Socratic Seminar 008

09 Aug 2023 Link to Meetup

Welcome to BitDevs DC meeting 008

compass

Thank you to our gracious host, Compass Coffee

August 9th, 2023 @ 7PM

As a reminder, the ground rules of BitDevs are as follow:

No photos, videos, or recordings.
Chatham House Rule: you may reiterate the contents of the meeting without attribution.

These rules exist so that BitDevs participants can speak freely within the event.

Questions are encouraged, including basic ones!

Agenda

Milksad
Chainanalysis in United States v. STERLINGOV
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59988850/149/1/united-states-v-sterlingov/
Mempool.space improvements
- https://twitter.com/mempool/status/1683118485206102017?t=gXQxQFTArGJ_c_d1n0d56A&s=19
- https://mempool.space/rbf#fullrbf
AJ Towns on scaling bitcoin
- https://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2023/06/21/putting-the-b-in-btc
HRF Bitcoin Bounty Challenge
- https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1684567095231778818
Worldcoin Launch
- https://twitter.com/worldcoin/status/1683372181428793344
- https://twitter.com/AriDavidPaul/status/1683627646633013249
Pikckhardt Payments in CLN
- https://twitter.com/renepickhardt/status/1686061536937230351
Splicing in the wild with Pheonix Wallet, CLN
- https://twitter.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1678781368309018624
- https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/6253
Onion messages in LN spec merged
- https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/759
TETRA radio backdoor
- https://www.wired.com/story/tetra-radio-encryption-backdoor/
Intel Downfall Exploit
- https://www.wired.com/story/downfall-flaw-intel-chips/
Unknown “Carbon Negative Power Source” Miner
- https://compassmining.io/education/unknown-miner-carbon-negative-messages-bitcoin/
FedNow
- https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/fed-set-launch-long-awaited-instant-payments-service-modernizing-system-2023-07-20/

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