Author: Stephen DeLorme

Diving into tbDEX

Last year, a division of Block (formerly Square) known as TBD54566975 released a whitepaper for a protocol called tbDEX. The goal seems to be to create a decentralized way of exchanging fiat for bitcoin, and vice-versa. They launched the whitepaper in a blog post. For our next reading session, let’s discuss their blog post. This… Continue reading Diving into tbDEX

Topics for Socratic Seminar #4

Here are the topics for Socratic Seminar #4. 🍂 🕵️‍♂️ Secret Guest Native segwit outputs continue to increase RBF usage Darkside Ransomware Preparing for taproot #16: output linking CVE-2021-41591/ CVE-2021-41592 / CVE-2021-41593 “Dust HTLC Exposure Considered Harmful Make descriptor wallets by default Use legacy relaying to download blocks in blocks-only mode Add Single Random Draw… Continue reading Topics for Socratic Seminar #4

Topics for Socratic Seminar #3

Here are the topics we’ll be covering at Socratic Seminar #3. 🎃 Whitepaper Since October 31, 2021 will mark the 13th anniversary of the release of the Bitcoin Whitepaper, we will discuss a few key points from the document. If you haven’t read it, you can find it here. Whitepaper (English) Whitepaper (Translations) 👮‍♂️ Regulatory… Continue reading Topics for Socratic Seminar #3