Online Socratic Seminar #20

Session links (22.4.2026 20:30)

• Jitsi

Security/CVEs/InfoSec/Research

• Google Quantum AI Cuts ECDSA Attack to 1,200 Qubits
• Safeguarding cryptocurrencies by disclosing quantum vulnerabilities
• Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions Without Softforks
• BitMEX Research: Attack Blocks
• Block propagation and validation during slow blocks attack
• SHRIMPS: 2.5 KB post-quantum signatures across multiple stateful devices

Miscellaneous

• Two block reorg
• Initiative for new Bitcoin Client
• Irish drug dealers’ BTC reawaken after 10 years
• Bitcoin hardware wallet with metal punch card
• Iran Hormuz transit toll paid in crypto

Network Data

• DNS Seeder Analysis
• Stale block dataset
• Evidence of Bitcoin Node Sybil Attack

Mailing Lists

bitcoin-dev

• Post-Quantum BIP-86 Recovery via zk-STARK Proof of BIP-32 Seed Knowledge

Delving Bitcoin

• Consensus Cleanup Demo