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_posts/2024-11-13-socratic-seminar-35

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 type: socratic
 title: "Socratic Seminar 35"
 meetup: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-bitdevs/events/304378293/?action=rsvp&eventOrigin=onboarding
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+nostr: https://njump.me/naddr1qqyryctzv9nxxdrxqydhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnnwa5hxuedv4hxjemdvyhxx6qzyqu2k0euqcpj4um9xkt8e94ugnkhffrw6a39t85mgk382p9qwc53sqcyqqq8evca2y5x4
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 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.
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 - introductions
 
 # Bitcoin
-- [BTCPay Server's new 2.0 update](https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-2-0/)
+- The [2023 Brink Annual Report](https://brink.dev/blog/2024/09/25/2023-annual-report/) covers the contributions of the 6 bitcoin core contributors that Brink funds, focusing primarily on code review and testing rather than headline-grabbing projects.
+- Saving Satoshi [bitcoin script playground](https://script.savingsatoshi.com/)
+- MuSig2 module [merged](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/pull/1479) into libsecp256k1! Jonas Nick wrote a great [tweet](https://x.com/n1ckler/status/1843311745860849940) with links to docs and example code.
+- [Hash-Based Signature Schemes for Post-Quantum Bitcoin](https://conduition.io/cryptography/quantum-hbs/)
+- [Libbitcoin for Core People](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/libbitcoin-for-core-people/1222?u=antoinep)
+- Bitkey: [Building in the open: a novel design for smartphone-based bitcoin wallets](https://bitkey.build/building-in-the-open/)
+- [Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades](https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap)
+- Greg Sanders [tweet](https://x.com/theinstagibbs/status/1856511178261868616) celebrating the merging of the [Ephemeral Dust](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30239) PR
 
 # Lightning
 - [Overview of Lightspark's new stablecoin wallet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LesNBQwKxw)
 [Spark.info page](https://www.spark.info/)
+- BOLT12 offers [merged](lightning/bolts#798) after 4 long years! 🎉
+- [DePix](https://x.com/hmichellerose/status/1854940512861475148) is the first natively issued stablecoin on the Lightning Network as a Taproot Asset
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+# Covenants
+- OG Wei Dai on twitter [discusses](https://x.com/_weidai/status/1843526255045685253) the PIPES paper and the possibility of bitcoin covenants powered by functional encryption
+- [ColliderScript: Covenants in Bitcoin via 160-bit hash collisions](https://colliderscript.co/colliderscript.pdf)
+- another Jonas Nick banger tweet about [learnings](https://x.com/n1ckler/status/1854552545084977320) from his Great Script Restoration script tool
 
 # Ark
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+- [Ark Labs: Unlocking Liquidity Before Shared Output Expiration](https://arkdev.info/blog/unlock-liquidity-before-shared-output-expiration/)
 
 # Ecash
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 - [Datum mining app released on Umbrel](https://apps.umbrel.com/app/datum)
 
 # Miscellaneous
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+- [BTCPay Server 2.0 release](https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-2-0/)
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