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Presentations:
• Artur S. (Paxful) - Securing Fintech Web Apps
• JoshuaYabut - Zencash
Discussion topics:
0.14.1rc1
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-core-dev/2017-April/000037.html
PRs
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10015
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10040
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10102
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10007
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/9294 (merged)
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10133
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/issues/445
Dev Meetings
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2017/03/30/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2017/03/23/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2017/03/16/
Network Stats
btc.com
Base32 address format for native v0-16 witness outputs
https://github.com/sipa/bech32/blob/master/bip-witaddr.mediawiki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqiN9VFE4CU
Block size/weight fraud proof
https://github.com/luke-jr/bips/blob/bip-sizefp/bip-sizefp.mediawiki
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10074
Bitcoin Core :: Technology roadmap - Schnorr signatures and signature aggregation
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2017/03/23/schnorr-signature-aggregation/
ASICBOOST
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017-April/013996.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14073931
http://www.mit.edu/~jlrubin//public/pdfs/Asicboost.pdf</a>;
https://pastebin.com/RU5SXsFE
https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/63qt39/a_thinking_persons_guide_to_the_latest_bitcoin/dfwlo91/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/63otrp/gregory_maxwell_major_asic_manufacturer_is/dfwcahm/
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/docservicepdf_pct/id00000032873338/PAMPH/WO2016046820.pdf
Extension Blocks Proposal
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017-April/013982.html
https://github.com/tothemoon-org/extension-blocks/blob/master/spec.md
UASF
http://www.uasf.co/
http://uasf.saltylemon.org/
Wang Chun on Twitter: “Someone hacked major mining operations and their stratum had been changed from antpool, viabtc, btctop to us. Our hashrate doubled instantly”
https://twitter.com/f2pool_wangchun/status/848582740798611456
BitGo’s Approach to Handling a Hard Fork – BitGo for Business
https://blog.bitgo.com/bitgos-approach-to-handling-a-hard-fork-71e572506d7d#.2b9r6ss3p
How to split your coins using Electrum in case of a BU Hard Fork
http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/hardfork.html
[bitcoin-dev] Malice Reactive Proof of Work Additions (MR POWA): Protecting Bitcoin from malicious miners
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017-March/013744.html
Factom has had SegWit from the beginning, due to a compromise
https://medium.com/@BrianDeery/factom-has-had-segwit-from-the-beginning-due-to-a-compromise-db72b388d99e#.tqfueegxa
TumbleBit Status (as of March 2017)
http://ethanheilman.tumblr.com/post/159040366765/tumblebit-status-as-of-march-2017
Confidential Assets
http://fc17.ifca.ai/bitcoin/papers/bitcoin17-final41.pdf
Escrow protocols for cryptocurrencies: How to buy physical goods using Bitcoin
http://randomwalker.info/publications/cryptocurrency-escrow.pdf
s3nd Meeting Q1: Berlin
https://s3nd.org/berlin2017
https://blog.btc.com/s3nd-meeting-q1-berlin-d9a5b3dba3ce
BitCrust
https://bitcrust.org/
Stratis Bitcoin Full Node in C# Goes Live
https://stratisplatform.com/2017/03/22/stratis-bitcoin-full-node-in-c-goes-live/
Lightning Network
Eclair 0.2-alpha1 is out
https://medium.com/@ACINQ/eclair-0-2-alpha1-is-out-3caaff242567#.d5gxnzo0i
Release lnd v0.2-alpha · lightningnetwork/lnd ·
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.2-alpha
Lightning network in action
https://medium.com/@btc_coach/lightning-network-in-action-b18a035c955d#.4k407quj8
Miners and Bitcoin Lightning
https://medium.com/@rusty_lightning/miners-and-bitcoin-lightning-a133cd550310#.rgds33kzs
Misc.
Monero[masked] “Wolfram Warptangent” Released : Monero
https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/61ilvb/essential_update_monero_0103_wolfram_warptangent/
How to Find $10M Just by Reading the Blockchain
https://blog.golemproject.net/how-to-find-10m-by-just-reading-blockchain-6ae9d39fcd95
Financial Cryptography 2017
http://fc17.ifca.ai/index.html
Stanford Computer Forum - Security Workshop: April 10, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_TREZzeerA
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