BitDevs Socratic Seminar: Taproot assets vs RGB on Bitcoin, food & drinks

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. We also go through the month's Bitcoin technical news.

This day's topics will be:

Taproot Assets (formerly Taro) is a new Taproot-powered protocol developed by Lightning Labs for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain that can be transferred over the Lightning Network. Reading material:

• https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/taproot-assets
• Draft BIP
• Taproot Assets on Mainnet
• Client-side validation

RGB is a system of private & scalable client-validated smart contracts on Bitcoin & Lightning developed by LNP/BP Association. Reading material:

• RGB Blackpaper
• Understanding the RGB protocol
• Simple explanation tweet
• First presentation of RGB by Giacomo Zucco, Alekos Filini in 2018
• List of videos to start with when getting familiar with RGB & LNP/BP tech stack

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. At 9 pm we will head to dinner & drinks, all are welcome! We would like to thank Programmize for hosting us!