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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +layout: post |
| 3 | +type: socratic |
| 4 | +date: "2023-11-28 19:00:00" |
| 5 | +title: "Vancouver Socratic 019" |
| 6 | +meetup: https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-bitcoiners/events/297106686/ |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Institutio Theologiae Elencticae |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Welcome Elenctics to tonight's Socratic Seminar! |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +- Event space [fundraiser](https://we.encrypt.cash/apps/cwtD44xxJW8eXvTSdyX2Wyk86JY/crowdfund) |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +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) |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +### Never miss a Bitcoin event ever again |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +[Check out and subscribe to the calendar here](/calendar) |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +- Lightning Hackday **[3 January 2024](https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-bitcoiners/events/297351098/)** |
| 22 | +- Bitcoin Birthday Party **3 January 2024** |
| 23 | +- January Bitdevs **30 January 2024** |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +### Spend your sats in Vancouver |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +[Check out our new map and merchant directory](/map) |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +#### New merchants |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +- [Gyrokinesis Studio](https://arcstudiospace.com/) |
| 32 | +- [Newegg](https://www.newegg.ca) |
| 33 | +- [Mahony's Tavern](https://www.mahonystavern.com/) |
| 34 | +- [Shoot High Caliber](https://shoothc.ca/) |
| 35 | +- [Privato Vineyard](https://www.privato.ca/bitcoin) |
| 36 | +- [Crow's Nest Distillery](http://www.crowsnestdistillery.com/) |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +<!-- ### Today's talk --> |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +### Today's talk |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +Matteo of Orange Pill App |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +## bitcoin-dev |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +- [Blake 3 implementation in Bitcoin script](https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/blob/main/opcodes/examples/blake3.js) |
| 47 | +- [BitVM online](https://techmix.github.io/tapleaf-circuits/) |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +## lightning-dev |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +- [Lightning Address in a Bolt 12 world](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2023-November/004204.html) |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +## Optech |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +- [Linux Foundation unwilling to host the Bitcoin-dev mailing list](https://twitter.com/kanzure/status/1720083660815376832) |
| 56 | +- [Possible data breach at Coinsmart](https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinCA/comments/17rlswu/warning_about_coinsmart_possible_data_breach_anon/) |
| 57 | +- [If you created a bitcoin wallet before 2016, your money may be at risk](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/14/bitcoin-wallet-passcode-flaw/) |
| 58 | +- [In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack](https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/hackers-can-steal-ssh-cryptographic-keys-in-new-cutting-edge-attack/) |
| 59 | +- [Full RBF to 76,400 sat/vB](https://twitter.com/mononautical/status/1727629348113715687) |
| 60 | +- [Owner speaks out, blames weird script](https://x.com/83_5btc/status/1727996658758058120) |
| 61 | +- [Zeus developer has Apple ID revoked](https://x.com/evankaloudis/status/1727336468920864844) |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +## Bitcoinomics |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +## 2023 (Central Banking) Banking Crisis |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +- [Payment Shock Coming for Most Canadians With Mortgages, RBC Says](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/payment-shock-coming-for-most-canadians-with-mortgages-rbc-says) |
| 70 | +- [Citizens Bank, Sac City, Fifth Bank In The US To Be Shuttered This Year](https://thedeepdive.ca/citizens-bank-sac-city-fifth-bank-in-the-us-to-be-shuttered-this-year/) |
| 71 | +- [Custodia bank goes live](https://twitter.com/custodiabank/status/1721861898482651304) |
| 72 | +- [Ransomware attack on ICBC disrupts trades in US Treasury market](https://www.ft.com/content/8dd2446b-c8da-4854-9edc-bf841069ccb8) |
| 73 | +- [US dollar dominance is facing a crypto-yuan hostile takeover](https://www.ft.com/content/39f10121-29ac-4b66-b364-c15bf62e0be9) |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +## Network Data |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +## Mining |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +- [OFAC sanctioned Bitcoin transactions missing in F2Pool block](https://x.com/0xb10c/status/1726964430460588201) |
| 82 | +- [Hut 8 receives Court approval for a stalking horse bid for four natural gas power plants and the North Bay Bitcoin mine](https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/hut-8-receives-court-approval-for-a-stalking-horse-bid-for-four-natural-gas-power-plants-and-the-north-bay-bitcoin-mine-862447204.html) |
| 83 | +- [Introducing the BASIC Note: A Bitcoin-Denominated Investment in Undervalued Mining Assets](https://blog.blockstream.com/introducing-the-basic-note-a-bitcoin-denominated-investment-in-undervalued-mining-assets/) |
| 84 | +- [The future of energy? Brooklyn's bitcoin-heated bathhouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gFppa4VLg) |
| 85 | +- [Mintgreen boiler live in Burnaby](https://twitter.com/mintgreenhq/status/1722403608983937176) |
| 86 | +- [Nigerian Bitcoin Miner, Trojan Mining, Launch 500KW Hydro Mining Site](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/11/20/nigerian-bitcoin-miner-trojan-mining-launch-500kw-hydro-mining-site/) |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +## Token Layer |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +- [Tether Q3 attestations](https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1719365334728065057) |
| 91 | +- [A Bitcoin Dev’s Bot Bucked BRC-20s—Now He Might Share ‘The Sophon’ With the World](https://decrypt.co/205377/a-bitcoin-devs-bot-bucked-brc-20s-now-he-might-share-the-sophon-with-the-world) |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +## New Releases |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +- [Encrypted Messaging over the Lightning Network](https://secondl1ght.site/blog/cipherchat) |
| 96 | +- [Wallet of Satoshi adding additional PoS functionalities](https://twitter.com/walletofsatoshi/status/1719205668689977379) |
| 97 | +- [Wallet of Satoshi withdraws from US app stores](https://twitter.com/walletofsatoshi/status/1727937085741678679) |
| 98 | +- [Boltz Backend 0.3.3](https://x.com/boltzhq/status/1719096558296224137) |
| 99 | +- [Athena enables Lightning deposits into their ATMs](https://x.com/btc_penguin/status/1722008223777964375) |
| 100 | +- [Bitcoinize machines for sale from $199](https://bitcoinize.com) |
| 101 | +- [Using OpenAI agents to pay Lightning invoices](https://twitter.com/fewsats/status/1724498256346927248) |
| 102 | +- [Durabit: Incentivizing Torrent Seeding With Bitcoin](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/durabit-incentivizing-torrent-seeding-with-bitcoin) |
| 103 | +- [HRF launches CBDC tracker](https://cbdctracker.hrf.org) |
| 104 | +- [Building on Lightning: lipa Is Revolutionizing Wallets with the Breez SDK](https://medium.com/breez-technology/building-on-lightning-lipa-is-revolutionizing-wallets-with-the-breez-sdk-382e3a21c852) |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +## Events and Podcasts |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +- [CD114: Circular Economies with Coinos](https://fountain.fm/episode/Vts3GVK5BTI6sM5SLKOD) |
| 109 | +- [Bitcoin and the Nature of Reality with Jeff Booth - FFS #67](https://fountain.fm/episode/aWVfL0rma2aHBSdjCeYC) |
| 110 | +- [Bitcoin Meetups, Bitcoin Stores (Flockstr, Coinos)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZHfQyb-Dp4) |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +## Miscellaneous |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +- [Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Reportedly Quits and Pleads Guilty to Breaking US Law](https://www.wired.com/story/binance-cz-ceo-quits-pleads-guilty-breaking-law/) |
| 115 | +- [DOJ Charges Binance With Vast Money-Laundering Scheme and Sanctions Violations](https://www.wired.com/story/usa-binance-money-laundering-charges/) |
| 116 | +- [CZ announces he is stepping down](https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1727063503125766367) |
| 117 | +- [Binance Announcement: Reaching Resolution With U.S. Regulators](https://www.binance.com/en/blog/leadership/binance-announcement-reaching-resolution-with-us-regulators-2904832835382364558) |
| 118 | +- [Creator of nodeless investigated for running an unlicensed money transmission business](https://njump.me/nevent1qqs046axswwjqjucgw06uwasgwhz6whjryqp8hhqtz567tyts6yulaszyr3vea70ypqr70e2ff2mx28smca78p2c5l2lxd3jlk4wl3exc8ywkhkyckl |
| 119 | +) |
| 120 | +- [B.C. cryptocurrency exchange NetCents faces securities hearing](https://www.tricitynews.com/highlights/bc-cryptocurrency-exchange-netcents-faces-securities-hearing-7865107) |
| 121 | +- [The hidden culprit driving America’s apocalypse of boarded-up storefronts](https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-financing-urban-planning-pandemic-retail-apocalypse-vacant-storefront-2023-10) |
| 122 | +- [Seeing like a bank](https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/seeing-like-a-bank/) |
| 123 | +- [Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/business/banks-accounts-close-suddenly.html) |
| 124 | +- [Your Rewards Card Is Actually Bad for You, and for Everyone Else](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/opinion/credit-card-rewards-inequality.html) |
| 125 | +- [Does Bitcoin Make You Rich? DW Documentary on El Salvador](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7vg-FbYSlc) |
| 126 | +- [CoinDesk bought by crypto exchange Bullish](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23968952/coindesk-bullish-crypto-exchange-acquisition) |
| 127 | +- [Richmond case involving $10M in cryptocurrency and fake police sees charges laid](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/richmond-10-million-cryptocurrency-theft) |
| 128 | +- [Lightning Is Doomed](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/lightning-is-doomed) |
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