Socratic Seminar 57
**Pizza and beer are provided for this evening.
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If you cannot make it to the main event please join us at Live Bait around 9:00/9:15PM.
Discussion topics:
BIP 68/112/113 Signaling
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Github Issues/Pull Requests
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8035
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8058
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8065
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8068
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8078
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8083
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8113
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8149
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7934 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8054 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7917 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8049 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7891 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8080 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7689 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7840 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7953 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7974 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/8037
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/8060
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/8079
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/8124
Weekly Meetings
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2016/05/05/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2016/05/12/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2016/05/19/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2016/05/20/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2016/05/26/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2016/06/02/
BIP 151: Peer-to-Peer Communication Encryption
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0151.mediawiki
BIP 152: Compact Block Relay
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0152.mediawiki
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/06/07/compact-blocks-faq
On MAST (BIP 114)
http://coinjournal.net/new-bip-enable-better-privacy-crossblockchain-exchange-trustfree-betting-bitcoin/
Nodes are being DoS attacked w/ fake SPV clients
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4kbm4r/nodes_are_being_dos_attacked_w_fake_spv_clients/
[bitcoin-dev] Making AsicBoost irrelevant
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2016-May/012652.html
[bitcoin-dev] Making UTXO Set Growth Irrelevant With Low-Latency Delayed TXO Commitments
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2016-May/012715.html
[bitcoin-dev] RFC for BIP: Best Practices for Heterogeneous Input Script Transactions
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2016-May/012724.html
[bitcoin-dev] Committed bloom filters for improved wallet performance and SPV security
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2016-May/012636.html
Weekly Mining Stats
http://organofcorti.blogspot.com/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4ke9ge/block_time_graphs_bitcoin_wiki/d3elm1n
BitcoinJ .14 Release Notes
https://bitcoinj.github.io/release-notes#version-014
Efficient Zero-Knowledge Contingent Payments in Cryptocurrencies Without Scripts
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/451.pdf
ZeroBlock: Preventing Sel sh Mining in Bitcoin
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1605.02435.pdf
Hijacking Bitcoin: Large-scale Network Attacks on Cryptocurrencies
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1605.07524v1.pdf
ECDSA Security in Bitcoin and Ethereum: a Research Survey
http://blog.coinfabrik.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ECDSA-Security-in-Bitcoin-and-Ethereum-a-Research-Survey.pdf
TumbleBit: An Untrusted Tumbler for Bitcoin-Compatible Anonymous Payments
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/575.pdf
Coinshuffle++
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1497271
CoinShuffle in java: Practical Decentralized Coin Mixing for Bitcoin
https://github.com/DanielKrawisz/Shufflepuff
R function to download bitcoin blockchain data from various APIs
https://github.com/organofcorti/bitcoin-blockchain-data
Simple base32 format with strong error detection
https://github.com/sipa/ezbase32
Base implementation for a sidechain in Scala
https://github.com/SuredBits/bitcoin-s-sidechains
Duplex Micropayment Channels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-De7N3ctI4
Drivechain OP Code
http://www.truthcoin.info/blog/drivechain-op-code/
Lightning News
Announcing the Thunder Network Alpha Release
https://blog.blockchain.com/2016/05/16/announcing-the-thunder-network-alpha-release/
Designing Addresses in Thunder
https://github.com/blockchain/thunder/issues/30
[Lightning-dev] Lightning C prototype v0.3: “Nakamoto’s Genesis Coins”
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2016-May/000542.html
[Lightning-dev] Multi-party channels
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2016-May/000543.html
Lightning Inter-node Protocol: A Primer
https://medium.com/@rusty_lightning/lightning-inter-node-protocol-a-primer-c642816c8b8#.ggzg7yajv
Routing, Dijkstra, Bellman-Ford and BFG!
https://medium.com/@rusty_lightning/routing-dijkstra-bellman-ford-and-bfg-7715840f004#.6472uilli
Thaddeus Dryja showing the Lightning Network on Segnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln0Wei4SGmg
Misc.
Building the Next Generation of Onion Services
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-montreal-building-next-generation-onion-services