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June 2024

Perth BitDevs

Thursday 6 June 2024 · 6:00 PM AWST · Phat Brew Brewery, City West
Topics Discussed
16 topics
@humansinstitute

Axiom of Resistance

What Bitcoin actually fixes - a deep look at the axiom of resistance from the libbitcoin wiki.

@humansinstitute

Super TestNet at It Again

Another invention from Super TestNet - continuing to push the boundaries of what’s possible on Bitcoin.

@anonymous

Coldcard Q and MK4 Firmware Upgrade

New firmware updates for the Coldcard Q and MK4 hardware wallets.

@humansinstitute

KeyChat - Signal on Nostr?

KeyChat brings Signal-like encrypted messaging to Nostr. A new approach to private communication using the Nostr protocol.

@humansinstitute

Pertsev Ruling - Tornado Cash

The Pertsev ruling on Tornado Cash and its chilling effect on open-source privacy tool development.

@btc-alchemist

Silent Payments: BIP352

Overview of Silent Payments (BIP-352) - reusable payment codes without on-chain linkability. Web app demo and SeedSigner implementation.

@anonymous

Silent Payments BIP Reference

Direct link to the BIP-352 specification.

@NoSandMan

Bitcoin Game Theory - Trump and the Great Wedge

Bitcoin game theory discussion around Trump’s political positioning and Bitcoin as a political wedge issue.

@NoSandMan

Scaling Bitcoin - Why Bitcoin Banks Are Not Enough

Discussion on Bitcoin scaling challenges and why simply relying on custodial “Bitcoin banks” is insufficient.

@humansinstitute

Upgrades, Ossification, etc.

Similar angle on the ongoing debate around Bitcoin protocol upgrades and ossification.

@humansinstitute

The Great Script Restoration Project

A path forward for Bitcoin through restoring disabled opcodes - re-enabling powerful scripting capabilities that were originally part of Bitcoin.

@humansinstitute

ROASTr

ROASTr - a new tool in the Bitcoin/Lightning ecosystem.

@anonymous

Corny Chat - Nostr Client with V4V

Corny Chat: a Nostr client with baked-in Value for Value (V4V) payments via Lightning.

@anonymous

NerdAXE Released

NerdAXE - a new open-source Bitcoin mining device has been released.

@anonymous

Bitmain Fuckery?

Allegations and analysis of potential anti-competitive behavior from Bitmain, including academic research on the topic.

@anonymous

Wasabi Wallet Update

Wasabi Wallet 2.0.8 release with new features and improvements to the privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet.