january 27

Author: Liongrass

_posts/2025-01-28-vancouver-socratic-31.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: post
 type: socratic
 date: "2025-01-28 19:00:00"
 title: "Vancouver Socratic 031"
-meetup: https://lu.ma/vanbitcoin
+meetup: https://lu.ma/ae60hys2
 ---
 
 ## Institutio Theologiae Elencticae
@@ -12,21 +12,28 @@ 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: TBD
+Today's MC: Jordi
 
 ### Never miss a Bitcoin event ever again
 
 [Check out and subscribe to the calendar here](/calendar)
 
-
+- [Bitcoin & Coffee](https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinprivilege/events/305545944/) **January 30**
+- [Bitcoin Meetup #18](https://www.meetup.com/btc_vancity/events/305342516/) **January 30**
+- Mondays and Thursdays: [Bitcoin & Coffee](https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinprivilege/)
+- Bitdevs **February 25**
 
 ### Spend your sats in Vancouver
 
 [Check out our new map and merchant directory](/map)
 
 #### New merchants
 
-
+- [Oh My Print Solutions](https://www.ohmyprintsolutions.com/)
+- [RIR Contracting](https://rircontracting.com/)
+- [Rens Cafe](https://renscafe.com/)
+- [Powell Contracting Renovations](https://www.powell-contracting.com/)
+- [Happy Wanderers Butcher](https://www.happywandererscattle.com/)
 
 <!-- ### Today's talk -->
 
@@ -36,47 +43,80 @@ Today's MC: TBD
 
 ## bitcoin-dev
 
-
+- [Which developers support covenants](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Covenants_support)
+- [Redefinition of the Bitcoin Unit to the Base Denomination](https://x.com/bitcoinerrorlog/status/1867597672363806995)
+- [Google’s Quantum Computing Advancements Stoke Existential Fears](https://viewemail.nydig.com/quantum-leap)
 
 ## lightning-dev
 
-
+- [Disclosure: irrevocable fees—stealing from LN using revoked commitment transactions](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/disclosure-irrevocable-fees-stealing-from-ln-using-revoked-commitment-transactions/1314)
+- [An Analysis of the Correctness and Computational Complexity of Path Planning in Payment Channel Networks](https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11419)
 
 ## Optech
 
-
+- [The fascinating security model of dark web marketplaces](https://boehs.org/node/dark-web-security)
+- [Major Vulnerability In WabiSabi Coinjoin Protocol](https://www.therage.co/vulnerability-wabisabi-coinjoin/)
+- [A bitcoiner’s guide to organized crime](https://blog.casa.io/bitcoiners-guide-to-organized-crime/)
+- [Ever wondered what the standard Bitcoin phishing scam looks like?](https://stacker.news/items/813599)
+- [Crypto executive freed after kidnap in France](https://www.ft.com/content/09ff42ca-925d-49f3-8abc-24581b0b85f9)
 
 ## Bitcoinomics
 
-
+- [The “Digital Gold” Fallacy, or Why Bitcoin Can’t Save the US Dollar](https://www.cato.org/blog/digital-gold-fallacy-or-why-bitcoin-cant-save-us-dollar-1)
+- [I don’t support a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and neither should you](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/i-dont-support-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-neither-should-you)
+- [Thoughts on MSTR liquidation risk](https://x.com/woonomic/status/1861810991614545980)
+- [The epic spectacle that is the bitcoin juggernaut MicroStrategy](https://www.ft.com/content/45d7c547-f686-4162-bfc3-56d609003bbb)
+- [Beyond Bitcoin: How Calgary's SAT MARKET is Building a New Kind of Community](https://stacker.news/items/813521)
 
 ## Network Data
 
-
+- [15.4% of all payments through Coingate are now Lightning payments](https://x.com/coingatecom/status/1879135259914043731)
 
 ## Mining
 
-
+- [Keeping it Cool: Mining Bitcoin in Space](https://petertodd.org/2024/keeping-it-cool-mining-bitcoin-in-space)
 
 ## Token Layer
 
 
 
 ## Regulatory
 
-
+- [Vancouver council passes mayor's motion to make city 'bitcoin-friendly'](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-bitcoin-reserve-1.7408208)
+- [Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim entertains prospect of making city 'bitcoin friendly'](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/mayor-ken-sim-vancouve-bitcoin-friendly)
+- [Vancouver’s Mayor Shares His Pro-Bitcoin Vision](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/vancouvers-mayor-shares-his-pro-bitcoin-vision-)
+- [Bitcoin Coalition Canada's federal recommendations](https://bitcoincoalition.ca/2025-01-15-news-release)
+- [The Crypto Industry Hails David Sacks, Its New ‘Czar’](https://www.wired.com/story/crypto-industry-hails-david-sacks-czar/)
+- [Canada’s anti-money-laundering watchdog signs pact with U.S. regulators in wake of TD Bank scandal](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadas-anti-money-laundering-watchdog-signs-pact-with-us-regulators/)
+- [Tether Licensed in El Salvador, Strengthening Focus on Emerging Markets and Innovation](https://tether.io/news/tether-licensed-in-el-salvador-strengthening-focus-on-emerging-markets-and-innovation/)
+- [B.C. man accused of selling drugs on Silk Road to face extradition hearing](https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-man-accused-of-selling-drugs-on-silk-road-to-face-extradition-hearing)
 
 ## (Central Banking) Banking Crisis
 
-
+- [Uganda confirms hack of central bank accounts, official downplays extent of loss](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/hackers-steal-17-mln-uganda-central-bank-state-paper-2024-11-28/)
 
 ## New Releases
 
+- [Ross Ulbricht walks](https://x.com/Free_Ross/status/1881925029497377104)
+- [Standard Sats wallet](https://standardsats.github.io/)
+- Mempool launched [Mempoo](https://mempoo.space/) and [Memepool](https://memepool.space/)
+- [Metamask bridges to Lightning with LN Exchange](https://x.com/lnexchange/status/18824447201794174160)
 
 ## Events and Podcasts
 
-
+- [Natalie Brunell interviews Ken Sim](https://x.com/natbrunell/status/1864341224108257620)
+- [The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn](https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/16115109-motion-vancouver-bitcoin-friendly-council-today)
+- [On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko](https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-46-on-the-coast/clip/16114966-looking-benefits-vancouver-becoming-bitcoin-friendly-place)
+- [Experts describe how mayor's plan for "bitcoin-friendly" city could help Vancouver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-xQ31DfCrc)
+- [Web3Prof interview with Ken Sim](https://x.com/JarrettVaughan/status/1869792618537996685)
+- [CBDCs, BITCOIN & CHINA w/ Roger Huang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3LOeyn_PKI)
 
 ## Miscellaneous
 
-
+- [Bitcoin Explained Super Simply for Beginners (2025)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxhG_DMS3b4)
+- [She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin](https://www.wired.com/story/operation-destabilise-money-laundering/)
+- [A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash](https://www.wired.com/story/memecoin-kid-backlash/)
+- [The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography](https://www.wired.com/story/how-public-key-cryptography-really-works-using-only-simple-math/)
+- [Crypto industry dreams of a golden era under Trump](https://www.ft.com/content/af23fffc-e560-42eb-84a0-f25ca8d693c0)
+- [History: The Bitcoin Press Center](https://blog.bitmex.com/the-bitcoin-press-center/)
+- [The Trump Memecoin's 'Money-Grab' Economics](https://www.wired.com/story/the-trump-memecoins-money-grab-economics/)

_posts/2025-02-25-vancouver-socratic-32.md

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+---
+layout: post
+type: socratic
+date: "2025-02-25 19:00:00"
+title: "Vancouver Socratic 032"
+meetup: https://lu.ma/vanbitcoin
+---
+
+## 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: TBD
+
+### 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
+
+
+
+## lightning-dev
+
+
+
+## Optech
+
+
+
+## Bitcoinomics
+
+
+
+## Network Data
+
+
+
+## Mining
+
+
+
+## Token Layer
+
+
+
+## Regulatory
+
+
+
+## (Central Banking) Banking Crisis
+
+
+
+## New Releases
+
+
+## Events and Podcasts
+
+
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+

map.md

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 - [Park Drive](https://www.parkdrive.ca/): Pub on Commercial Drive
 - [Poseidon Greek](https://poseidonrestaurant.ca/): Greek restaurant in Langley
 - Ross Crêpe and Cafe: Coffee and dessert shop at Lonsdale Quay
+- [Rens Cafe](https://renscafe.com/)
 - [Salad House Buffet](https://www.order.store/ca/store/salad-house-buffet/p4IKH8khR3COifLmVBc1Yw): Salad bar by City Hall
 - [Shawarma Corner](https://zomi.menu/?shop=497&utm=&table=): Shwarma
 - [The Laughing Bean Coffee](https://www.laughingbeancoffee.com/): Coffee and baked delicacies
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ Looking for how to accept Lightning payments yourself? [Check out our handy guid
 - [Crypto Barbershop](https://cryptobarbershops.com/): Men's haircuts and grooming
 - [Float House Therapy](https://floathouse.ca/): Wellness center
 - [JD's Barbershop](https://www.jdsbarbershop.com/): Men's haircuts and grooming
-- [Medi Spa La Bella](https://medispalabella.com/): Beauty salon in Richmond
 
 ### Miscallaneous shops
 
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ Looking for how to accept Lightning payments yourself? [Check out our handy guid
 - [Disco Biscuits](https://discobiscuits.ca/): Cart selling donuts around Vancouver
 - [EJ Cell Phone Repair](https://ejrepair.com/): Cell phone repair in Greektown
 - [Hotro Organic Meats](https://hotro.ca/): Butcher shop on Main Street
+- [Happy Wanderers Butcher](https://www.happywandererscattle.com/)
 - [House of Keys](https://www.houseofkeysbc.com/): Hardware store in North Vancouver
 - [Jack Lonsdale](https://jacklonsdales.ca/): Liquor store in Lonsdale
+- [Oh My Print Solutions](https://www.ohmyprintsolutions.com/)
 - [Old Country Pierogi](http://www.oldcountrypierogi.com/): Food Truck
 - [Shibuya Republic Vancouver](https://www.instagram.com/shibuyarepublik/): West Coast swag sold from a van
 - [Shoot High Caliber](https://shoothc.ca/): Professional instructors of firearms
@@ -98,13 +100,13 @@ Looking for how to accept Lightning payments yourself? [Check out our handy guid
 - [Arbutus](https://arbutus.com/): Custom furniture
 - [Crow's Nest Distillery](http://www.crowsnestdistillery.com/): Local distillery
 - [Eco Pro Heating and Cooling](https://call.ecoproheating.ca/lp-heatpump): Heating and air-conditioning, installation and maintenance
-- [Feral Analysis](https://www.feralanalysis.com): Stock and crypto price analysis reports, chart analysis and trading education
 - [Frasier River Forge](https://fraserriverforge.com/): Learn blacksmithing
-- [Petit Bombon](https://www.instagram.com/petitbombon12/): Exquisit desserts
 - [Longlife Windows and Doors](http://longlife.ca/): Windows and Doors
 - [Mati Bistro](https://www.matibistro.com/home): Catering
 - [Metro Communications](https://www.yelp.ca/biz/metro-communications-burnaby): Business VoIP services
+- [Petit Bombon](https://www.instagram.com/petitbombon12/): Exquisit desserts
 - [Picasso Home Painting](http://picasshomepainting.com/): Painting business
+- [Powell Contracting Renovations](https://www.powell-contracting.com/)
 - [Powell Manufacturing](https://powellmanufactory.com/): Custom 3D Printing & Jewelry
 - [Remedy Renovations](https://remedy-renovations.com/): Renovations