Please join us for our next Socratic Seminar! A special thanks to Strike for the event space.
Doors open at 6pm with discussion starting shortly after!
Bitcoin Core version 29.1 is now available from:
https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.1/
For the release notes please see the git repository:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-29.1.md
Bitcoin Knots version 29.1.knots20250903 is now available from:
https://bitcoinknots.org/files/29.x/29.1.knots20250903/
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/releases/tag/v29.1.knots20250903
https://github.com/TABConf/bitcoinknobs
Bitcoin Knobs is a fork of Bitcoin Knots that takes flexibility a step further. Where others decide what is “safe” or “reasonable,” we believe in maximum choice. If that means your node refuses to start, your wallet vanishes into the void, or your peers pretend you don’t exist, at least the decision was yours. Because freedom means being able to tune every setting, even the ones nobody sane would touch. Some people call that dangerous. We call it feature-complete.
https://x.com/nunchuk_io/status/1960990764454056229
We didn’t just add a few pre-baked scripts.
Nunchuk now supports generalized Miniscript. You can create any policy supported under standard Bitcoin rules.
Use our friendly templates, or craft custom spending rules if you’re advanced.
Nunchuk Miniscript 101
Announcement overview
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
https://x.com/AlpenLabs/status/1957808842558885902
Glock is a primitive that enables the optimistic verification of any offchain computation on Bitcoin.
Using garbled circuit-based locks, Glock drastically cuts onchain costs compared to today’s state-of-the-art, with a far simpler design. In its most compact variant, Glock25 achieves over 550x onchain efficiency over the BitVM2 verifier.
https://alpenlabs.io/glock-paper
sp1 address format already taken by BIP 352 - Silent Paymentshttps://x.com/davidmarcus/status/1964082845816934774
Spark is using the sp1 address format that is already employed by BIP 352 - Silent Payments
https://x.com/davidmarcus/status/1964368503047410140
They claim that they will change the address format, though not the first time they have claimed that.
https://x.com/jonatack/status/1954597816082595990
Utreexo BIP drafts published by @kcalvinalvinn, co-authored by @tdryja and Davidson Souza. Come review 🤠
https://x.com/P3b7_/status/1965094840959410230
https://x.com/P3b7_/status/1965336272550899932
https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/290c0a74-7647-4ec1-8302-9b6846a8c2b1
~$1000 stolen in widespread supply chain attack. The developer of a dozen high-impact javascript packages was phished and these packages turned malicious. The NPM security team cleaned up quick and internet-citizen reporting was early and widespread, minimizing impact.
Presentation on Eve, a tool for creating closed community networks, and why bitcoiners should be interested in it.