Sjors Provoost @sjors@m.sprovoost.nl

Transcript of @bitcoinmagazine podcast w/ @AaronvanW and @sjors on the LOT parameter https://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/bitcoin-magazine/2021-02-26-taproot-activation-lockinontimeout/

external signer support merged into bitcoin! Makes it easier for your bitcoin node to sign bitcoin transactions with hardware wallets. going to test this with HWI next chance I get. would be cool to get it working with trezorctl directly as well. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/external-signer.md

[HWI] Merged PR from Sjors: Ledger: fix change path check https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/pull/428

the following merges accounts have been added:

- @guimerges merges to the bitcoin core GUI repository
- @secp256k1merges merges to the secp256k1 library
- @hwimerges merges to hardware wallet interface
- @miscmerges for merges to various other bitcoin core repositories

get the bitcoin whitepaper directly from the utxoset. This works on a pruned node:

seq 0 947 | (while read -r n; do bitcoin-cli gettxout 54e48e5f5c656b26c3bca14a8c95aa583d07ebe84dde3b7dd4a78f4e4186e713 $n | jq -r '.scriptPubKey.asm' | awk '{ print $2 $3 $4 }'; done) | tr -d '\n' | cut -c 17-368600 | xxd -r -p > bitcoin-test.pdf

Awesome post @orionwl. Completely agree with the thinking and thankful it isn't a leaving message. Sense of dread at the beginning. 😅 https://laanwj.github.io/2021/01/21/decentralize.html

Greg Maxwell on whitepaper removal from bitcoincore.org

https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/l1uieu/bitcoinorgs_response_to_legal_threats_by_csw/gk1y8h9/

just a heads up: please grab your own copy of the #bitcoin whitepaper and store it carefully

there are some unsavory characters using legal threats to use its uncertain licensing status to bully sites into removing it from the internet

i will not provide any details at this time

it would be good to be prepared for the moment that bitcoincore.org comes under attack, exploiting legal or other loopholes

it's not a matter of *if*, but *when*

it's a bit of a single point of failure which makes it an attractive target for people on a crusade against bitcoin

if you want to help, make mirrors (can we do something like "deterministic verifiable builds for websites"?), host the files, seed the torrents, show them what censorship resistance means

Apparently #Twitter thinks this violated their rules lol

Got a 12 hour ban out of it

(Removed on appeal, but still)

#TwitterCensorship

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts @AaronvanW and @provoost were once again joined by @SomsenRuben.

The trio discussed Drivechain, a sidechain project spearheaded by @Truthcoin.

Find the show below:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/exploring-drivechain-a-miner-secured-bitcoin-sidechain

new script to make verifying gitian deterministic build signatures less painful:

https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools/pull/71

Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 Released: What’s New.

"Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 is one of the biggest Bitcoin Core releases in recent years, introducing various new features as well as privacy and performance improvements"

Written by @AaronvanW.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-0-21-0-released-whats-new

Quick update on this instance.

Stop freaking out, you will have plenty of time. I’m not not flipping the switch for sometime.

Signups are now closed, but that it for the short term future.

Don’t sit on your arse either, make an effort to run your own instance :)

The goal is more comms resilience.