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!
see: https://x.com/Vinteum_org/status/1986161383193370724
The Specter DIY, SeedSigner, and Krux teams were all brought together for a DIY hardware summit in São Paulo Brazil last month, led by Stepan Snigirev. CryptoGuide was there to represent his SeedSigner + Satochip smartcard fork as well as Lawrence Nahum to share his deep knowledge of the Jade development.
“The ₿OSS Challenge is back 🎉 Start your career in bitcoin open source software (₿OSS) and change your life forever.” website
“The first FULLY #StratumV2 Bitcoin Mining Pool. Build your own BLOCK. Secure. Efficient. More ₿ for [KYB] Miners.”
The firmware of the EmberOne open source hash system has been published. Github
Gridless released a DC system “Jua Kali is an open-source project designed to run Bitcoin ASIC hashboards on direct DC power, such as from solar panels or batteries. This project provides the necessary hardware and software to create a more resilient and off-grid Bitcoin mining setup. This repository serves as the main entry point for the Jua Kali project, containing the hardware specifications and the software source code.” Github
The first public, third-party audit of Bitcoin Core
MuSig2 + ZKP Vault PoC “Unlike traditional setups involving co-signers, this scheme uses a blinded version of Musig2 to ensure the signers learn as little as possible about the on-chain movements of the funds they are involved in co-signing.”Delving Github
A bip proposal to make “designated Non Monetary UTXOs (NMUs) permanently unspendable… Once rendered unspendable, we will be removing these UTXOs made unspendable by consensus under this proposal, from the UTXO set…”
3-4kb quantum resistant signatures possible via performance tuning NIST libraries. The report also discusses broader considerations:
“This BIP replaces BIP 2 as the guideline for the BIP process.” Murch
“We propose a new BIP for Chain Code Delegation, a collaborative custody technique that involves privileged participants (delegatee) withholding BIP32 chain codes at key setup time from a delegator, and sharing only enough information for non‑privileged participants to provide their signature.” Delving Announcement
Reduced Data Temporary Softfork
“Cluster mempool will ship in Bitcoin Core v31” - @fanquake Pull
A Block campaign for $600 capital gain exemption
A playground for policy Announcement
A visual, node-based editor where you can drag-and-drop predefined nodes on canvas to build Bitcoin transactions from scratch Announcement
https://www.aikido.dev/blog/shai-hulud-strikes-again-hitting-zapier-ensdomains
We’ll pass around Specter DIYs, SeedSigners, Kruxes, a Jade DIY, and even a SeedSigner+Satochip build with some demo seeds and testnet funds. Create watch-only wallets, review psbts, sign txs.
Open Q&A on the differences between them, use cases, risks, etc.