From f0200b78d23d6dab64031b24499a694e32fbd15c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Tsagkarelis Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:21:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] agenda: add content for november 2025 --- .../2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md | 22 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md b/_posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md index c71e97b..d6645b9 100644 --- a/_posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md +++ b/_posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md @@ -22,8 +22,20 @@ These rules exist so that BitDevs participants can speak freely within the event # Agenda -TBD - -## Notable PRs / proposals - -## Research +This month's agenda is inspired by the lightning++ conference in Berlin that took place earlier in October. Unfortunately individial videos corresponding to specific talks have not yet been uploaded, and also any recordings of the secondary stage are not uploaded. That means that reading material remains in text form. + +- **RGB on lightning**: bringing RGB assets on the LN level by pulling the assets in the channel via the op_return field + - [lightning++ Talk description](https://btcplusplus.dev/conf/berlin25/talks#b25_rgb) + - [RGB LN docs](https://docs.rgb.info/rgb-over-lightning-network/lightning-network-compatibility) +- **Spark**: a new solution to batching payments with interesting trust assumptions/guarantees + - [Spark docs TLDR](https://docs.spark.money/learn/tldr) + - [Spark docs Technical Definitions](https://docs.spark.money/learn/technical-definitions) +- **Gossip v2: path to minisketch**: Current state of lightning gossip and how minisketch can improve it + - [Gossip Observer repository](https://github.com/jharveyb/gossip_observer) + - [Bitcoin Ops: Minisketch](https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/minisketch/) +- **Lightning's "toxic" waste problem**: In the long term of running a lightning node you have to consider your own storage as an attack vector on privacy -- you keep track of everything you ever sent/received or forwarded + - [lightning++ Talk description](https://btcplusplus.dev/conf/berlin25/talks#b25_waste) + - [Related LND issue](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/9963) +- **State of Lightning Privacy**: One of the strongest aspects of lightning is the privacy model. How well does it hold and how hard is it for an attacker to gain any information related to identifying the actors within the system. + - [arxiv: Research Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12143) + - [Stackernews post with older video](https://stacker.news/items/1012159) From f1949b622dff16ccef27d9defc2a6cc0bf9b5518 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Tsagkarelis Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:17:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixup: add lnd doc link --- _posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/_posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md b/_posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md index d6645b9..5d5c109 100644 --- a/_posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md +++ b/_posts/2025-11-06-november-bitdevs-rotterdam.md @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ This month's agenda is inspired by the lightning++ conference in Berlin that too - **Lightning's "toxic" waste problem**: In the long term of running a lightning node you have to consider your own storage as an attack vector on privacy -- you keep track of everything you ever sent/received or forwarded - [lightning++ Talk description](https://btcplusplus.dev/conf/berlin25/talks#b25_waste) - [Related LND issue](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/9963) + - [Pull Request doc explaining this in-depth](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/017299fe6f3aec3d8c7ece84c383a47da59862f0/docs/forwarding_history_privacy.md) - **State of Lightning Privacy**: One of the strongest aspects of lightning is the privacy model. How well does it hold and how hard is it for an attacker to gain any information related to identifying the actors within the system. - [arxiv: Research Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12143) - [Stackernews post with older video](https://stacker.news/items/1012159)