Socratic Seminar 88

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

Discussion Topics:

Bitcoin Core PRs
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14121
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14491
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14565
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14711
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14811
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14955
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15039
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15141
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14336

Bitcoin Optech
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2018/12/28/
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/01/08/

Lightning

PRs
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/2214
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2374
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2455

c-lightning 0.6.3
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.6.3

1st Lightning Dev IRC Meeting
http://gnusha.org/lightning-dev/2019-01-07.log

Noded 0.36.0 with Olaoluwa Osuntokun And Conner Fromknecht
https://soundcloud.com/noded-bitcoin-podcast/noded-0360-with-olaoluwa-osuntokun-and-conner-fromknecht

Lapps
Tiny Auction
https://cryptograffiti.auction/

Tiny payment game
http://lightningbutton.network/

Blue Wallet, a new mobile wallet
https://bluewallet.io/

LndHub - multi-user LND
https://github.com/BlueWallet/LndHub
https://kriptode.com/micromine/index.html
https://satoshisgameof.life/

Research + Stats
FIBRE Stats
http://bitcoinfibre.org/stats.html
https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1079102879204605953

Granular mining pool mapping with Bitcoin's coinbase outputs
https://coinmetrics.io/mining-pool-mapping/

2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternative-finance/publications/2nd-global-cryptoasset-benchmark-study/

Bitcoin Data Science (Pt. 3): Dust & Thermodynamics
https://blog.unchained-capital.com/bitcoin-data-science-pt-3-dust-thermodynamics-615dd51f49

A First Look at the Crypto-Mining Malware Ecosystem: A Decade of Unrestricted Wealth
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.00846v1

BITMAIN mining pool share decline
https://twitter.com/TradeBlock/status/1078712699360608256

Misc.
The road to Cobalt: First months of Braiins OS
https://medium.com/@braiins_systems/the-road-to-cobalt-first-months-of-braiins-os-e4ada155ec76

Syncing Data Between Bitcoin Nodes Is About to Get Easier
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/synching-data-between-bitcoin-nodes-about-get-easier/

Wasabi Wallet Hard Fork
https://medium.com/@nopara73/upcoming-wasabi-wallet-hard-fork-609f271d9c41

Old bitcoin-dev IRC logs
https://twitter.com/Snyke/status/1078727327150997504

Information Security
Electrum 3.2.4
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/3.2.x/RELEASE-NOTES

Ethereum Classic 51% Attack
https://blog.coinbase.com/ethereum-classic-etc-is-currently-being-51-attacked-33be13ce32de
https://medium.com/@slowmist/the-analysis-of-etc-51-attack-from-slowmist-team-728596d76ead
https://www.gate.io/article/16735

Bitcoin Private Inflation Hack
https://coinmetrics.io/bitcoin-private/
https://medium.com/@bitcoinprivate/official-statement-on-coinmetrics-report-6f1cef176c05

wallet.fail
https://wallet.fail
https://www.ledger.fr/2018/12/28/chaos-communication-congress-in-response-to-wallet-fails-presentation/
https://twitter.com/pavolrusnak/status/1078568510182309889