Location

Strategy HQ, 1850 Towers Crescent Plaza, Tysons Corner, VA 22182

Agenda

5:30pm - 6:00pm - Doors open and social half hour
6:00pm - 8:30pm - BitDevs Socratic Seminar
8:30pm - Departure

Socratic Seminar

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

1. No photos, videos, or recordings.
2. 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!

Technical / Protocol

CVE-2024-52911: Script Interpreter Use-After-Free

• Bitcoin Core Advisory: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/05/05/disclose-cve-2024-52911/
• Bitcoin Optech #405: https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/15/
• Root-cause fix (Bitcoin Core #35209): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/35209
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52911

Bitcoin Core 30.0 Wallet Deletion Bug

• Bitcoin Core Advisory: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/01/05/wallet-migration-bug/
• Bitcoin Optech #387: https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/01/09/
• Fix (Bitcoin Core #34156): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34156
• Bitcoin Core 30.2 Release: https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/30.2/

Silent Payments (BIP 352)

• BIP 352: https://bips.dev/352/
• Bitcoin Optech Topic: https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/silent-payments/
• Supported Wallets: https://silentpayments.xyz/docs/wallets/
• Bitcoin Core Integration Tracking: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/28536

Bitcoin Core 31.0

• Release Announcement: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/04/19/release-31.0/
• Release Notes: https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/31.0/
• bitcoin-dev Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/suU6e-eMo44

Cluster Mempool (Core 31.0)

• Bitcoin Optech Topic: https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/cluster-mempool/
• Mempool Terminology (Bitcoin Core docs): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/policy/mempool-terminology.md
• Mempool Redesign (Bitcoin Core #27677): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27677
• 31.0 RC Testing Guide (cluster mempool): https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/31.0-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide#11-cluster-mempool-new-rpcs
• Spanning-Forest Linearization (Bitcoin Core #32545): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32545
• SFL Cost Model (Bitcoin Core #34616): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34616
• Optimized SFL Cluster Linearization (Bitcoin Core #34023): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34023

Post-Quantum

Goals, Migration, and Recovery Debate

• PQC: What is our Goal, Even?: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Qy4gwAGTK2w
• Post-Quantum Migrations via Commit-then-Reveal: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/post-quantum-migrations-via-commit-then-reveal-ala-bip16-an-alternative-to-sunsetting
• Commit-Reveal for PQ Migration: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/commit-reveal-for-pq-migration
• In Defense of a PQ Output Type: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/JA3kDl8AmQg
• Against Allowing Quantum Recovery of Bitcoin: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/uUK6py0Yjq0
• What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards?: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/pyWy3eTrpQo

BIP 324, Witness v3, and Cryptography

• A Post-Quantum Path for BIP 324: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/n_5WuKVYqwI
• Witness Version 3: ML-DSA-65 Post-Quantum Key-Path Spending: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bip-draft-witness-version-3-ml-dsa-65-post-quantum-key-path-spending
• Deactivating ECDSA/Schnorr: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/7kOz2gTcnqo
• Benchmarking SLH-DSA STARK Aggregation: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/0IdqdnlC4Og
• Post-Quantum BIP-86 Recovery via zk-STARK Proof of BIP-32 Seed Knowledge: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Q06piCEJhkI

Lightning

Protocol & Research

• Lightning Economics: The Bridge Between Bitcoin’s Two Identities: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/lightning-economics-the-bridge-between-bitcoins-two-identities
• Post Quantum Lightning: Layer by Layer: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/post-quantum-lightning-layer-by-layer
• Eltoo / LN-Symmetry on Inquisition Signet (BIP 118 + APO+CTV): https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/tNRkn3z0r-g
• Onion Message Jamming in the Lightning Network: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/onion-message-jamming-in-the-lightning-network
• Public Fraud Proofs for Just-in-Time Channels: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/proposal-public-fraud-proofs-for-just-in-time-channels
• Lightning Specification Meeting 2026/05/04: https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1332

Splicing & Taproot Channels

• eclair Official Splicing Protocol (eclair #2887): https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/2887
• Core Lightning splicein/spliceout RPCs (CLN #9047): https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9047
• LDK Cancel Pending Splice Funding (LDK #4490): https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4490
• lnd Production Taproot Channel Variant (lnd #9985): https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9985

Implementation Updates

• Core Lightning P2TR/P2WPKH Dust Limit Fix (CLN #8807): https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8807
• Core Lightning BOLT Quote Improvements (CLN #9044): https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9044
• eclair option_simple_taproot Feature Bit (eclair #3144): https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3144
• LDK Zero-Fee Commitments Production Feature Bit (LDK #4515): https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4515
• lnd Onion Message Rate Limiting (lnd #10713): https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10713
• lnd RBF Cooperative Close Actor (lnd #9821): https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9821

Governance

Gloria Zhao Maintainer Departure (February 2026)

• Pull Request (remove Gloria Zhao from trusted-keys): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34517

TheCharlatan Added as Sixth Maintainer (January 2026)

• Pull Request (add TheCharlatan to trusted-keys): https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34236
• Blockspace Interview: https://blockspace.media/insight/a-conversation-with-bitcoin-cores-newest-maintainer/

Policy / DC-specific

American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA)

• Congressman Begich Press Release (bill introduction): https://begich.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-nick-begich-leads-legislation-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve
• Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Executive Order (March 2025): https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/establishment-of-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-united-states-digital-asset-stockpile/

CLARITY Act Senate Markup

• Congress.gov (H.R. 3633): https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3633
• Senate Banking Committee Markup Press Release: https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/majority/chairman-scott-leads-historic-markup-of-digital-asset-market-structure-legislation
• Save Our Wallets: https://saveourwallets.org/

Bitcoin Commons

Public Alpha & Differential Testing

• BLVM Documentation: https://docs.thebitcoincommons.org/
• Differential Testing: https://docs.thebitcoincommons.org/development/differential-testing.html
• blvm-bench: https://github.com/BTCDecoded/blvm-bench

v30 Wallet Bug as a Formal Verification Case Study

• Wallet Migration Advisory: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/01/05/wallet-migration-bug/
• BLVM Formal Verification: https://docs.thebitcoincommons.org/consensus/formal-verification.html
• BLVM Specification Lock: https://github.com/BTCDecoded/blvm-spec-lock

Submit suggestions for next meeting!

Issues on Github: https://github.com/dcbitdevs/dcbitdevs.github.io/issues