Socratic Seminar #12

Location

The event is hosted at Respetech by nully0x:

Block B, AUJ Complex, CBD Abuja

Map

Agenda

Announcements

We are excited to introduce our tenth Socratic Seminar! A special thank you to our sponsor BTrust for food, refreshments, and Bitnob for hosting the meetup.

Reminders

• We prefer no photos and no videos during the event
• Chatham House Rule
• Leave the meeting space as clean as you found it
• Suggest topics for the next Socratic Seminar! by creating an issue on out repo BitDevs Repo Where to find topics?

In Bitcoin

MC: nully0x

• To soft fork or not: BIP-110 Soft Fork Started

In Lightning

MC: nully0x

• Ark as a Channel Factory: Compressed Liquidity Management for Improved Payment Feasibility

Refreshment Break, Chill and Chat

Book Club Review

MC: Eni

• Book and Research club conversation

Where to learn

• But how does bitcoin actually work? (3Blue1Brown)
  • Visual explanation of cryptographic primitives, hashing, and proof-of-work
• Bitcoin Whitepaper
  • The 9-page paper that started it all — worth revisiting
• Learn Me a Bitcoin
  • Interactive guide covering transactions, blocks, and the UTXO model
• Mastering Bitcoin (Open Edition)
  • Chapters 1-4 for foundational concepts

News

MC: nully0x

• Btrust Builders Pathways
• Bitcoin Optech Newsletter Updates
• Remember to contribute Good First Issue
• Make an headway with Btrust Grant
• Catch up with weekly happenings in Bitcoin ecosystem via tldr
• LARP Program

Events

MC: nully0x

• bitcoin++ open source edition