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| 2 | +layout: post |
| 3 | +type: socratic |
| 4 | +date: "2025-11-04 18:30:00" |
| 5 | +title: "Calgary Socratic 001" |
| 6 | +meetup: https://www.meetup.com/yycbitcoin/events/308746197/ |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Institutio Theologiae Elencticae |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Welcome Elenctics to tonight's Socratic Seminar! |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +We now post the links to this seminar in advance! [Check out our Github issues for the latest.](https://github.com/VancouverBitdevs/VancouverBitdevs.github.io/issues) |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +Today's MC: Leo Weese |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +## bitcoin-dev |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +- [ECDSA in Bitcoin script](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1945) |
| 20 | +- [Unstoppable JPGs In Private Keys](https://blog.bitmex.com/the-unstoppable-jpg-in-private-keys/) |
| 21 | +- [Provable Cryptography for Bitcoin](https://github.com/cryptography-camp/workbook) |
| 22 | +- [The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin](https://hrf.org/latest/the-quantum-threat-to-bitcoin/) |
| 23 | +- [Implications of OP_RETURN changes in upcoming Bitcoin Core version 30.0](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/127895/implications-of-op-return-changes-in-upcoming-bitcoin-core-version-30-0) |
| 24 | +- [Reduced Data Temporary Softfork #2017](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2017) |
| 25 | +- [Lopp: It's Knot a Serious Project](https://blog.lopp.net/knot-a-serious-project/) |
| 26 | +- [Optimal threshold signatures in Bitcoin](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25408) |
| 27 | +- [Segregated OP_RETURN proposal ](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/[email protected]/T/#mf683b1ff5f6ba3f101591147e5535e348a8cc3f6) |
| 28 | +- [Bitcoin Node Repository Consensus-Policy Separation ](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/[email protected]/T/#m0c13517852b39de3778fe8ccac5e065179fdbca8) |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +## lightning-dev |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +- [Breaking the Sorting Barrier for Directed Single-Source Shortest Paths](https://www.alphaxiv.org/abs/2504.17033) |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## Optech |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +- [Eclair: Preimage Extraction Exploit](https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/eclair-preimage-extraction-exploit/) |
| 37 | +- [npm debug and chalk packages compromised](https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-chalk-packages-compromised) |
| 38 | +- [Deep dive: inside the npm supply chain attack](https://8271513.hs-sites.com/deep-dive-inside-the-latest-supply-chain-attack) |
| 39 | +- [Coincards Security Incident](https://coincards.com/security-incident-august-04-2025/) |
| 40 | +- [North Korean hackers increasingly targeting wealthy crypto holders](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy8z7wxe03o) |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +## Bitcoinomics |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +- [The Rise Of Bitcoin As Money Continues: Becoming A Medium Of Exchange](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/09/16/the-rise-of-bitcoin-as-money-continues-becoming-a-medium-of-exchange/) |
| 45 | +- [LQWD: Bitcoin Treasury 2.0 – Strategy Brief & Metrics Standard](https://github.com/ShoneAnstey/Bitcoin-Treasury-2.0) |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +## Network Data |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +- [Ordinals – Impact On Node Runners](https://blog.bitmex.com/ordinals-impact-on-node-runners/) |
| 50 | +- [Comparing the performance of ECDSA signature validation in OpenSSL vs. libsecp256k1 over the last decade](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/comparing-the-performance-of-ecdsa-signature-validation-in-openssl-vs-libsecp256k1-over-the-last-decade/2087) |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +## Mining |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +- [Stratum Analysis Panel](https://stratum.work/) |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +## Token Layer |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +- [Spark and Ark: A Look At Our Newest Bitcoin Layer Twos](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/spark-and-ark-a-look-at-our-newest-bitcoin-layer-twos) |
| 59 | +- [Ark and Spark: The Channel Factories We’ve Been Waiting For](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/ark-and-spark-the-channel-factories-print) |
| 60 | +- [RGB Yellowpaper released](https://github.com/RGB-WG/yellowpaper/blob/master/rgb-yellowpaper.pdf) |
| 61 | +- [Simplicity Launches on Liquid Mainnet](https://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-launches-on-liquid-mainnet/) |
| 62 | +- [Cloudflare Introduces NET Dollar to Support a New Business Model for the AI-Driven Internet](https://www.cloudflare.com/press/press-releases/2025/cloudflare-introduces-net-dollar-to-support-a-new-business-model-for-the-ai-driven-internet/) |
| 63 | +- [State of Rootstock 2025](https://messari.io/report/state-of-rootstock-q2-2025) |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +## Regulatory |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +- [Did Canada Just Rob An OG Exchange Of $32,000,000?](https://www.therage.co/tradeogre-theft/) |
| 68 | +- [RCMP claim record cryptocurrency seizure of $56M in money laundering probe](https://globalnews.ca/news/11434722/rcmp-record-cryptocurrency-seizure/) |
| 69 | +- [How fraudsters are using crypto ATMs to launder millions from Canadian scam victims](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/feeding-fraud-crypto-atm-problem-part-one-1.7647402) |
| 70 | +- [B.C. crypto company lands record $176-million fine from FINTRAC](https://vancouversun.com/news/canada/b-c-crypto-company-lands-record-176-million-fine-from-fintrac/wcm/8584d3e8-fefa-4e2f-95b1-8e02508874e2) |
| 71 | +- [B.C. woman who lost $670K in crypto scam fails to recover funds in Supreme Court](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-crypto-scam-supreme-court) |
| 72 | +- [Paypal to implement Bitcoin and Lightning payments](https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-09-15-PayPal-Ushers-in-a-New-Era-of-Peer-to-Peer-Payments,-Reimagining-How-Money-Moves-to-Anyone,-Anywhere) |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +## New Releases |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +- [Tollgate](https://github.com/OpenTollGate/TollGate) |
| 77 | +- [Shakepay enables Lightning withdrawals](https://x.com/shakepay/status/1978839892722421964) |
| 78 | +- [Bitcoin for Signal](https://bitcoinforsignal.cash/) |
| 79 | +- [402 Money API Marketplace](https://402.markets/) |
| 80 | +- [Minimalistic Electrum server implementation that indexes and serves only chainstate data](https://github.com/Overtorment/ElectrumZ) |
| 81 | +- [Phoenix supports Taproot Channels](https://x.com/phoenixwallet/status/1983524047712391445) |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +## Events and Podcasts |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +- [Heating a Public Pool with Bitcoin Mining: Live from the Learning Bitcoin Conference Vancouver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuF3FAEu_nE) |
| 86 | +- [Jarrett on CBC The Early Edition about BC firm fined by FINTRAC](https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/16177116-fintrac-levies-largest-ever-fine-b.c.-crypto-firm) |
| 87 | +- [Voltage co-founder: Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is bringing crypto into daily life](https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/innovation/voltage-cofounder-bitcoins-lightning-network-is-bringing-crypto-into-daily-life) |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +## Miscellaneous |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +- [The Historical Analogy Behind the Bitcoin Whitepaper](https://blog.bitcoin.org.hk/the-historical-analogy-behind-the-bitcoin-whitepaper-9af4aedb10cc) |
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