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| 2 | +title = "Eric Scrivner and Socratic Seminar #1" |
| 3 | +template = "post.html" |
| 4 | +[extra] |
| 5 | +meetup_id = "263238806" |
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| 7 | + |
| 8 | +### Agenda |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +6pm- Meet and Greet |
| 11 | +6:15pm- Eric Scrivner's Presentation |
| 12 | +6:45pm- Socratic Seminar where we review various Bitcoin topics |
| 13 | +7:45pm- Clean up and leave by 8pm. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +### Location |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +WeWork Fine Arts will be hosting the event at the following address. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +811 W. 7th Street |
| 20 | +Los Angeles, CA 90017 |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +### Parking |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +FigAt7th • 945 W. 8th Street |
| 25 | +Validated if parking on L1, L2, L3 |
| 26 | +1 hr for $1, 2 hrs for $2.50, 3 hrs for $4 |
| 27 | +5 minute walking distance. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +or |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +Target |
| 32 | +943 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017 |
| 33 | +Validated for 3 hours if you buy something at Target. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +### Guest Speaker |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Eric Scrivner, Coinbase engineer, will be talking about forks, what they are, how exchanges can protect against them, and how to protect against their negative outcomes. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +Eric was tasked with implementing replay protection for BCH/BSV/S2x and so has a wealth of experience. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +He'll also touch on why Bitcoin is so averse to hardforks. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +### Socratic Seminar |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +We are excited to introduce our very first Socratic Seminar! |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +Inspired by Bitdevs NY, this is an event for those interested in discussing and participating in the research and development of Bitcoin and related protocols. The Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing, and lively discussion. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +Discussion topics from a variety of sources are collated by meetup members in the weeks preceding the events. We investigate pull requests in the Bitcoin Core, lnd, and other relevant repositories; we study network statistics, research papers, technical blog posts and other interesting content. To complete the meeting, members present open source projects, companies, research and other relevant materials. A feedback and Q&A section follow. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Please contact the organizers if you'd like to present at the Socratic event or have a recommended topic for discussion: ecurrencyhodler at gmail. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +A post will be made the day of the event which outlines discussion topics. Archives of discussion topics and presentations can be found in the event descriptions of past meetups. The discussion portion of the event is NEVER recorded. It is recommended that you have a firm grasp of the basics of Bitcoin in order to extract the most value from our Socratic events. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +#### Bitcoin News |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | + * [USDT on Liquid](https://blockstream.com/2019/07/29/en-tether-lands-on-the-liquid-network/) |
| 58 | + * August 1 Bitcoin Independence day. |
| 59 | + * BCH hard forked. |
| 60 | + * UASF activate for BIP 148 |
| 61 | + * [17 MM btc have been mined](https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1157327092146683904?s=20) |
| 62 | + * [Wasabi Wallet Manual tx fee setting](https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/pull/2006) |
| 63 | + * [Core DevWiki including design philosophy](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/P2P-Design-Philosophy) |
| 64 | + * [Blockstream’s Mining Facility](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2019/08/08/blockstream-reveals-massive-bitcoin-mining-facilities-fidelity-an-early-customer/#610265ae4f3f) |
| 65 | + * [Stephan Livera’s Podcast with Michael Flaxman](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97/) |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +#### Network Stats |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + * [Bech32 usage from Bitcoin optech](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/07/31/) |
| 70 | + * [Outflow of Bitmex](https://twitter.com/coinmetrics/status/1156183016655511553?s=20) |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +#### New Work/ Research |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | + * [Bryan Bishop’s Vault](https://www.coindesk.com/the-vault-is-back-bitcoin-coder-to-revive-plan-to-shield-wallets-from-theft) |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +#### Bitcoin PR’s |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + * [Disable Bloom Filters by Default](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16152) |
| 79 | + * [Neutrino final PR](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16442) |
| 80 | + * [JackMallers on Twitter](https://twitter.com/JackMallers/status/1156250188106883072) |
| 81 | + * [Native Descriptor Wallets](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16528) |
| 82 | + * [Shuffle inputs and outputs after joining psbts](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16512) |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +#### Lightning PR’s |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + * [Batched Graph Updates](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/3367) |
| 87 | + * [Mainnet Neutrino](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/3358) |
| 88 | + * [“Persistent mission control”. Routing Success history saved directly to disk](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/3164) |
| 89 | + * [Custom setting channel reserve (previously hard coded to 1%).](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2708) |
| 90 | + * [Trampoline Payments](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/pull/654) |
| 91 | + * [C-lightning run and stop plug-ins while c-lightning is running.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/2771) |
| 92 | + * [Avoid thundering herd](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/2885) |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +#### Q and A |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +How to earn lightning routing fees? |
| 97 | +What is the minimum amount of BTC that is not considered dust? |
| 98 | +How do I consolidate my dust? |
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