Announcements

Please join us for today’s Socratic Seminar. A special thank you to our sponsors Adaptech Group and Bull Bitcoin, for food, refreshments and event space. Soundtrack

• Snacks fundraiser: 1071463 SAT raised (~CA$240), catering by Mati Bistro
• CoinOS party at The Loft: February 2023

Mailing Lists

bitcoin-dev

• Ephemeral anchors
• Full RBF discussion continues. What is ‘incentive compatible’?

lightning-dev

• DLCs on Lightning
• Optimizing channel factories
• Channel jamming research
• Run your own LNC Mailbox
• Lightning privacy research
• Mutiny web

Optech

• Hal Finney key signs ominous (and fake) statement as to Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity
• 100 Bitcoin related to QuadrigaCX wallets on the move
• Binarywatch
• Bitcoin Binary
• How cold is too cold to mine Bitcoin?

Network Data

• Another record month for WoS
• The largest 250 nodes in the network are responsible for ~ 65% of the capacity of all channels.
• El Salvador’s citizens received $52,000,000 of remittances processed using Chivo

Pull Requests and repo updates

core lightning

eclair

ldk

lnd

New Releases

• You can now send money from Strike (US, ES, AR)to Africa via Bitnob
• You can now send money from CoinCorner (UK) to Africa via Bitnob
• Africans in 9 countries can use their dumb phone to send sats over Lightning
• Zeus supports LNC
• ImperviousAI available for Windows, Mac and Linux
• Neutronpay App available in Vietnam
• Liana: Miniscript Bitcoin wallet

Events and Podcasts

• Bitcoin Beach Vietnam - 23-24 March 2023
• Bitcoin Island Retreat - 27-29 March 2023
• Building “Web 3.0” the right way on Nostr with jb55

Miscellaneous

• Paul Le Roux’ incredible story
• How the IMF and World Bank repress poor countries
• B.C. hits pause on electrical connections for cryptocurrency mining