october 29 bitdevs 29

Author: Liongrass

_posts/2024-10-01-vancouver-socratic-28.md

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 ## Optech
 
 - [Building BOLT 12 into Strike](https://strike.me/blog/bolt12-offers/)
-- [https://conduition.io/mercury-disclosure-f893472ec3128de1.html](Merkle Layer vulnerability research report)
+- [Merkle Layer vulnerability research report](https://conduition.io/mercury-disclosure-f893472ec3128de1.html)
 
 ## Bitcoinomics
 

_posts/2024-10-28-vancouver-socratic-29.md

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 type: socratic
 date: "2024-10-28 19:00:00"
 title: "Vancouver Socratic 029"
-meetup: https://lu.ma/vanbitcoin
+meetup: https://lu.ma/az6wpu06
 ---
 
 ## Institutio Theologiae Elencticae
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 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: TBD
+Today's MC: Sjors
 
 ### Never miss a Bitcoin event ever again
 
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ Today's MC: TBD
 
 #### New merchants
 
-
+- [Killer Ice Cream](https://killericecream.ca/)
+- [Midas Magic Mushrooms](https://midasmushrooms.store/product/christmas-microdose-advent-calendars/)
+- [Foraging With You](https://foragingwithyou.ca/)
+- [Happa Butcher](https://www.happabutchery.ca/)
 
 <!-- ### Today's talk -->
 
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 ## bitcoin-dev
 
-
+- [Bitcoin Core 28 released](https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/28.0/)
+- [Guide for Wallets Employing Bitcoin Core 28.0 Policies](https://bitcoinops.org/en/bitcoin-core-28-wallet-integration-guide/)
+- [Public disclosure of three vulnerabilities affecting Bitcoin Core <v25.0](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/WeSDeV8YOSA?pli=1)
+- [Musig2 merged into secp256k1 library](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/blob/master/examples/musig.c)
+- [RFC: Multiprocess binaries and packaging options](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/30983)
+- [rfc: DATUM mining interface requirements](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/31002)
+- [Stratum v2 via IPC Mining Interface tracking issue](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/31098)
+- [Read the Report: Building Bitcoin - Funding a $1.2 Trillion Dollar Project](http://1a1z.com/fund.html)
+- [Warnet.dev](https://warnet.dev/)
 
 ## lightning-dev
 
-
+- [LN Summit 2024 Notes & Summary/Commentary](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/ln-summit-2024-notes-summary-commentary/1198)
 
 ## Optech
 
 
 
 ## Bitcoinomics
 
-
+- [MicroStrategy Bonds – When Liquidation?](https://blog.bitmex.com/microstrategy-bonds-can-mstr-get-liquidated/)
+- [Sovereign Wealth Fund Adoption of Bitcoin and the Death of Energy Misinformation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AN4JSfKW8g) [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LGXnqicAwrE5qdXhz-tO_tiFAbBAUam25yEOXl01Poc/mobilepresent#slide=id.g2d357d0d19f_0_1287)
 
 ## Network Data
 
-
+- [The Metric That Matters for the Lightning Network](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/the-metric-that-matters-for-the-lightning-network)
+- [BN.exe benchmark testing](https://x.com/evoskuil/status/1848069973144735829)
+- [Coingate surpasses 2023 Lightning transaction volume](https://x.com/coingatecom/status/1848369601739977121)
+- [First pay-to-anchor address mined](https://mempool.space/tx/56ef7ea4110eb595bf020d4121a2c31fe35f54d9c4759d1e1c94b82fdac5a193)
+- [Testnet4 spam](https://x.com/murchandamus/status/1848408001373180193)
 
 ## Mining
 
 
 
 ## Token Layer
 
-
+- [Babylon & The Taproot Success Story](https://blog.bitmex.com/babylon-the-taproot-success-story/)
+- [Lightspark Announces New Bitcoin L2 and Upgraded UMA Capabilities](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/lightspark-announces-new-bitcoin-l2-and-upgraded-uma-capabilities)
 
 ## Regulatory
 
-
+- [TD Bank Guilty on Money Laundering in $1.8B Resolution.](https://theadvisermagazine.com/legal/td-bank-guilty-on-money-laundering-in-1-8b-resolution/)
+- [TD Bank Pleads Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Conspiracy Violations in $1.8B Resolution](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/td-bank-pleads-guilty-bank-secrecy-act-and-money-laundering-conspiracy-violations-18b)
 
 ## (Central Banking) Banking Crisis
 
 
 
 ## New Releases
 
+- [Blink completes transaction to accelerate growth and boost support of Bitcoin communities around the world](https://www.blink.sv/blog/blink-completes-transaction-to-accelerate-growth-and-boost-support-of-bitcoin-communities-around-the-world)
+- [Fewsats: Blockbuster](https://x.com/RyanTheGentry/status/1848754852232380578)
 
 ## Events and Podcasts
 
-
+- [Coinos and the Life with Bitcoin Podcast](https://primal.net/e/note1jcev2wr38squrnuadyp7vac0dycmfnq9tkjwyhgxaqsh8sqpf23qfy82pa)
 
 ## Miscellaneous
 
-
+- [Meet ZachXBT, the Masked Vigilante Tracking Down Billions in Crypto Scams and Thefts](https://www.wired.com/story/meet-zachxbt-243-million-crypto-theft/)
+- [Len Sassaman and Satoshi: a Cypherpunk History](https://evanhatch.medium.com/len-sassaman-and-satoshi-e483c85c2b10)
+- [Peter Todd Was ‘Unmasked’ As Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Now He’s In Hiding](https://www.wired.com/story/peter-todd-was-unmasked-as-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-now-hes-in-hiding/)
+- [Caroline Ellison: A woman with agency or a helpless pawn?](https://www.citationneeded.news/caroline-ellison-sentencing/)

_posts/2024-11-26-vancouver-socratic-30.md

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+---
+layout: post
+type: socratic
+date: "2024-11-26 19:00:00"
+title: "Vancouver Socratic 029"
+meetup: https://lu.ma/vanbitcoin
+---
+
+## 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: TBD
+
+### Never miss a Bitcoin event ever again
+
+[Check out and subscribe to the calendar here](/calendar)
+
+
+
+### Spend your sats in Vancouver
+
+[Check out our new map and merchant directory](/map)
+
+#### New merchants
+
+
+
+<!-- ### Today's talk -->
+
+### Today's talk
+
+
+
+## bitcoin-dev
+
+
+
+## lightning-dev
+
+
+
+## Optech
+
+
+
+## Bitcoinomics
+
+
+
+## Network Data
+
+
+
+## Mining
+
+
+
+## Token Layer
+
+
+
+## Regulatory
+
+
+
+## (Central Banking) Banking Crisis
+
+
+
+## New Releases
+
+
+## Events and Podcasts
+
+
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+

notes/2024-01_pos.md

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 * Lightning-only
 * Primitive PoS
 * Lots of fun integrations and functionality, such as LNURLp for tips, which can go into a separate wallet
-* [Looks like this](https://fast.laisee.org/tpos/4G3zAC2KKoy2TA82x3FWfg)
+* [Looks like this](https://send.laisee.org/tpos/2c52vfTrZbFmthtjk4uqtb)
 
 ### Exchanges