# Socratic Seminar 020

- Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2026 (ET) (`2026-06-23`)
- Relative: 2 months ago
- Timezone: ET (America/New_York)
- Venue: Strategy HQ, 1850 Towers Crescent Plaza, Tysons Corner, VA 22182
- RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/dc-bit-devs/events/315086997/
- Doors: 5:30pm ET
- Seminar: 6:00pm ET
- Depart: 8:30pm ET
- Tags: core, lightning, post-quantum, policy, infosec
- HTML: https://bitdevsdmv.com/events/socratic-020
- Markdown: https://bitdevsdmv.com/events/socratic-020.md

## Ground rules

1. **No photos, videos, or recordings.**
2. [Chatham House Rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_House_Rule): you may reiterate the contents of the meeting *without* attribution.

These rules exist so that BitDevs participants can speak freely within the event. Questions are encouraged, including basic ones!

Full chapter rules: [Ground rules](/rules). Suggest topics: [Suggest topics](/contribute).

## Location

[Strategy HQ](https://maps.app.goo.gl/GWnJA7iWFNLinSjw6), 1850 Towers Crescent Plaza, Tysons Corner, VA 22182

## Schedule

- **5:30pm – 6:00pm ET** — Doors open and social half hour
- **6:00pm – 8:30pm ET** — BitDevs Socratic Seminar
- **8:30pm ET** — Departure

## Technical / Protocol

### CVE-2024-52911: Script Interpreter Use-After-Free

- [Bitcoin Core Advisory](https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/05/05/disclose-cve-2024-52911/)
- [Bitcoin Optech #405](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/15/)
- [Root-cause fix (Bitcoin Core #35209)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/35209)
- [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52911)

### Bitcoin Core 30.0 Wallet Deletion Bug

- [Bitcoin Core Advisory](https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/01/05/wallet-migration-bug/)
- [Bitcoin Optech #387](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/01/09/)
- [Fix (Bitcoin Core #34156)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34156)
- [Bitcoin Core 30.2 Release](https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/30.2/)

### Silent Payments (BIP 352)

- [BIP 352](https://bips.dev/352/)
- [Bitcoin Optech Topic](https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/silent-payments/)
- [Supported Wallets](https://silentpayments.xyz/docs/wallets/)
- [Bitcoin Core Integration Tracking](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/28536)

### Bitcoin Core 31.0

- [Release Announcement](https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/04/19/release-31.0/)
- [Release Notes](https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/31.0/)
- [bitcoin-dev Announcement](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/suU6e-eMo44)

### Cluster Mempool (Core 31.0)

- [Bitcoin Optech Topic](https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/cluster-mempool/)
- [Mempool Terminology (Bitcoin Core docs)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/policy/mempool-terminology.md)
- [Mempool Redesign (Bitcoin Core #27677)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27677)
- [31.0 RC Testing Guide (cluster mempool)](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/31.0-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide#11-cluster-mempool-new-rpcs)
- [Spanning-Forest Linearization (Bitcoin Core #32545)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32545)
- [SFL Cost Model (Bitcoin Core #34616)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34616)
- [Optimized SFL Cluster Linearization (Bitcoin Core #34023)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34023)

## Post-Quantum

### Goals, Migration, and Recovery Debate

- [PQC: What is our Goal, Even?](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Qy4gwAGTK2w)
- [Post-Quantum Migrations via Commit-then-Reveal](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/post-quantum-migrations-via-commit-then-reveal-ala-bip16-an-alternative-to-sunsetting)
- [Commit-Reveal for PQ Migration](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/commit-reveal-for-pq-migration)
- [In Defense of a PQ Output Type](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/JA3kDl8AmQg)
- [Against Allowing Quantum Recovery of Bitcoin](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/uUK6py0Yjq0)
- [What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards?](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/pyWy3eTrpQo)

### BIP 324, Witness v3, and Cryptography

- [A Post-Quantum Path for BIP 324](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/n_5WuKVYqwI)
- [Witness Version 3: ML-DSA-65 Post-Quantum Key-Path Spending](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bip-draft-witness-version-3-ml-dsa-65-post-quantum-key-path-spending)
- [Deactivating ECDSA/Schnorr](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/7kOz2gTcnqo)
- [Benchmarking SLH-DSA STARK Aggregation](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/0IdqdnlC4Og)
- [Post-Quantum BIP-86 Recovery via zk-STARK Proof of BIP-32 Seed Knowledge](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Q06piCEJhkI)

## Lightning

### Protocol & Research

- [Lightning Economics: The Bridge Between Bitcoin's Two Identities](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/lightning-economics-the-bridge-between-bitcoins-two-identities)
- [Post Quantum Lightning: Layer by Layer](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/post-quantum-lightning-layer-by-layer)
- [Eltoo / LN-Symmetry on Inquisition Signet (BIP 118 + APO+CTV)](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/tNRkn3z0r-g)
- [Onion Message Jamming in the Lightning Network](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/onion-message-jamming-in-the-lightning-network)
- [Public Fraud Proofs for Just-in-Time Channels](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/proposal-public-fraud-proofs-for-just-in-time-channels)
- [Lightning Specification Meeting 2026/05/04](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues/1332)

### Splicing & Taproot Channels

- [eclair Official Splicing Protocol (eclair #2887)](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/2887)
- [Core Lightning splicein/spliceout RPCs (CLN #9047)](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9047)
- [LDK Cancel Pending Splice Funding (LDK #4490)](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4490)
- [lnd Production Taproot Channel Variant (lnd #9985)](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9985)

### Implementation Updates

- [Core Lightning P2TR/P2WPKH Dust Limit Fix (CLN #8807)](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8807)
- [Core Lightning BOLT Quote Improvements (CLN #9044)](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9044)
- [eclair option_simple_taproot Feature Bit (eclair #3144)](https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/3144)
- [LDK Zero-Fee Commitments Production Feature Bit (LDK #4515)](https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/4515)
- [lnd Onion Message Rate Limiting (lnd #10713)](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10713)
- [lnd RBF Cooperative Close Actor (lnd #9821)](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9821)

## Governance

### Gloria Zhao Maintainer Departure (February 2026)

- [Pull Request (remove Gloria Zhao from trusted-keys)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34517)

### TheCharlatan Added as Sixth Maintainer (January 2026)

- [Pull Request (add TheCharlatan to trusted-keys)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34236)
- [Blockspace Interview](https://blockspace.media/insight/a-conversation-with-bitcoin-cores-newest-maintainer/)

## Policy / DC-specific

### American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA)

- [Congressman Begich Press Release (bill introduction)](https://begich.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-nick-begich-leads-legislation-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve)
- [Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Executive Order (March 2025)](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/establishment-of-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-united-states-digital-asset-stockpile/)

### CLARITY Act Senate Markup

- [Congress.gov (H.R. 3633)](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3633)
- [Senate Banking Committee Markup Press Release](https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/majority/chairman-scott-leads-historic-markup-of-digital-asset-market-structure-legislation)
- [Save Our Wallets](https://saveourwallets.org/)

## Bitcoin Commons

### Public Alpha & Differential Testing

- [BLVM Documentation](https://docs.thebitcoincommons.org/)
- [Differential Testing](https://docs.thebitcoincommons.org/development/differential-testing.html)
- [blvm-bench](https://github.com/BTCDecoded/blvm-bench)

### v30 Wallet Bug as a Formal Verification Case Study

- [Wallet Migration Advisory](https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/01/05/wallet-migration-bug/)
- [BLVM Formal Verification](https://docs.thebitcoincommons.org/consensus/formal-verification.html)
- [BLVM Specification Lock](https://github.com/BTCDecoded/blvm-spec-lock)

## Suggest topics for the next meeting

Use [Suggest topics](/contribute) — submit a primary-source link via the form.