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Author: Liongrass

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+layout: post
+type: socratic
+date: "2025-12-02 19:00:00"
+title: "Vancouver Socratic 036"
+meetup: https://luma.com/ulmbn25d
+---
+
+## Institutio Theologiae Elencticae
+
+Welcome Elenctics to tonight's Socratic Seminar!
+
+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)
+
+Today's MC: Art
+
+### Never miss a Bitcoin event ever again
+
+[Check out and subscribe to the calendar here](/calendar)
+
+
+
+### Spend your sats in Vancouver
+
+[Check out our new map and merchant directory](/map)
+
+#### New merchants
+
+
+
+<!-- ### Today's talk -->
+
+### Today's talk
+
+
+
+## bitcoin-dev
+
+- [Activate BIP 3](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1820)
+- [CTV, CSFS, IKEY, PC: Soft-fork proposal](https://lnhance.org/)
+- [Bitcoin Node Repository Consensus-Policy Separation](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/[email protected]/T/#m0c13517852b39de3778fe8ccac5e065179fdbca8)
+- [Segregated OP_RETURN proposal](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/[email protected]/T/#mf683b1ff5f6ba3f101591147e5535e348a8cc3f6)
+- [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)
+
+## lightning-dev
+
+- [Payment-failure times for random Lightning paths](https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.16376)
+
+## Optech
+
+- [China Accuses US of Orchestrating $13 Billion Bitcoin Hack](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-11/china-accuses-us-of-orchestrating-13-billion-bitcoin-hack)
+- [China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center issues technical analysis over US govt bitcoins seizure](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/1347745.shtml)
+- [LuBian Mining Pool Hacked: Technical Traceability Analysis Report on the Theft of a Large Amount of Bitcoin](https://bbx.com/article/499115)
+- [Waterboarding, sexual assault, disguises: Details of terrifying $2M B.C. bitcoin hostage-taking revealed](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bitcoin-hostage-millions-cryptocurrency-9.6987994)
+- [An Independent Security Audit of Bitcoin Core](https://brink.dev/blog/2025/11/19/bitcoin-core-security-audit/)
+
+## Bitcoinomics
+
+- [‘Infinite money glitch’; meet arithmetic](https://www.ft.com/content/1f63e641-5e85-4d80-a960-ad5d6d1d72b5)
+- [Bitcoin champion Strategy launches ‘dollar reserve’ amid crypto sell-off](https://www.ft.com/content/b7fdf1c7-c819-4687-8827-a5e3efd39a13)
+
+## Network Data
+
+
+
+## Mining
+
+
+
+## Token Layer
+
+
+
+## Regulatory
+
+- [A Call to Action for Canada’s Progressive Parties to Embrace Bitcoin](https://progressivebitcoiner.org/fix-the-money-heal-the-system/)
+
+## New Releases
+
+- [Cash App Unlocks Bitcoin for Everyday Payments, Adds Stablecoin Support](https://cash.app/press/cash-unlocks-bitcoin-everyday-stablecoins)
+- [Phoenix supports Taproot Channels](https://x.com/phoenixwallet/status/1983524047712391445)
+- [Bitcoin Merchant Community](https://www.bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org/)
+- [Shakepay and Lightspark Partner to Bring Bitcoin-Powered Payments to Canada](https://www.lightspark.com/news/lightspark/shakepay-lightspark-announcement)
+- [Coldcard Miniscript support](https://x.com/COLDCARDwallet/status/1991572009025675628)
+- [Introducing Taproot Swaps: Putting the "Fun" Back into Refunds!](https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/introducing-taproot-swaps-putting)
+- [Lightning Terminal 0.16 released](https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/releases/tag/v0.16.0-alpha)
+
+## Events and Podcasts
+
+- [Stablecoins on Lightning: The Next Evolution of Bitcoin Payments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGeq-HmoHko)
+- [Why Families Pay the Price for a Broken Monetary System—and How Bitcoin Changes That ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbOwVAjGxoE)
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+