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+layout: post
+type: socratic
+date: "2023-09-20 19:00:00"
+title: "Vancouver Socratic 017"
+meetup: https://www.meetup.com/vancouver-bitcoiners/events/295663113/
+---
+
+## Institutio Theologiae Elencticae
+
+Welcome Elenctics to tonight's Socratic Seminar!
+
+- Event space [fundraiser](https://we.encrypt.cash/apps/4T7y3AJbaF8ka28Bdgkqh8fqdpvC/crowdfund)
+- BitDevs September 20 (Wednesday)
+- [Lightning Pints at Park Drive](https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-n-beers-vancouver/events/295399390/)
+- [Bitcoin Block Party September 4](https://www.meetup.com/btc_vancity/events/294307669/)
+
+We now post the links to this seminar in advance! [Check out our Github issues for the latest.](https://github.com/VancouverBitdevs/VancouverBitdevs.github.io/issues)
+
+#### Never miss a Bitcoin event ever again
+
+[Check out and subscribe to the calendar here](/calendar)
+
+#### Spend your sats in Vancouver
+
+[Check out our new map and merchant directory](/map)
+### New merchants
+[Disco Biscuits](https://discobiscuits.ca/)
+[Plebsters](https://plebsters.com/)
+[Poseidon Greek](https://poseidonrestaurant.ca/)
+[Aceon Data Recovery](https://www.aceondatarecovery.com/)
+Ross Crêpe and Cafe
+[VanLove Sushi](https://vanlove.ca/)
+[Hotro Organic Meats](https://hotro.ca/)
+[La Cantina de Don Porfirio](https://www.instagram.com/donporfiriovan)
+[Marais Tea Co](https://maraisteaco.com/)
+
+
+### Today's talk
+[Start9 Labs releases Stable Diffusion (text-to-image AI) and FreeGPT (chat AI) on StartOS](https://twitter.com/start9labs/status/1704199417329516570)
+
+### Mailing Lists
+
+#### bitcoin-dev
+[Smart Vaults - Inheritance planning, social recovery, time locks, etc. using miniscript, taproot and schnoor signatures](https://vimeo.com/860223785/098d070bfe)
+
+[blip-0029](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2023-September/004089.html): Taproot Asset Protocol Channels
+
+
+#### lightning-dev
+[SimLN](https://github.com/bitcoin-dev-project/sim-ln)
+[Amboss, Coinbase Driving Bitcoin’s Lightning Fast Layer 2 Payments](https://x.com/plebiuseconomus/status/1702398998546620629)
+
+
+
+<!-- #### dlc-dev -->
+
+#### nostr-dev
+
+
+
+#### Optech
+
+
+
+## Bitcoinomics
+[Oman’s Bold Bitcoin Play: $1.1 Billion Investment On Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure](https://www.forbes.com/sites/irinaheaver/2023/08/24/omans-bold-bitcoin-play-11-billion-investment-on-bitcoin-mining-infrastructure/)
+
+[FASB proposes Accounting Standards Update on Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets](https://www.fasb.org/Page/ProjectPage?metadata=fasb-Accounting-for-and-Disclosure-of-Crypto-Assets)
+
+[FASB explainer for those other than accounting nerds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TrOU__rK2M)
+
+[US Judge denies SEC request to inspect Binance.US](https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/us-judge-denies-sec-request-to-inspect-binanceus-202309190220)
+
+[Bitcoin security model is a curve, not a budget or a hashrate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUpF0wJrxo)
+
+
+## 2023 (Central Banking) Banking Crisis
+
+
+
+## Network Data
+[DoS: Fake Lightning Channels](https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/fake-channel-dos/)
+
+[PayPal Partner Paxos Overpaid $510,750 In The Largest USD Bitcoin Transaction Fee Ever](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/paypal-reportedly-overpaid-510750-in-the-largest-usd-bitcoin-transaction-fee-ever-)
+
+[Phishing Attack on Cloud Provider With Fortune 500 Clients Led to $15M Crypto Theft From Fortress Trust](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/13/phishing-attack-on-cloud-provider-with-fortune-500-clients-led-to-15m-crypto-theft-from-fortress-trust/)
+<!-- ## Research -->
+
+<!-- ## InfoSec -->
+
+## Token Layer
+[ blip-tap: initial bLIP draft for Taproot Asset Protocol channels](https://github.com/lightning/blips/pull/29)
+
+[Ordinals inscription numbers are NOT immutable](https://twitter.com/rodarmor/status/1704204038248747450)
+
+[What is a bitcoin drivechain? (bitcoin twitter's recent focus)](https://decrypt.co/154129/what-is-a-bitcoin-drivechain)
+
+
+### New Releases
+[eNuts is a Cashu wallet for Android and iOS](https://www.enuts.cash/)
+
+[LND v0.17.0-beta](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases)
+
+[GPUtopia | GPU Marketplace](https://gputopia.ai/)
+
+[Bitcoin engraved mugs available from Inkfire Studios](https://www.inkfire.ca/gallery)
+
+
+
+## Events and Podcasts
+[Bitcoin research day 2023](https://www.brd23.com/)
+
+[Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #268: Recap Podcast](https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2023/09/14/)
+
+
+
+## Miscellaneous
+[My Sofa is a Sidechain](https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/EXPORT/projects/bitcoin/posts/2015-06-10-my-sofa-is-a-sidechain/main.html)
+
+