Announcements

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!

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CBC/F&C events

October 2026 events from Chicago Bitcoin Collective

October 2026 CBC and Fork & Coin events

  • Oct 6th 8 AM Bitcoin and Coffee @ Fork & Coin (3938 N Central Ave)
  • Oct 8th 6 PM BitDevs at Strike (200 N LaSalle St) — this meetup
  • Oct 11th 2 PM Joe Carlasare — talk & book signing @ CBC
  • Oct 15th 6 PM B.O.B. Social · Dave Shestokas — Illinois corruption & the AG @ Fork & Coin
  • Oct 22nd 6 PM BitDevs · Rev.Hodl — earning in Bitcoin & circular economies (Jade giveaway) @ CBC
  • Oct 23rd 6 PM Supper Club — tastings @ Fork & Coin (Chef Elexis Ruiz, Caribbean bites)

https://www.chicagobitcoincollective.com/

Disclosure of two DoS vulnerabilities in Eclair

UPGRADE TO ECLAIR v0.14.0 OR LATER!!!

https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/disclosure-dos-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-eclair-v0-14-0/2914

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/10/02/#disclosure-of-two-dos-vulnerabilities-in-eclair

Depots for probabilistic Lightning channels

https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/depots-theft-proof-self-custodial-bitcoin-for-billions-of-users/2892

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/10/02/#depots-for-probabilistic-lightning-channels

Improvements in Utreexo initial block download

https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/implicit-deletions-and-improvements-in-utreexo-ibd/2881

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/09/18/#improvements-in-utreexo-initial-block-download