Socratic Seminar #1
Détails
Inspired by Bitdevs NY, this is an event for those interested in discussing and participating in the research and development of Bitcoin and related protocols. Unlike the monthly speaker event, the Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion.
Discussion topics from a variety of sources are collated by meetup members in the weeks preceding the events. We investigate pull requests in the Bitcoin Core, lnd, grin and other relevant repositories; we study network statistics, research papers, technical blog posts and other interesting content. To complete the meeting, members present open source projects, companies, research and other relevant materials. A feedback and Q&A section follow.
A newsletter is sent out the day of the event which outlines discussion topics. Archives of discussion topics and presentations can be found in the event descriptions of past meetups. The discussion portion of the event is NEVER recorded. It is recommended that you have a firm grasp of the basics of Bitcoin in order to extract the most value from our Socratic events.
Please contact the organizers if you'd like to present at a future Socratic event or have a recommended topic for discussion: leishman3 at gmail. There are different requirements for presentation depending on the type of project.
Here is a list of topics we will pull from for discussion:
==Bitcoin Core PRs==
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11423
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/12626
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/13557
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/12934
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/13452
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/13168
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/13307
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/9662
[bitcoin-dev] BIP 174 thoughts
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-June/016121.html
[bitcoin-dev] Alert key disclosure
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html
Wallet Descriptors
https://gist.github.com/sipa/e3d23d498c430bb601c5bca83523fa82
Stats
https://twitter.com/khannib/status/1009491690686701569
https://segwit.space/
Building on Bitcoin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORDEX-RrAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpid31c6HZc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q6PiJp1h-I
Schnorr BIP
https://github.com/sipa/bips/blob/bip-schnorr/bip-schnorr.mediawiki
https://github.com/RCasatta/schnorr_edu
Next Generation Light Clients: Block Commitments
https://medium.com/@jimpo/next-generation-light-clients-block-commitments-e532ba3dfaa
The Power of Peer Commitments
https://medium.com/@jimpo/the-power-of-peer-commitments-db7b2878c6da
The half scriptless swap
https://joinmarket.me/blog/blog/the-half-scriptless-swap/
==Lightning Network==
lnd PRs
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/1512
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/1435
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/1516
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/1358
c-lightning v0.6
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.6
Amount-independent payment routing in Lightning Networks
Exchange Integration with the Lightning Network
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r38-_IgtfOkhJh4QbN7l6bl7Rol05qS-i7BjM3AjKOQ/edit
Ant routing algorithm for the Lightning Network
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.00151v1
==MimbleWimble==
grin testnet3
https://www.grin-forum.org/t/testnet3-release/524
grin PRs
https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/pull/1163
https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/pull/1217
==Research==
A New Blind ECDSA Scheme for Bitcoin Transaction Anonymity
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/660
A New Look at the Refund Mechanism in the Bitcoin Payment Protocol
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.01793v1
==Interesting Repos.==
Wasabi: Privacy Focused Bitcoin Wallet for Desktop –
https://medium.com/@nopara73/wasabi-privacy-focused-bitcoin-wallet-for-desktop-3962d567045a
libwally-core - Useful primitives for wallets
https://github.com/ElementsProject/libwally-core
Rust Electrum Server Implementation
https://github.com/romanz/electrs
==Misc==
FC 2019 : Financial Cryptography
http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=78210©ownerid=121558 (http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=78210©ownerid=121558)
bitcoin-paper-errata-and-details.md
https://gist.github.com/harding/dabea3d83c695e6b937bf090eddf2bb3
Bithumb High Fees
https://twitter.com/WhalePanda/status/1009363734698102784
==InfoSec==
Hackers Stole Over $20 Million From Misconfigured Ethereum Clients
Buggy ERC-20 Tokens
https://github.com/sec-bit/awesome-buggy-erc20-tokens
Solidity Security: Comprehensive list of known attack vectors and common anti-patterns
https://blog.sigmaprime.io/solidity-security.html
Bancor Hacked
https://twitter.com/Bancor/status/1016420621666963457/photo/1
TLBleed
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/22/intel_tlbleed_key_data_leak/
Rampage and Guardion
Lazy FP state restore
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00145.html
"ROHNP"- Key Extraction Side Channel in Multiple Crypto Libraries
https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/
