PDX BitDevs Socratic Seminar #43

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!

Rules

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

Requests

• A guest speaker for March 2026

Schedule

• 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Arrive, socialize, and grab some food.
• 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Member Presentation
  • Opportunity Cost
  • Bitcoin Products
• 7:00pm - 8:00pm: Developer Topics and Discussion

Bitcoin Dev News

• Bitcoin Core v31.0 Announced
  • Fanquake X
  • Mempool Changes
  • Outstanding TODOs
• Mempool Clears
• BIP-110 Consensus Bugs
  • Disclosure
  • Secondary AI based audit discovered potential bugs as well
• IBIS Wallet Release
• Multiprocess Writeup IPC Mining Interface
• AI Review for Bitcoin Projects

Bitcoin General News

• OP_RETURN Report - Orange Surf
  • 3 Waves
  • Total volume of OP_RETURN by bytes is not notably dfferent after V30 release
  • Nonstandard OP_RETURNs have by and large novel and are barely visible on the graph

Tech News

• METR Benchmark
  • Doubling of AI capacity in 4 months