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Socratic Seminar 91

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Socratic Seminar 91

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If you can't make it to the main event please join us at Westville Hudson around 9:30PM. Thanks to our friends at Chaincode Labs for food and refreshments.

Please find the discussion topics below and at the following link: https://bitdevs.org/2019-04-22-socratic-seminar-91

Discussion item
Can HTLCs work for micropayments?

ML and Bitcoin Optech
[bitcoin-dev] assumeutxo and UTXO snapshots
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-April/016825.html

[bitcoin-dev] Payjoin2swap: Enabling Payjoin Without Merchant Purchases
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-April/016888.html

Bitcoin Optech
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/03/19/
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/03/26/
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/04/02/
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/04/09/
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/04/16/

Pull Requests
Bitcoin Core
Refactor: separate wallet from node
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10973

Add Poly1305 implementation
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15519

gui: Generate bech32 addresses by default #15711
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15711

0.18: Revert GetData randomization change
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15839
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14897
Enhance `bumpfee` to include inputs when targeting a feerate #15557
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15557

BIPs
BIP 127: Simple Proof-of-Reserves Transactions #756
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/756

LND
lnd 0.6 Release
https://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2019/04/16/lnd-v0.6.html

breacharbiter: watch for spends on all inputs until reaching terminal states
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2765

lnd: lower default CLTV delta from 144 to 40
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2759

server: stagger initial reconnects
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2885

c-lightning
invoice hook
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/2540

See also LND 'HODL' invoices
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2022

The month in Lapps
Block Clock
https://blockclock.live/

Paywall any link
https://paywall.link/

Edit Satoshi's whitepaper
https://www.toshi.vision/

Pay-per-hour Docker instance
https://lnsh.pw/

Sats for Likes (or follows, or retweets)
https://kriptode.com/satsforlikes/index.html

Lightning Loop Alpha
https://blog.lightning.engineering/posts/2019/03/20/loop.html

Research
Transacting Bitcoin-based P2P Derivatives
https://blockstream.com/2019/04/19/en-transacting-bitcoin-based-p2p-derivatives/

TEX - A Securely Scalable Trustless Exchange
https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/265

Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges
https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.05234

The Lightning Network (Part 2) – Routing Fee Economics
https://blog.bitmex.com/the-lightning-network-part-2-routing-fee-economics/

InfoSec
ElectrumX server under DDOS attack
https://www.reddit.com/r/Electrum/comments/b3xaaz/electrumx_server_under_ddos_attack/

Bitcoin SV 6 Block Reorg
https://blog.bitmex.com/bitcoin-cash-sv-6-block-re-organisation/

Ransom amounts rise 90% in Q1 as Ryuk increases
https://www.coveware.com/blog/2019/4/15/ransom-amounts-rise-90-in-q1-as-ryuk-ransomware-increases

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