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* bitcoin socratic seminar 24 topics * socratic 24 summary * mastering bitcoin chapters 1 & 2 skeleton * added study qustions * mastering bitcoin chapters 3 & 4 skeleton * chapters 3+4 study questions Antwane's study questions for Chapters 3 & 4 of Mastering Bitcoin Co-authored-by: Antwane Mason <[email protected]> * socratic 25 topics * Mastering Bitcoin: Chapters 5 & 6 (#33) * mastering bitcoin chapters 5 & 6 skeleton * bitcoin socratic seminar 24 topics * socratic 24 summary * mastering bitcoin chapters 1 & 2 skeleton * added study qustions * mastering bitcoin chapters 3 & 4 skeleton * chapters 3+4 study questions Antwane's study questions for Chapters 3 & 4 of Mastering Bitcoin Co-authored-by: Antwane Mason <[email protected]> * initial discussion questions ch5 * adding ch5 discussion questions. ch6 questions and some todos to be f… (#42) * ch5-6 discussion questions * resolving all conflicts during rebase --------- Co-authored-by: Stephen DeLorme <[email protected]> * adding new question * adding segwit --------- Co-authored-by: Antwane Mason <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: bnonni <[email protected]> * fix formatting * update links * socratic 26 template * fix compile issue * socratic images for Q1 and Q2 2024 * socratic 26 topics * socratic 26 summaries * google maps link * tweaks * mastering bitcoin chapters 7 & 8 questions and links (#34) * socratic 27 template * Update content/events/2024-04-17-bitcoin-socratic-seminar-27.md * socratic 26 summaries * socratic 27 topics * added bitcoin 27.0 to topics * removed template placeholder * feat: added questions to ch. 9 & 10 * feat: updated questions --------- Co-authored-by: Stephen DeLorme <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Antwane Mason <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: bnonni <[email protected]>
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| It’s almost time for <a href="https://www.meetup.com/atlantabitdevs/events/298228374/">Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #24</a>! | ||
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| ## What is a Socratic Seminar? | ||
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| Inspired by other BitDevs meetups around the US, our Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion. | ||
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| 1. Discussion topics are provided ahead of the event | ||
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| 3. Raise your hand to grab the mic and participate in the conversation | ||
| 4. We go to a bar afterwards | ||
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| ## Logistics for Tonight | ||
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| Tonight we'll be meeting at ATL BitLab. If this is your first time attending a meetup at BitLab, follow these <a href="https://atlantabitdevs.org/parking-instructions-for-atl-bitlab/" target="_blank">parking instructions</a> and join our <a href="https://atlantabitdevs.org/telegram/" target="_blank">telegram channel</a> in case you need to ask for help finding us the night of the event. | ||
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| ## Topics | ||
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| ### 🧡 Bitcoin | ||
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| [Opinion: Why Inscriptions are an exploit](https://njump.me/naddr1qqxnzdesxyurwd3jxuengv3nqgsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3grqsqqqa280afpv2) | ||
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| [payjoin-0.12.0 Released](https://github.com/payjoin/rust-payjoin/releases/tag/payjoin-0.12.0) | ||
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| #### Bitcoin Design: Multi-wallet Management Page | ||
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| [Bitcoin Design Guide: Multiple Wallets](https://bitcoin.design/guide/multiple-wallets/) | ||
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| [PR #1040: New multi-wallet management page](https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Guide/pull/1040) | ||
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| ### ⚡️ Lightning | ||
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| [Introducing FiatLink: A Lightning ↔ Fiat Standard](https://medium.com/breez-technology/introducing-fiatlink-a-lightning-fiat-standard-68ab380febb2) | ||
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| [\[Lightning-dev\] Liquidity Ads: Updated Spec Posted, please review](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2023-November/004217.html) | ||
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| <a href="https://twitter.com/Strike/status/1731783448975568926" target="_blank">Strike adds support for sending to Lightning address</a> (Previously receive only) | ||
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| [Peerswaps: A Lightning channel rebalancing mechanism](https://strike.me/blog/peerswaps/) | ||
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| [Lightning Mailing List moves](https://tldr.bitcoinsearch.xyz/summary/lightning-dev/Nov_2023/004223_Mailing-List-Future?replies=13) | ||
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| [LN-Symmetry Project Recap](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/ln-symmetry-project-recap/359) | ||
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| ### 🟣 Nostr | ||
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| [Nostream v 2.0.0 release: NIP-26 support removed](https://njump.me/nevent1qqsft5rh982grz60cmj2lx949dveadydze9qe9eg6a2alk2x4x84alspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurvv438xarj9e3k7mgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgq3qqqqqqqyz0la2jjl752yv8h7wgs3v098mh9nztd4nr6gynaef6uqqhc6n6r) | ||
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| [Mutiny Wallet: Nostr contact search](https://nostr.com/note1j7ya7h3tcxqpglqprz7quq0kjzzhmhltxkyvl7xwzdfnfvgvg2dseexw4e) | ||
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| ### 📊 Business | ||
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| [BitcoinConnect wins Legends of Lightning hackathon](https://bitcoin-connect.com/) | ||
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| [Local Abbot project wins Community & Education prize at Legends of Lightning](https://abbot.atlbitlab.com/) | ||
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| [CoinGate reports increased lightning network usage from their customers in 2023](https://coingate.com/blog/post/crypto-payments-report-2023) | ||
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| [VanEck promises to donate 5% of Bitcoin ETF profits to Bitcoin Core Devs via Brink](https://nitter.net/vaneck_us/status/1743300722928619779) | ||
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| [Bitwise will donate 10% of Bitcoin ETF profits to Brink, HRF, and OpenSats](https://nitter.net/BitwiseInvest/status/1745205436708421691) | ||
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| ### 🕵️♂️ Privacy & InfoSec | ||
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| <a href="https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1735279127752540465" target="_blank">Ledger library files compromised with a drainer</a> | ||
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| [Tether's Letter To Lawmakers Reveals It 'Recently Onboarded' Secret Service On Its Platform](https://www.ibtimes.com/tethers-letter-lawmakers-reveals-it-recently-onboarded-secret-service-its-platform-3720845) | ||
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| [Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator](https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com) | ||
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| [LNbank Vulnerability Recap](https://d11n.net/lnbank-vulnerability-recap) |
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| Each week, we'll explore a different pair of chapters, enriching your self-reading experience. We'll provide thought-provoking questions ahead of each session to guide your reading and fuel engaging discussions. Our meetups are not just about discussing the book; they're about building a community of Bitcoin enthusiasts and builders. | ||
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| Discover, discuss, and delve into the world of Bitcoin with us. Your journey towards mastering Bitcoin starts here! | ||
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| <a href="https://www.meetup.com/atlantabitdevs/events/298230369/" target="_blank">RSVP for Meetup Here</a> | ||
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| ## How It Works | ||
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| We recommend that you read up on the <a href="/page/mastering-bitcoin" target="_blank">event format</a> before you attend. | ||
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| ## This Session | ||
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| In this session, <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenDeLorme" target="_blank">Stephen DeLorme</a> will lead us through a discussion of: | ||
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| - Chapter 1: Introduction | ||
| - Chapter 2: How Bitcoin Works | ||
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| ### Study Questions | ||
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| These questions are provided to help guide your thinking as read the material. We'll try to answer these together when we meet to discuss the chapter. | ||
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| #### Chapter 1 | ||
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| 1. Does Bitcoin have individual coins? | ||
| 2. What is Bitcoin's monetary policy? | ||
| 3. What are 4 innovations that were combined to make Bitcoin? | ||
| 4. What are some different ways to categorize Bitcoin wallets? | ||
| 5. Who are the "peers" in Bitcoin's Peer-to-Peer network? | ||
| 6. How do you find the price of bitcoin? | ||
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| #### Chapter 2 | ||
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| 1. What tool could you use to visualize a Bitcoin transaction? | ||
| 2. What kind of data might be included in a Bitcoin "invoice"? | ||
| 3. What is a name for the smallest onchain unit of bitcoin? | ||
| 4. Generally speaking, how do transaction inputs and outputs work? | ||
| 5. How do is a transaction's fee indicated? | ||
| 6. What is _coin selection_? | ||
| 7. What are some common forms of transactions? | ||
| 8. What is a UTXO? | ||
| 9. What is it called when a Bitcoin node shares a new transaction with other Bitcoin nodes? | ||
| 10. What's a good analogy to describe mining? | ||
| 11. A new transaction is not confirmed until it has been included in a valid \_ \_ \_ \_ _ by a _ \_ \_ \_ \_. |
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| Each week, we'll explore a different pair of chapters, enriching your self-reading experience. We'll provide thought-provoking questions ahead of each session to guide your reading and fuel engaging discussions. Our meetups are not just about discussing the book; they're about building a community of Bitcoin enthusiasts and builders. | ||
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| Discover, discuss, and delve into the world of Bitcoin with us. Your journey towards mastering Bitcoin starts here! | ||
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| <a href="https://www.meetup.com/atlantabitdevs/events/298230384/" target="_blank">RSVP for Meetup Here</a> | ||
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| ## How It Works | ||
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| In this session, <a href="#" target="_blank">somebody</a> will lead us through a discussion of: | ||
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| - Chapter 3: Bitcoin Core: The Reference Implementation | ||
| - Chapter 4: Keys & Addresses | ||
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| ### Study Questions | ||
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| #### Chapter 3 | ||
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| - Which command enables you to enable or disable bitcoin features when building bitcoin core? | ||
| - Where is the default location of bitcoind? | ||
| - How much data is initially required for bitcoin blockchain data for a full node? | ||
| - How much data is required for transactions over 30 days for a full node? | ||
| - What does block height mean? | ||
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| #### Chapter 4 | ||
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| - What are bitcoin addresses in terms of public/private key encryption? | ||
| - What evidence is typically required to be authorized to spend in a bitcoin transaction? | ||
| - Why is it hard to determine one's private key from a public key in elliptic curve cryptography? | ||
| - What is the purpose of base58check encoding? | ||
| - What are the steps involved in base58check encoding? | ||
| - What tradeoffs does Bech32 have compared to base58check encoding? | ||
| - What is the difference between Bech32 and Bech32m? | ||
| - What is compressed in a "compressed private key"? |
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| It’s almost time for <a href="https://www.meetup.com/atlantabitdevs/events/298228392/">Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #25</a>! | ||
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| ## What is a Socratic Seminar? | ||
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| Inspired by other BitDevs meetups around the US, our Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion. | ||
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| ## Logistics for Tonight | ||
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| Tonight we'll be meeting at ATL BitLab. If this is your first time attending a meetup at BitLab, follow these <a href="https://atlantabitdevs.org/parking-instructions-for-atl-bitlab/" target="_blank">parking instructions</a> and join our <a href="https://atlantabitdevs.org/telegram/" target="_blank">telegram channel</a> in case you need to ask for help finding us the night of the event. | ||
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| ## Topics | ||
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| ### 🤙 Opening Demo | ||
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| We're going to hear from <a href="https://twitter.com/chdwlch">Chad Welch</a> to learn about his livestreaming platform <a href="https://sats.gg">Sats.gg</a>, built with Nostr and Lightning. | ||
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| ### 🧡 Bitcoin | ||
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| <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1756463212990472335">BIP for human readable payment instructions</a> | ||
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| [New "BINANA" documentation repo for Bitcoin Inquisition](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2024-January/022289.html) | ||
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| [Aqua wallet announced](https://aquawallet.io/) | ||
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| [PR 28948 merged - v3 transaction policy for anti-pinning](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28948) | ||
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| ### ⚡️ Lightning | ||
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| [LNBits adds a login system](https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/0.12.0) | ||
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| <a href="https://twitter.com/niftynei/status/1757465056508285036">Lightning v2 channel opens spec merged</a> | ||
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| [Block-stalling issue in Bitcoin Core prior to v22.0 affects LN nodes](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/block-stalling-issue-in-core-prior-to-v22-0/499) | ||
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| <a href="https://github.com/lightning/blips/pull/32">BLIP-0032 - DNSSEC proof querying over onion messages</a> | ||
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| ### 🟣 Nostr | ||
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| [DLC Experiments: Superposition and Note Duel](https://blog.mutinywallet.com/note-duel-superposition/) | ||
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| <a href="https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2kplrvu3sdvlhht7ak29p78f5ntjqdtv5ykysu27hp7kqlyehy4gppamhxue69uhk2tnwdaejumr0dsqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwp6kytnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46qzrmhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mgzyrwlqwk2skk7qw0xwsk4hmea7dfd7xvap5c7y2uctrn7m2zukwamuunhv9f">Cashu Address</a> | ||
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| ### 📊 Business | ||
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| <a href="https://twitter.com/bitwiseinvest/status/1757813223536103568">Bitwise moves their ETF holdings to native segwit addresses</a> | ||
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| [Apple disables PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) in the European Union](https://developer.apple.com/support/dma-and-apps-in-the-eu#dev-qaa) | ||
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| <a href="https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9g20n5r3cyn82du4eqvemdpy96vnm2uncn2wcfan7x7uxp5p9q8spp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzfmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82cspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qgsd79ejwuvz7v246danxqs3hgw7f2q4qrqz6x27je8er0nhfmykwzqyeeypl">Mutiny Wallet affected by Apple's decision</a> | ||
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| <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/argentina-inflation-unofficial-exchange-crypto-caves">In inflation-torn Argentina, locals use ‘crypto caves’ — and avoid Bitcoin</a> | ||
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| ### 🕵️♂️ Privacy & InfoSec | ||
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| <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX8GFn5uCI">Nutband - a post fiat apocalypse Cashu client working over Reticulum</a> | ||
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| [Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames](https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com) | ||
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| [Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs](https://www.404media.co/inside-the-underground-site-where-ai-neural-networks-churns-out-fake-ids-onlyfake/) | ||
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| [Nightshade AI poisoning](https://venturebeat.com/ai/nightshade-the-free-tool-that-poisons-ai-models-is-now-available-for-artists-to-use/) |
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| Each week, we'll explore a different pair of chapters, enriching your self-reading experience. We'll provide thought-provoking questions ahead of each session to guide your reading and fuel engaging discussions. Our meetups are not just about discussing the book; they're about building a community of Bitcoin enthusiasts and builders. | ||
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| Discover, discuss, and delve into the world of Bitcoin with us. Your journey towards mastering Bitcoin starts here! | ||
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| <a href="https://www.meetup.com/atlantabitdevs/events/298230410/" target="_blank">RSVP for Meetup Here</a> | ||
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| ## How It Works | ||
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| In this session, <a href="https://twitter.com/nonni_io" target="_blank">Bryan Nonni</a> will lead us through a discussion of: | ||
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| - Chapter 5: Wallet Recovery | ||
| - Chapter 6: Transactions | ||
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| - What is a bitcoin wallet? Describe the miconceptions and the components. | ||
| - What is the difference between a "wallet database" and a "wallet application"? | ||
| - What is the trade off of onle using a single public key? | ||
| - Describe the difference between independent / nondeterministic and deterministic key generation. | ||
| - What are the different types of recovery codes in wide use today? List some advantages and disagvantages. | ||
| - Which recovery code schemes allow for an optional passphrase? | ||
| - What are the 4 components needed to recover funds froim data loss? Why is the fourth needed? | ||
| - Are version numbers important for recovery code schemes? | ||
| - Are 12 words (128 bits of entropy) enough? What are advantages and disadvantages of using 12 vs. 24 words? | ||
| - Advantages and disadvantages of using a passphrase. | ||
| - Any questions about generating HD wallet from seed and seed from recovery code? | ||
| - What is gap limit and how can it be handled? | ||
| - What is the difference between child and hardened child addresses? Why are hardened important? | ||
| - Is openly sharing your xpub bad? | ||
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| - What is the purpose of the marker and flag fields? | ||
| - Each input in a transaction must contain what? What does each of them do? | ||
| - How do full nodes use the previous output data? | ||
| - How does Bitcoin Core track of all previous outputs? | ||
| - What was the originally intended purpose of the sequence field as explained by Satoshi? | ||
| - What are the problems associated with this use of the sequence field? | ||
| - What ended up replacing the inteded mechanism of the sequence field? | ||
| - What constraint did BIP68 add to the sequence field? | ||
| - What are the min/max values allowed in the amount field of an output? What are the practicality of these numbers? | ||
| - What are uneconomical outputs and what are the problems associated with them? | ||
| - What are these outputs called? What protects full nodes from these outputs? Explain. Any exceptions? | ||
| - What makes OP_RETURN transactions special? | ||
| - Is there a min/max for output scripts? How and when are these enforced? | ||
| - Can anyone recall examples of an output script that tookup or almost tookup a whole tx? | ||
| - How about a tx that took up (almost) a whole block? | ||
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| - What is a "witness" in bitcoin? | ||
| - Why are they important? | ||
| - Why do they exist? | ||
| - What problems do they solve? | ||
| - How are they used in bitcoin? | ||
| - How do they allow users to spend UTXOs? | ||
| - What problems did Segwit solve? | ||
| - What is tx malleability, how did segwit solve this and why is it important? | ||
| - What is an anyone-can-spend output script and how does it allow us to soft-fork Segwit into Bitcoin? | ||
| - What defines a segwit output script template? | ||
| - What are the two types of templates? How do they work? | ||
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| - <a href="https://chaincode.gitbook.io/seminars/bitcoin-protocol-development/segwit" target="_blank">Chaincode Seminar Week 2: Segwit</a> | ||
| - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwHZ8zYnEVOAUaFv14_qngy9j3QK5WLctsTtivzqCGk/edit#heading=h.iwqqf2id6ggo" target="_blank">Chaincode Seminar Week 2: Notes</a> | ||
| - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txfy2mFe16A" target="_blank">Segwit Video w/ Jimmy Song</a> |
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