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Discussion topics:
Bitcoin Core[masked]rc2
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/tag/v0.18.0rc2
[bitcoin-dev] Vulnerability relating to 64-byte transactions in Bitcoin Core 0.13 branchhttps://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-February/016697.html
Bitcoin Core PRs
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15368
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14021
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15153
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15471
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15118
[bitcoin-dev] Signet
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-March/016734.html
[bitcoin-dev] More thoughts on NOINPUT safety
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-March/016766.html
[bitcoin-dev] BIP Proposal: The Great Consensus Cleanup
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-March/016714.html
Bitcoin Optech
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/02/12/
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/02/19/
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/02/26/
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/03/05/
Stats
Veriblock Testnet End
https://twitter.com/coinmetrics/status/1104913875240128512
Gmax banlist updated
https://people.xiph.org/~greg/banlist.gui.txt
BSV Nodes
https://twitter.com/realLudvigArt/status/1106816905807958016
RBF in the Wild
https://bitcoinops.org/en/rbf-in-the-wild/
Lightning
c-lightning 0.7.0 Release
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.7.0
c-lightning PRs
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/2342
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/2380
lnd PRs
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2690
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2618
Eclair PRs
https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/821
Neutrino on Zap
https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/pull/1769
Lapps
https://boltathon.com/
https://singles.shock.network/
https://ion.radar.tech/
https://sparkswap.com/
https://blockstream.com/satellite-queue/
LN Stats
https://1ml.com/
Misc.
Bitcoin Core HWI Scripts
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI
MuSig: A New Multisignature Standard
https://blockstream.com/2019/02/18/musig-a-new-multisignature-standard/
MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019 Live Webcast
http://web.mit.edu/webcast/mitbitcoinexpo/
Bitcoin Timestamp Security
https://medium.com/@lopp/bitcoin-timestamp-security-8dcfc3914da6
Liquid Core
https://blockstream.com/2019/03/11/introducing-liquid-core/
Ethereum Woes
https://blog.blockcypher.com/ethereum-woes-d9b2af62da67
Mining Pool Splits $300K Ether Fee With Accidental Sender
https://www.coindesk.com/sparkpool-splits-2100-ether-mining-fee-with-accidental-sender
Wasabi Wallet 1.1.1 and 1.1.3
https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/releases/tag/v1.1.1
https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/releases/tag/v1.1.3
Research
Financial Crypto 2019
https://fc19.ifca.ai/program.html
Minimizing Trust in Hardware Wallets with Two Factor Signatures
https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/006
A Formal Treatment of Hardware Wallets
https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/034.pdf
Efficient Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Cross-Domains without Trusted Setup
https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/063
Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin Cash: Coexistence or Downfall of Bitcoin Cash?
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.11064v2
Zether: Towards Privacy in a Smart Contract World
https://crypto.stanford.edu/~buenz/papers/zether.pdf
InfoSec
Monero Hashrate Plunges after HF
https://www.coinwarz.com/network-hashrate-charts/monero-network-hashrate-chart
Grin Vulnerability
https://www.grin-forum.org/t/critical-vulnerability-in-grin-1-0-1-and-older-fixed-in-1-0-2/4343
Ledger Monero Issues
https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/b0mldw/ledger_support_for_monero_is_back_with_version_122/
Bitmain S15 Firmware Vulnerability
https://twitter.com/james_hilliard/status/1095225270011781120