It’s almost time for Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #17! What is a Socratic Seminar? Inspired by other BitDevs meetups around the US, our Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion. Discussion topics are provided ahead of the event The event moderator(s) leads the audience through the topics Raise your hand to… Continue reading Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #17
Utreexo
Last night, we met up to discuss Utreexo. We used this FigJam file to guide the conversation and provide some visuals for the concepts being discussed. This is probably one of the more approachable descriptions of Utreexo and the problems it aims to solve here: ELI5: Utreexo — A scaling solution by Calvin Kim Other… Continue reading Utreexo
Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #16
It’s almost time for Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #16! What is a Socratic Seminar? Inspired by other BitDevs meetups around the US, our Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion. Discussion topics are provided ahead of the event The event moderator(s) leads the audience through the topics Raise your hand to… Continue reading Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #16
Cypherpunk Manifesto
Last night we had a nice break from discussing the latest in bitcoin and lightning. Instead, we discussed the cypherpunk manifesto, an important piece of writing from the cypherpunk movement. The cypherpunk movement arguably led to the creation of bitcoin, among other technologies. Here are some links to things we discussed during the session: Cypherpunk… Continue reading Cypherpunk Manifesto
Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #15
It’s almost time for Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #15! What is a Socratic Seminar? Inspired by other BitDevs meetups around the US, our Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion. Discussion topics are provided ahead of the event The event moderator(s) leads the audience through the topics Raise your hand to… Continue reading Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #15
Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #14
It’s almost time for Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #14! What is a Socratic Seminar? Inspired by other BitDevs meetups around the US, our Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion. Discussion topics are provided ahead of the event The event moderator(s) leads the audience through the topics Raise your hand to… Continue reading Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #14
Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: Routing Analysis
We’re meeting tonight to discuss the Routing Analysis chapter of Lightning Privacy Research. Here are some notes to help prepare you for the discussion! NOTE: This is just Stephen sharing his notes with you and not actually a well thought-out or spellchecked instructional plan. 🙃 Lightning Privacy Introduction https://lightningprivacy.com/en/introduction Bitcoin Layer 1 – all TXes… Continue reading Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: Routing Analysis
Nostr: a protocol for a censorship-resistant social network
We met up on January 11 to learn about Nostr! Alex presented for us. Here are his slides here:
Bitcoin’s Birthday: a History & Deep Dive of the Genesis Block
We met up on January 4 to talk about the bitcoin genesis block. Here are Stephen’s notes he prepared for the discussion group. Yesterday marked the 14th anniversary of the bitcoin genesis block, which is timestamped January 3, 2009. What is a genesis block? A genesis block is the first block in a blockchain. It’s… Continue reading Bitcoin’s Birthday: a History & Deep Dive of the Genesis Block
Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #13
It’s almost time for Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #13! What is a Socratic Seminar? Inspired by other BitDevs meetups around the US, our Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion. Discussion topics are provided ahead of the event The event moderator(s) leads the audience through the topics Raise your hand to… Continue reading Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #13