit and Channel Jamming](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/HxvRfLToCho)
+- [QRAMP addition: Alternative to legacy freeze: “quarantine-mode” legacy spends via two-phase destination commitment](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/8UnhPg0JZ6w)
+- [Hash-Based Signatures for Bitcoin's Post-Quantum Future](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/gOfL5ag_bDU)
+- [Follow-up regarding Motion to Activate BIP 3](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Sh4I6ogv_sE)
+
+#### [Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/)
+- [BLISK: Boolean circuit Logic Integrated into the Single Key](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/blisk-boolean-circuit-logic-integrated-into-the-single-key)
+- [Disposing of "dust attack" UTXOs](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/disposing-of-dust-attack-utxos)
+- [Argo: a garbled-circuits scheme for 1000x more efficient off-chain computation](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/argo-a-garbled-circuits-scheme-for-1000x-more-efficient-off-chain-computation)
+- [Programming Lightning: An Introduction to Payment Channels](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/programming-lightning-an-introduction-to-payment-channels)
+- [OP_CAT and Bitcoin’s Path to Quantum Resistance](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/op-cat-and-bitcoin-s-path-to-quantum-resistance)
+- [A Mathematical Theory of Payment Channel Networks](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-mathematical-theory-of-payment-channel-networks)
+- [Silent Payments notifications via Nostr](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/silent-payments-notifications-via-nostr)
+- [Hornet UTXO(1): A custom, constant-time, highly parallel UTXO database](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/hornet-utxo-1-a-custom-constant-time-highly-parallel-utxo-database)
+- [Incremental mutation testing in the Bitcoin Core](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/incremental-mutation-testing-in-the-bitcoin-core)
+
+
+### Meetings
+- [Bitcoin PR Review Club](https://bitcoincore.reviews)
+
+- Bitcoin Core general developer meetings
+    - [January 8](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2026-01-08.html#l-154)
+    - [January 15](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2026-01-15.html#l-158)
+    - [January 22](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2026-01-22.html#l-182)
+    - [January 29](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2026-01-29.html#l-158)
+
+- Lightning Specification meeting
+    - [January 12](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1311)
+
+### Optech
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #387](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/01/09/) - [Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/01/13/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #388](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/01/16/) - [Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/01/20/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #389](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/01/23/) - [Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/01/27/)
+- [Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #390](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/01/30/) 
+
+
+## Network Data
+-
+
+## CVEs and Research
+### Research
+-
+
+### InfoSec
+- Practical vulnerabilities in GPG & friends [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0ZYOTHrB7I) / [slides: gpg.fail](https://gpg.fail/)
+
+## Pull Requests and repo updates
+### [Bitcoin Core](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin)
+- [iwyu: Update mappings](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34460)
+- [doc: Use multipath descriptors in descriptors.md and linked test](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34100)
+- [p2p: Allow block downloads from peers without snapshot block after assumeutxo validation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33604)
+- [validation: add reusable coins view for ConnectBlock](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34164)
+- [validation: do not wipe utxo cache for stats/scans/snapshots](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33680)
+- [validation: cache tip recency for lock-free `IsInitialBlockDownload()`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34253)
+- [wallet: fix removeprunedfunds bug with conflicting transactions](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34358)
+- [doc: Explain that low-effort pull requests may be closed](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34388)
+- [kernel: Add block header support and validation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33822)
+- [p2p: send first addr self-announcement in separate message 🎄](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34146)
+- [Remove epoch logic from mempool](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34384)
+- [Prepare string and net utils for future HTTP operations](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34242)
+- [fuzz: Exclude too expensive inputs in descriptor_parse targets](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34317)
+- [test: Fix P2PK script test](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34380)
+- [p2p: add validation checks for initial self-announcement](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34297)
+- [wallet/rpc: fix listdescriptors RPC fails to return descriptors with private key information when wallet contains descriptors missing any key](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32471)
+- [Fix 11-year-old mis-categorized error code in OP_IF evaluation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32143)
+- [refactor: (move-only) Merge core_io module, remove from libkernel](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34296)
+- [Find minimal chunks in SFL](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34259)
+- [bench: Remove -priority-level= option](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34210)
+- [refactor: Header sync optimisations & simplifications](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32740)
+- [Add sedited to trusted-keys](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34236)
+- [wallet: test: Relative wallet failed migration cleanup](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34226)
+- [test: migration, avoid backup name mismatch in default_wallet_failure](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34221)
+
+
+### [BDK](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk)
+- [Add median-time-past (MTP) calculation to CheckPoint](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2037)
+
+
+### [HWI](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI)
+- [jade: add udev rule for Blockstream Jade Plus](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/pull/776)
+- [Edge signing fix](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/pull/803)
+- [Pin device repos](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/pull/818)
+
+
+### [rust-bitcoin](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin)
+- [verification(kani): add formal roundtrip proof for CompactSize](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5579)
+- [hashes: add SHA256 ARM hardware acceleration](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5493)
+- [primitives: reject transactions with 0 outputs](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5470)
+- [primitives: reject txs with output sum > MAX_MONEY](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5443)
+- [p2p: Switch to network crate](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5515)
+- [Add ExactSizeEncoder for known-length Encoders](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5445)
+- [p2p: add v1 header decoder](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5491)
+- [Automated nightly rustfmt (2026-01-18)](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5535)
+- [p2p: Remove BIP-152 indirection](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5474)
+- [pow: Fix U256::overflowing_mul](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5501)
+- [benches: Add benchmark to test duplicate-inputs worst case scenario](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5441)
+- [Fix unreachable error bug during iteration of funding utxos](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5492)
+- [primitives: reject transaction with duplicate inputs](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5402)
+- [Fix Taproot script path signature ordering in PSBT finalization](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/5462)
+
+### [libsecp](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1)
+- [ecmult: Use size_t for array indices](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/pull/1794)
+- [sage: verify Eisenstein integer connection for GLV constants](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/pull/1800)
+
+
+### [Core Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning)
+- [Fixed: enableoffer: Adding an error when trying to activate an used single use offer](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8813)
+- [Askrene: scale with many layers](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8760)
+- [Mnemonic hsm_secret tests](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8837)
+- [Clnrest: dynamic paths](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/7529)
+- [Two payment crashes](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8829)
+- [recovery for modern nodes](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8830)
+- [Askrene: fix infinite cost assertion](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8832)
+
+### [eclair](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/)
+- [Add event for failed payment relay](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3244)
+- [Include the `node_id` of channel peers in payment events](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3243)
+- [Add duration information to payment events](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3241)
+- [Add test vector for Bolt12 invalid bech32 padding](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3242)
+
+
+### [LDK](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning)
+- [Add custom TLV in Bolt11 Payer API](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4263)
+- [Rework ChannelManager::funding_transaction_signed](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4336)
+- [Add basic `CLAUDE.md` file](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4352)
+- [Support generic HTLC interception](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4300)
+- [BOLT 12: Validate bech32 padding per BIP-173](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4349)
+- [Change Bolt11Invoice payment_hash function return type](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4293)
+- [Mixed mode splicing](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4261)
+- [Rework ChannelManager::funding_transaction_signed](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4257)
+- [Introduce Dummy Hop support for Blinded Payment Path](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4152)
+- [Fix double-forward, prefer legacy forward maps](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4289)
+- [Clarify splicing feature flag requirements](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4274)
+- [Set and relay experimental accountable signal](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4232)
+
+
+### [lnd](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd)
+- [workflows: fix Claude workflows for fork PRs and external contributors](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10531)
+- [build: add PR severity classification workflow](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10526)
+- [build: add cc integration](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10525)
+- [routerrpc: FailureDetail enums for invoice/AMP validation failures](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10520)
+- [multi: update close logic to handle re-orgs of depth n-1, where n is num confs - add min conf floor](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10331)
+- [lncfg: add deprecated no-experimental-endorsement config option](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10495)
+- [rpcserver: use protocol max for fundMax, not maxChanSize](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10488)
+- [discovery: add panic recovery for gossip message processing ](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10470)
+- [lnwire: enforce non-zero timestamp in gossip messages](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10469)
+
+
+### [BIPs](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips)
+- [BIP 434: Peer Feature Negotiation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2076)
+- [BIP346: OP_TXHASH](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1500)
+- [README intro edits](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2083)
+- [Process: Activate BIP3](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1820)
+- [BIP 433: Add P2A BIP](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1982)
+
+
+### [BLIPs](https://github.com/lightning/blips)
+- [Update bLIP-51 to add BOLT-12 support](https://github.com/lightning/blips/pull/59)
+
+### [BOLTs](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc)
+- [BOLT 12: clarify that empty offer_chains must be rejected](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1306)
+
+
+## New Releases
+-
+
+## Events and Podcasts
+-
+
+## Mining
+-
+
+## Miscellaneous
+- [Zcash Plunges Double Digits After ECC Team 'Constructively Discharged'](https://decrypt.co/353948/zcash-plunges-double-digits-after-ecc-team-constructively-discharged)
+- [Former 'bitcoin mayor' Eric Adams faces $3 million rugpull allegation after issuing NYC Token](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/13/former-bitcoin-mayor-eric-adams-faces-usd3-million-rugpull-allegation-after-issuing-nyc-coin)
+- [The State of the Iranian Internet Blackout](https://state-of-iranblackout.whisper.security/)
+- [Spacelab: Secure Group Mesh Messaging in Realistic Protest Scenarios](https://spacelab-ccny.github.io/research/amigo/)
+- [CVE-2026-0915: GNU C Library Fixes A Security Issue Present Since 1996](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glibc-Security-Fix-For-1996-Bug)
+- [John (Lick) caught flexing $23M in a wallet address directly tied to $90M+ in suspected thefts from the US Government in 2024](https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2014685263327351116)
+- [Crypto firm BitGo raises $212.8 million in US IPO](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bitgo-holdings-prices-us-ipo-18-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-01-22/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
+- [ORANGE DEV TRACKER: Decoding the DNA of the most important software in financial history](https://sorukumar.github.io/orange-dev-tracker/)
+- [2016 Email from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to Jeffrey Epstein](https://x.com/kyletorpey/status/2017767211272728791)
+- [Arkade SDK skills for agent integration](https://arkadeos.com/)