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| 2 | +layout: post |
| 3 | +type: socratic |
| 4 | +title: "Socratic Seminar 36" |
| 5 | +meetup: https://lu.ma/hzjkovec |
| 6 | +--- |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +We will start with introductions, some basic ground rules, and jump into technical discussions. We will cover aspects of the bitcoin protocol, new research developments, recent news, and software developments. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Please note the meeting location at Mad Science of the Triangle in Cary. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +# Announcements |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +- no pictures or recordings |
| 15 | +- chatham house rules |
| 16 | +- don't be a dick |
| 17 | +- thank you to our sponsors [Lolli](https://www.lolli.com/) and [Mad Science](https://triangle.madscience.org/) |
| 18 | +- introductions |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +# Bitcoin |
| 21 | +- [Trivial QC signatures with clean upgrade path ](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/[email protected]/T/#m8c9407a48d3358be40fb94ab512c3e72b95e17cc) |
| 22 | +- [Proposing a P2QRH BIP towards a quantum resistant soft fork](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/proposing-a-p2qrh-bip-towards-a-quantum-resistant-soft-fork/956) |
| 23 | +- [Taproot - Technical Explanation](https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/upgrades/taproot/) |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +# Anthropology |
| 26 | +- [The Social Layer: An Ethnography of Two Cryptocurrency Communities in the United States](https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/4775/) |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +# Ecash |
| 29 | +- [KVAC rate limiting](https://gist.github.com/nothingmuch/234abd24c533e5233aa2796f21a8c115) |
| 30 | +- [Compact E-Cash](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/11426639_18) |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +# Covenants |
| 33 | +- [Covenants Support](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Covenants_support) beauty contest table adds rationale column. Some bangers in there! |
| 34 | +- [Merkelize All The Things (MATT) covenant proposal](https://merkle.fun/) |
| 35 | +- [AJ Towns presents BLL - Basic Bitcoin Lisp Language](https://brink.dev/blog/2024/12/19/eng-call-aj-towns-bll/) |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +# Privacy |
| 38 | +- new [rust joinstr implementation](https://github.com/pythcoiner/joinstr) from pythcoiner |
| 39 | +- [WabiSabi vulnerability fix](https://www.therage.co/vulnerability-wabisabi-coinjoin/) |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +# Ark |
| 42 | +- [Bitcoin Virtual Channels: Bringing Instant Settlement To Ark](https://arkdev.info/blog/bitcoin-virtual-channels/) |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +# Miscellaneous |
| 45 | +- [Lark - HWI reimplementation in java](https://github.com/sparrowwallet/larkapp) |
| 46 | + - [Craig Raw announcement thread](https://x.com/craigraw/status/1863882416546271714) |
| 47 | +- [Excellent Mostro Protocol documentation](https://mostro.network/protocol/) |
| 48 | +- [BDK 1.0 release](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/releases) |
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