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Topic Suggestions for Socratic Seminar #5 #7

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supertestnet opened this issue Oct 3, 2024 · 15 comments
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Topic Suggestions for Socratic Seminar #5 #7

supertestnet opened this issue Oct 3, 2024 · 15 comments

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supertestnet commented Oct 3, 2024

Exercises for learning bitcoin programming: https://bitcoindevs.xyz/decoding/

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supertestnet commented Oct 7, 2024

Mint Auditor: https://audit.8333.space/

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Lightning wiki: https://www.plebnetwiki.com/

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Musig2 merged into libsecp256k1: https://x.com/n1ckler/status/1843311745860849940

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Phoenix implements open source LSP spec: https://xcancel.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1844377194489053555#m

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supertestnet commented Oct 10, 2024

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Simplicity on Liquid Testnet https://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-arrives-on-liquid-testnet/

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Japanese politician adopts pro-bitcoin position: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1848303225977360747

European Central Bank publishes btc prohibition proposal: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4985877

Minneapolis Federal Reserve publishes btc prohibition proposal: https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/working-papers/unique-implementation-of-permanent-primary-deficits

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The new version of libbitcoin syncs bitcoin's block chain in 61 minutes: https://x.com/evoskuil/status/1847673128073187536

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supertestnet commented Oct 22, 2024

River gets increasingly like tradfi: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/river-introduces-btc-yield-on-usd-deposits/

They are effectively offering to pay their users to short bitcoin. To use this product you must create and maintain a USD position and not allocate that money to bitcoin. The 3.8% yield is thus a reward for not buying bitcoin. And if bitcoin rises by more than 3.8% relative to the dollar, you'll still only get 3.8% on your USD position, thus losing out. Therefore by agreeing to these terms you're effectively hoping bitcoin underperforms 3.8% APR -- in fact you are betting bitcoin will underperform the yield-accruing USD position and you are putting money on that bet -- i.e. you are shorting bitcoin.

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The new version of libbitcoin syncs bitcoin's block chain in 61 minutes: https://x.com/evoskuil/status/1847673128073187536

How it achieves this is explained here: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/libbitcoin-for-core-people/1222

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Thoughts from Anthony Towns on using Lisp as a scripting language for bitcoin transactions:

https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/btc-lisp-as-an-alternative-to-script/682

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chrisguida commented Nov 2, 2024

Bitkey publishes white paper for secure smartphone multisig wallets using FROST

https://x.com/jesseposner/status/1852394646997217742

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supertestnet commented Nov 2, 2024

JS library for frost signatures: https://github.com/cmdruid/frost

Boltz adds bolt12 support: https://x.com/Boltzhq/status/1853834574914113720

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supertestnet commented Nov 2, 2024

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New products and services

River offers 3.8% yield in bitcoin on USD accounts: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/river-introduces-btc-yield-on-usd-deposits/

Mint Auditor: https://audit.8333.space/

Phoenix implements open source LSP spec: https://xcancel.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1844377194489053555#m

The new version of libbitcoin syncs bitcoin's block chain in 61 minutes: https://x.com/evoskuil/status/1847673128073187536

How it achieves this is explained here: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/libbitcoin-for-core-people/1222

Boltz adds bolt12 support: https://x.com/Boltzhq/status/1853834574914113720

Signatures

JS library for frost signatures: https://github.com/cmdruid/frost

Bitkey publishes white paper for secure smartphone multisig wallets using FROST: https://x.com/jesseposner/status/1852394646997217742

Musig2 merged into libsecp256k1: https://x.com/n1ckler/status/1843311745860849940

Bitcoin and the State

Japanese politician adopts pro-bitcoin position: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1848303225977360747

European Central Bank publishes btc prohibition proposal: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4985877

Minneapolis Federal Reserve publishes btc prohibition proposal: https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/working-papers/unique-implementation-of-permanent-primary-deficits

Scripting

Simplicity on Liquid Testnet https://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-arrives-on-liquid-testnet/

Thoughts from Anthony Towns on using Lisp as a scripting language for bitcoin transactions: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/btc-lisp-as-an-alternative-to-script/682

Education

Exercises for learning bitcoin programming: https://bitcoindevs.xyz/decoding/

Lightning wiki: https://www.plebnetwiki.com/

Vulnerabilities

Consensus bug in btcd: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/cve-2024-38365-public-disclosure-btcd-findanddelete-bug/1184

Three vulnerabilities in old versions of bitcoin core: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-discloses-three-vulnerabilities-affecting-versions-up-to-v25-0/

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chrisguida commented Nov 6, 2024

libsecp256k1 published, now with musig support

https://x.com/n1ckler/status/1853492564705366029

Ahh cool this is already on the list

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