Martin Zumsande retweeted
Brink grantee @conduition_io presented on the state of post-quantum Bitcoin research:
- Post-quantum output types
- Quantum canaries and tripwires
- Freezing, ignoring, or rate-limiting Satoshi-era coins
- Rescue protocols
- Hash-based, lattice, isogeny signature schemes
- Q&A
Not an expert at all, but what I feel is missing is a meta-discussion on what QC advances would need to happen to actually commit and move forward with this or another scheme (with all the disadvantages of a forced transition).
Core has engaged with BIP 360.
BIP 360 has more comments than any other BIP so far in history of BIPs. Not all are from core devs but many are. @murchandamus esp. spent sufficient time and effort on reviews. These comments from core and other people are extremely helpful. /1
Both people who believe these breakthroughs will never happen, and those who believe they are imminent should commit in advance on what should be the point of no return - maybe they can even agree.
Martin Zumsande retweeted
NEW: The Finney Freedom Prize for the 2012-2016 era goes to Pieter Wuille and Gregory Maxwell for their contributions to Bitcoin usability, scalability, and privacy.
For more info on the Prize, Hal’s story, the committee, and future prizes, visit finneyprize.org
Martin Zumsande retweeted
1/ As Bitcoin continues to grow, so does the pool of talented individuals contributing to critical codebases. However, full-time employment opportunities for these individuals remain limited.
Martin Zumsande retweeted
Defeating the entire concept of self-custody and moving away from the banks.
Martin Zumsande retweeted
Make bitcoin free open-source software your full-time job in 2024.
If you’ve ever dreamed of a career in bitcoin or lightning FOSS, we’ll help you get there.
learning.chaincode.com/#FOSS
Martin Zumsande retweeted
would it be possible to get a conference invite letter @tabconf, @MITBitcoinClub, @btcplusplus? I need one for my US visa appointment this month. I applied for it 2 years ago :(
retweets appreciated! or if you can connect me with any bitcoin conference organisers in the US.
Martin Zumsande retweeted
Merged PR from James O'Beirne: assumeutxo 2 github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/p…
How did drivechains get their name? Because they drive something? Something with hard drives, a pun on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_… or yet another reason?
Martin Zumsande retweeted
We plan to run our next set of no-cost 6 week seminars in Bitcoin Protocol Development and Lighting Protocol Development in September. The application deadline ends Aug 3rd. Spots are limited, apply today.
learning.chaincode.com/#appl…
Martin Zumsande retweeted
Still very much a WIP but #bitcoin DNS seed metrics are live at 21.ninja/dns-seeds
Open-source dataset available at github.com/virtu/p2p-metrics
Next: more P2P network metrics, open-sourcing of data-collection tools!
Martin Zumsande retweeted
The bitcoin development community owes @bitcoinoptech a lot of gratitude for the extremely high quality content they produce as volunteers.
Thank you Bitcoin Optech! Great summary this week about the intricacies of LN splicing protocol.
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #246 is here:
- describes splicing discussion
- links to a proposed tx terminology BIP
- recaps "Don’t download witnesses for assumed-valid blocks when running in prune mode"
- includes a libsecp256k1 security update
- #246 Recap
bitcoinops.org/en/newsletter…
