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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +layout: post |
| 3 | +type: socratic |
| 4 | +date: "2023-03-30 19:00:00" |
| 5 | +title: "Vancouver Socratic 011" |
| 6 | +meetup: https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-bitcoiners/events/291938989/ |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Announcements |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Please join us for today's Socratic Seminar. A special thank you to our sponsor [Bull Bitcoin](https://www.bullbitcoin.com/). |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +[Soundtrack](https://radiofreefedi.net/) |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +- Event space [fundraiser](https://we.encrypt.cash/apps/3f4pB5NNWmZnkryEpMiSDbzVENj9/crowdfund) |
| 16 | +- [BTC VanCity with Jeff Booth April 20](https://www.meetup.com/btc_vancity/events/292534162) |
| 17 | +- BitDevs April 27 |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +#### Never miss a Bitcoin event ever again |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +Announcing the [Pacific Nodewest](https://amboss.space/community/4a8adb4b-3c42-4830-8363-32fab846d1ff) noderunners community. Learn how to run a Lightning Network node, get support and make use of the latest tools and tricks to manage your node effectively. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +### Mailing Lists |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +#### bitcoin-dev |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +- [Edge vulnerability](https://edge.app/blog/company-news/edge-security-incident-urgent-notice/) |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +#### lightning-dev |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +- [Subscription Payments via Lightning & LNBits](https://twitter.com/BitcoinJungleCR/status/1558961090389762050) |
| 32 | +- [Discreet Log Contracts](https://medium.com/@gertjaap/discreet-log-contracts-invisible-smart-contracts-on-the-bitcoin-blockchain-cc8afbdbf0db) |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +<!-- #### dlc-dev --> |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +#### nostr-dev |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +- [NIP-05 Verified Account](https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/nostr-account-nip-05-verified/) |
| 39 | +- [LNBits Diagon Alley Market Protocol](https://github.com/lnbits/nostrmarket) |
| 40 | +- [Will Twitter Open Source Algorithm](https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/21/elon-musk-suggests-twitter-could-open-source-its-algorithm-next-week/) |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +<!-- ### Optech --> |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +<!-- ### Bitcoinomics --> |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +## Network Data |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +- [Zaps are on the rise](https://twitter.com/kerooke/status/1629174054618910720) |
| 49 | +- [If Satoshi’s wallet became active today, do you think it would cause mass panic?](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/125udy6/if_satoshis_wallet_became_active_today_do_you/) |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +<!-- ## Research --> |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +<!-- ## InfoSec --> |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +## Pull Requests and repo updates |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +<!-- ### Bitcoin Core --> |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +<!-- ### rust-bitcoin --> |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +<!-- ### secp256k1 --> |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +<!-- ### secp256k1-zkp --> |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +<!-- ### BIPs --> |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +<!-- ### eclair --> |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +### core lightning |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +### eclair |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +### ldk |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +### lnd |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +- [LND 0.16 released](https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-03-29-lnd-0.16-launch/) |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +<!-- ### rust-lightning --> |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +<!-- ### BOLTS --> |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +### 2023 (Central) Banking Crisis |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +- [How it's made: Ameridollars](https://fedguy.com/ameridollars/) |
| 90 | +- [America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars](https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/03/21/americas-banks-are-missing-hundreds-of-billions-of-dollars) |
| 91 | +- [The US bank system is more fragile than you’d think](https://www.ft.com/content/84c4446a-d7aa-4f70-a286-adeb4fc4988c) |
| 92 | +- [Signature Bank’s Crypto Execution](https://www.wsj.com/articles/signature-banks-crypto-execution-c707bb48) |
| 93 | +- [Silicon Valley Bank’s demise disrupts the disruptors in tech](https://apnews.com/article/bank-collapse-technology-startups-financing-3ef75973c14c81d46e3b390e03cab71c) |
| 94 | +- [How the Federal Reserve Grew More Powerful Than Anyone Ever Imagined](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-13/how-did-the-federal-reserve-gain-so-much-power) |
| 95 | +- [Pakistan on the Brink: What the Collapse of the Nuclear-Armed Regional Power Could Mean for the World](https://theintercept.com/2023/02/12/pakistan-economy-crisis-imf/) |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +### New Releases |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | + - [Bitcoin settlement without internet](https://machankura.com/) |
| 100 | + - [SoftWar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin](https://twitter.com/JasonPLowery/status/1627640858106380290) |
| 101 | + - [Self-sovereign Lightning addresses with Blixt](https://twitter.com/hampus_s/status/1630219164265619456) |
| 102 | + - [Swiss Bitcoin Pay NFC card with 2FA](https://twitter.com/swissbitcoinpay/status/1637746047471480833) |
| 103 | + - [Shakepay shuts down Earn](https://www.reddit.com/r/shakepay/comments/11eg4mk/goodbye_to_shakepay_earn/) |
| 104 | + - [Paxful shuts down in Canada](https://www.reddit.com/r/paxful/comments/11dmkos/comment/ja9pf2z/) |
| 105 | + - [Mempool 2.5.0 released](https://twitter.com/mempool/status/1640715797097246723) |
| 106 | + - [Seedsigner Open Source Hardware Wallet](https://seedsigner.com/) |
| 107 | + - [Bitcoin Inheritance Planning](https://nunchuk.io/blog/multiple-beneficiaries-and-local-currency) |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +## Events and Podcasts |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +- [Bitcoin++ Layer 2 Conference ](https://btcpp.dev/#agenda) |
| 113 | +- [Chaincode Podcast on Lightning Network history](https://twitter.com/murchandamus/status/1638927830334439424) |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +## Miscellaneous |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +- [Nigerians flock to Bitcoin](https://www.forbes.com/sites/abubakarnurkhalil/2023/03/01/the-naira-crisis-is-fuelling-bitcoin-adoption-in-nigeria/) |
| 118 | +- [2023 Banking Crisis](https://www.piratewires.com/p/2023-banking-crisis) |
| 119 | +- News Outlets Talking about falling Dominance of USD |
| 120 | + - [CNN](https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria/status/1640058728752840707) |
| 121 | + - [Fox News](https://twitter.com/HumbleBitcoiner/status/1640178410746966016) |
| 122 | +- [On the Trail of the Fentanyl King](https://www.wired.com/story/on-the-trail-of-the-fentanyl-king/) |
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