Merge pull request #99 from Liongrass/master

add calgary bitdevs

Author: Liongrass

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+layout: post
+type: socratic
+date: "2025-11-04 18:30:00"
+title: "Calgary Socratic 001"
+meetup: https://www.meetup.com/yycbitcoin/events/308746197/
+---
+
+## 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: Leo Weese
+
+## bitcoin-dev
+
+- [ECDSA in Bitcoin script](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1945)
+- [Unstoppable JPGs In Private Keys](https://blog.bitmex.com/the-unstoppable-jpg-in-private-keys/)
+- [Provable Cryptography for Bitcoin](https://github.com/cryptography-camp/workbook)
+- [The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin](https://hrf.org/latest/the-quantum-threat-to-bitcoin/)
+- [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)
+- [Reduced Data Temporary Softfork #2017](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2017)
+- [Lopp: It's Knot a Serious Project](https://blog.lopp.net/knot-a-serious-project/)
+- [Optimal threshold signatures in Bitcoin](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25408)
+- [Segregated OP_RETURN proposal](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/[email protected]/T/#mf683b1ff5f6ba3f101591147e5535e348a8cc3f6)
+- [Bitcoin Node Repository Consensus-Policy Separation](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/[email protected]/T/#m0c13517852b39de3778fe8ccac5e065179fdbca8)
+
+## lightning-dev
+
+- [Breaking the Sorting Barrier for Directed Single-Source Shortest Paths](https://www.alphaxiv.org/abs/2504.17033)
+
+## Optech
+
+- [Eclair: Preimage Extraction Exploit](https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/eclair-preimage-extraction-exploit/)
+- [npm debug and chalk packages compromised](https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-chalk-packages-compromised)
+- [Deep dive: inside the npm supply chain attack](https://8271513.hs-sites.com/deep-dive-inside-the-latest-supply-chain-attack)
+- [Coincards Security Incident](https://coincards.com/security-incident-august-04-2025/)
+- [North Korean hackers increasingly targeting wealthy crypto holders](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy8z7wxe03o)
+
+## Bitcoinomics
+
+- [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/)
+- [LQWD: Bitcoin Treasury 2.0 – Strategy Brief & Metrics Standard](https://github.com/ShoneAnstey/Bitcoin-Treasury-2.0)
+
+## Network Data
+
+- [Ordinals – Impact On Node Runners](https://blog.bitmex.com/ordinals-impact-on-node-runners/)
+- [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)
+
+## Mining
+
+- [Stratum Analysis Panel](https://stratum.work/)
+
+## Token Layer
+
+- [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)
+- [Ark and Spark: The Channel Factories We’ve Been Waiting For](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/ark-and-spark-the-channel-factories-print)
+- [RGB Yellowpaper released](https://github.com/RGB-WG/yellowpaper/blob/master/rgb-yellowpaper.pdf)
+- [Simplicity Launches on Liquid Mainnet](https://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-launches-on-liquid-mainnet/)
+- [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/)
+- [State of Rootstock 2025](https://messari.io/report/state-of-rootstock-q2-2025)
+
+## Regulatory
+
+- [Did Canada Just Rob An OG Exchange Of $32,000,000?](https://www.therage.co/tradeogre-theft/)
+- [RCMP claim record cryptocurrency seizure of $56M in money laundering probe](https://globalnews.ca/news/11434722/rcmp-record-cryptocurrency-seizure/)
+- [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)
+- [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)
+- [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)
+- [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)
+
+## New Releases
+
+- [Tollgate](https://github.com/OpenTollGate/TollGate)
+- [Shakepay enables Lightning withdrawals](https://x.com/shakepay/status/1978839892722421964)
+- [Bitcoin for Signal](https://bitcoinforsignal.cash/)
+- [402 Money API Marketplace](https://402.markets/)
+- [Minimalistic Electrum server implementation that indexes and serves only chainstate data](https://github.com/Overtorment/ElectrumZ)
+- [Phoenix supports Taproot Channels](https://x.com/phoenixwallet/status/1983524047712391445)
+
+## Events and Podcasts
+
+- [Heating a Public Pool with Bitcoin Mining: Live from the Learning Bitcoin Conference Vancouver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuF3FAEu_nE)
+- [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)
+- [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)
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+- [The Historical Analogy Behind the Bitcoin Whitepaper](https://blog.bitcoin.org.hk/the-historical-analogy-behind-the-bitcoin-whitepaper-9af4aedb10cc)