PDX BitDevs Socratic Seminar #31

Announcements

Please join us for our next Socratic Seminar. A special thank you to our host Primal Burger, for the event space. Please support them by buying their delicious food or a beverage.

If you can't make it to the main event please join us at Lutz Tavern around 9PM here.

Special Thanks | Mentions

• Thank you to everyone who shows up each month!
• Happy First BitDevs of 2025
• Want to extend a warm welcome to our special host 'J'
  • Host of the first NY BitDevs

Rules

• Respect people's privacy
• Chatham House Rules
• Interaction and asking questions are encouraged!

Requests

• A guest speaker for Feb. 25 2025
• Artist / Graphic designer to help with branding and web applications. [1.5 years in]
• Continue to improve the Portland BitDevs web experience.

Guess the Nonce

• TOP SECRET GIFTS Provided by Eric!

Schedule

• 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Arrive, socialize, and grab some food.
• 7:00pm - 7:20pm: Portland.HODL Presentation TRUC 🚚.
• 7:20pm - 8:30pm: General Bitcoin Developer Discussion Lead By 'J'
• 8:30pm - 9:00pm: Overtime discussions about tonight's topics or additional user submissions.

Bitcoin Dev News

• Wassabi Privacy Vuln.
  • 3 different wallets affected.
  • Coordinator can enter the join as many times as they would like.
• Mempool Contents (State) Then vs Now
• Foundry²
• The Bitcoin Kernel
  • Modular Consensus Plugin.
  • Deprecates lib-bitcoinconsensus
  • Code Cleanliness
  • Parts have been merged but not completely
• kernel: Move kernel-related cache constants to kernel cache
• p2p: Fill reconciliation sets (Erlay) attempt 2
• p2p: track and use all potential peers for orphan resolution
• Cluster Mempool
• LN Losing money to fees
• Coinswap 0.1.0 Released
  • Full Coinswap protocol has been formalized.
• Bolts Include BIP353 Name in Invoice
  • BIP 353
• Support Trampoline flag in BOLT12 invoices
• Art Blocks on Mempool.space
  • Trump
  • BTCAI
• Foundation Prime PSP
  • Shitcoin Support (XMT, Extensions)
  • Not a wallet?
  • Own Rust based OS.
  • Separate Bluetooth Chipset.
• Anchor Outputs Swpet on Mainnet
• Covenants Alignment Chart
• Large TXs and Block Construction

Bitcoin News

• Bitcoin Core Dev Tech Transacripts
• NVK Block Clock Takedown

Tech News

• LLVM Meeting Notes Public
  • Learn a lot more about what make LLVM tick under the hood and what is next
  • Very nice video about LLVM ❤️ Rust