From a2550fe9b3e5c9640d0bf6132f42eb2a815163a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Nash Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:29:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add socratic-017.md --- config.toml | 1 - content/socratic-017.md | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 content/socratic-017.md diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml index adb7067..efc5ba6 100644 --- a/config.toml +++ b/config.toml @@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ generate_feeds = true feed_filenames = ["feed.xml"] [markdown] -highlight_code = false [extra] diff --git a/content/socratic-017.md b/content/socratic-017.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..562af3f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/socratic-017.md @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ ++++ +title = "Socratic Seminar 17" +date = 2026-01-15 ++++ + +Housekeeping +------------ + +- Questions are encouraged, including basic ones! +- Socratic Seminars are held under the [Chatham House Rule](https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule): share the information you receive, but do not reveal the identity of who said it. +- For the privacy of other attendees, please refrain from taking photographs of other people without their permission. +- Socratic seminars are best when the moderator can let the conversation flow, so try to keep things concrete and focused. +- The reading list covers December 8th to January 15th. + +News +---- +- [Clarity Act (H.R. 3633)](https://x.com/Jestopher_BTC/status/2011247476095984031) +- [A Mathematical Theory of Payment Channel Networks](https://x.com/renepickhardt/status/2009598480306901363) +- [Lightning Year in Review Stats](https://x.com/ambosstech/status/2007135311558857177) +- [Stablecoins: Evolution, not a Revolution](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/stablecoins-evolution-not-a-revolution) +- [Distributed Charge Public Testing](http://andyschroder.com/DistributedCharge/news/2025-12-19-PublicTesting) +- [Time2Build 2025 Winners: Breez Awards Bitcoin Prizes for Lightning Integrations in BTCPay Server, Primal, and More](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/time2build-2025-winners-breez-awards-bitcoin-prizes-for-lightning-integrations-in-btcpay-server-primal-and-more) +- [BitGo Adds Support for Lightning Network from Custody](https://www.bitgo.com/resources/blog/bitgo-adds-support-for-lightning-network-from-custody) +- [Tether Leads $8M Strategic Investment in Speed to Advance Lightning-Native, Stablecoin-Powered Payments](https://tether.io/news/tether-leads-8m-strategic-investment-in-speed-to-advance-lightning-native-stablecoin-powered-payments) +- [LQWD Delivers Record Bitcoin Lightning Network Volumes as Transaction Activity Accelerates](https://lqwdtech.com/2025/lqwd-delivers-record-bitcoin-lightning-network-volumes-as-transaction-activity-accelerates) +- [REEZ.io Upgrades Bitcoin Payments With Lightning Network Integration](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/reez-io-upgrades-bitcoin-payments-with-lightning-network-integration-1035712305) +- [Travel Retail Norway starts accepting Bitcoin at Oslo Airport via Lightning Network](https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-lightning-payments-oslo-airport) +- [Bitcoin Capacity on Lightning hits an All Time High — 5,637 BTC!](https://xcancel.com/ambosstech/status/2001062647438172363) + + +Delving Bitcoin +---- +- [Ark as a Channel Factory: Compressed Liquidity Management for Improved Payment Feasibility](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/ark-as-a-channel-factory-compressed-liquidity-management-for-improved-payment-feasibility/2179) + +Releases +-------- +- [CLN v25.12.1 Boltz's Seamless Upgrade Experience II](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.12.1) +- [ZEUS v0.12.0](https://blog.zeusln.com/new-release-zeus-v0-12-0) + +bLIPs & BOLTs +------------- +- [Lightning Specification Meeting 2026/01/12](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1311) +- [Lightning Specification Meeting 2025/12/15](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1300) +- [bolt12: Add test vector for missing offer_amount with offer_currency](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1279) +- [bolt11: Clarify that n is not mandatory](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1305) +- [bLIP-51: Specify invalid token error code](https://github.com/lightning/blips/pull/68) +- [Update bLIP-51 to add BOLT-12 support](https://github.com/lightning/blips/pull/59) + +Noteworthy PRs +-------------- +### [Core Lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning) +- [doc: Update docs to reflect new hsm secret format](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8838) +- [Askrene: fix infinite cost assertion](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8832) +- [Modern node hsm_secret fixes](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8831) +- [recovery for modern nodes](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8830) +- [xpay: payment description](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8784) +- [lightningd: add description field to offer related responces](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8782) +- [lightningd: fix segfault when parse_filter fails](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8780) +- [Fix gossipd node announcement ordering](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8769) +- [Refactor LSPS plugin into proto/core/cln_adapters layers](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8768) +- [lightningd: fix db constraint error when fixing up old blocks.](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8767) + +### [eclair](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair) +- [Rework channel lifecyle events](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3237) +- [Stop storing channel errors in `AuditDb`](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3236) +- [Dont rebroadcast announcements for spent channels](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3235) +- [Add `maxCltvExpiryDelta` parameter to `findRoute*` APIs](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3234) +- [Use fallback feerates on testnets](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3233) +- [Validate Bolt 11 fallback addresses](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3232) +- [Improvements and fixes for #3217 ](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3229) +- [fixup! Add API methods to spend funds sent to taproot channel addresses (#3220)](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3228) +- [Allow remote `dust_limit_satoshis` up to 5000 sats](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3227) +- [Dont scan the blockchain for spent external channels](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3226) +- [Identify failing node](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3224) +- [Unwatch previous funding tx after splice ](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3218) +- [Accountable HTLCs](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3217) + +### [LDK](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning) +- [Parallelize `ChannelMonitor` loading from async `KVStore`s](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4147) +- [Default to padding blinded paths](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4213) +- [Reconstruct ChannelManager forwarded HTLCs maps from Channels](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4227) +- [Avoid force-closing 0-conf channels when funding is reorgd](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4231) +- [Set and relay experimental accountable signal](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4232) +- [Automatically archive resolved `ChannelMonitor`s in the BP](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4288) +- [Fix double-forward, prefer legacy forward maps](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4289) +- [Remove circular reference in `GossipVerifier`](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4294) +- [Add a trivial helper to LSPS5s `WebhookNotification`](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4295) +- [Remove spurious debug assertion added in 0.2](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4312) +- [Refactor unified_qr.rs to use bitcoin-payment-instructions](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/ldk-node/pull/666) +- [Insert channel funding outputs into Wallet](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/ldk-node/pull/726) +- [Parallelize `read_payments`](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/ldk-node/pull/739) +- [Parallelize init further](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/ldk-node/pull/747) +- [Add structured logging context fields to LogRecord](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/ldk-node/pull/751) + +### [lnd](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd) +- [multi: add BuildOnion, SendOnion, and TrackOnion RPCs](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9489) +- [htlcswitch: add InitAttempt for idempotent external dispatch](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10049) +- [lnwire+tlv+route: enforce TLV length validation and add tests](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10249) +- [Aux Closer: Move coop-close aux finalization to chain watcher](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10289) +- [estimatefee: tx fee estimate for selected inputs](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10296) +- [graph: fix inefficient query for IsPublicNode](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10356) +- [[g175:3] graph/db: continue prepping `models` for V2 data](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10379) +- [Enhance Lsp Heuristic when probing a payment](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10396) +- [multi: add `CombinedNonce` functionality to Musig2 Signers](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10436) +- [Always add the payment address when probing an invoice](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10439) +- [channeldb: fix race condition in link node pruning](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10462) +- [lnwire: enforce non-zero timestamp in gossip messages](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10469) +- [discovery: add panic recovery for gossip message processing ](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10470) +- [rpcserver: use protocol max for fundMax, not maxChanSize](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10488)