BitDevs Socratic Seminar: Bitcoin Miniscript and script templates

BitDevs Athens is a community for those interested in discussing and participating in the research and development of Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related protocols. You can be well versed with or new to the topics, all are welcome. Be advised: discussion will be ***technical***.

We are following a Socratic Seminar format that originated in BitDevs NYC: presenters introduce topics for up to 10 mins and a discussion among participants follows. It is highly recommended that participants have been through the reading material in advance.

This day's topics will be:
1. How do wallets identify which Bitcoin UTXOs are spendable by you? Covering common script templates
Reading material:

• Mastering Bitcoin Chapter 6 Transactions
• Mastering Bitcoin Chapter 7 Advanced Transactions and Scripting
• https://walletsrecovery.org

2. Introduction to Bitcoin Miniscript
Reading material:

• https://bitcoin.sipa.be/miniscript/
• https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/miniscript/
• 20mins: https://btctranscripts.com/advancing-bitcoin/2020/2020-02-06-andrew-poelstra-miniscript-intro/

How should I prepare? Read the material.
Do you hold meetups for a wider audience? Yes, please subscribe to https://www.meetup.com/blockchaingreece-0/ and review past meetups.

The event will be held in English and is free. We would like to thank The Cube for hosting us! We are meeting on Monday March 13th at 7-9pm in an office on the 5th floor.