Socratic Seminar #2

Meetup

Special thanks to Fulmo and c-base for the event space.

Most of the following links were taken from the BitDevs NYC Socratic Semainar #99.

Mailing Lists and Bitcoin Optech

Mailing Lists

bitcoin-dev

• Composable MuSig
• BIP OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY
  • utxos.org
  • BIP draft
• Signing CHECKSIG position in Tapscript

lightning-dev

• [DRAFT] BOLT 13(?): WatchTower protocol

Optech

• Newsletter #73
• Newsletter #74
• Newsletter #75
• Newsletter #76

Network Data

• Announcing txstats.com

CVEs and Research

Research

• A Look at Innovation in Bitcoin’s Technology Stack
• Bitcoin’s Initial Block Download
• Insecure Shortcuts in MuSig
• Refresh When You Wake Up: Proactive Threshold Wallets with Offline Devices
  • blog post

InfoSec

• A ransom attack on Coldcard’s change and keypath verification
• Details of the multisig change address issue and its mitigation (trezor)
• CLI binaries available on getmonero.org compromised
• TPM-FAIL: TPM meets Timing and Lattice Attacks
• The Role of Dandelion Routing in “Breaking Mimblewimble’s Privacy Model”

Pull Requests and repo updates

Bitcoin Core

• Bitcoin Core v0.19.0.1 released
• Remove OpenSSL
  • see also Use Hal’s optimized secp256k1 verifier
  • see also Replace OpenSSL hash functions with built-in implementations
  • see also libsecp256k1 integration
  • see also Replace OpenSSL AES with ctaes-based version
  • see also Switch all RNG code to the built-in PRNG
• gui: create PSBT with watch-only wallet
• Enable BnB coin selection for preset inputs and subtract fee from outputs

c-lightning

• Never follow bitcoind backwards
• New sensitive_command RPC hook

lnd

• v0.8.1-beta released
• Circular Payments
  • Allow payment to self
  • Last hop restriction
• Millisatoshis Support
  • Add msat fields
  • Add msat fields to invoices

Joinmarket

• Joinmarket 0.6.0

Miscellaneous

• A Look at Innovation in Bitcoins Technology Stack
• Austin Bitcoin Developers Socratic Seminar 4 Transcript
• Lightning on Mobile: Neutrino in the Palm of your Hand
• lnd Mailing List
• on-chain hashrate derivatives using timelocks
• Stratum v2
  • AMA
• LNURL
  • Spec
  • Playground
• Lightning This Week 605,954
• LNDroid Daemon
• Bolt-A-Thon2
  • Winners and Demos
  • Workshops
• BitFinex adds LN Support
• STRIKE Virtual Hackathon Winners
• Stakwork Residency

Europe/Germany/Berlin

• Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX)
• Deutsche Bank Research: Image 2030 study
• Law change: EU Money Laundering Directive
• Handelsblatt: SolarisBank wants to start Bitcoin custody
• Bitcoin, Electrum and Lightning node in Berlin mesh network available
• Berlin Meetup on Monday, 2019-12-16: Bitcoin Mining 2020
• Bitcoin Assembly “402 Payment Required” at CCC congress 36c3