BitDevs: Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #48

[bolty-from-atl-bitlab]

Time: 2026-03-18 6:00PM Eastern
UTCTime: 2026-03-18 22:00 UTC
Duration: 2.5h
Location: ATL BitLab, 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Unit A1, Atlanta, GA 30312
Format: Public
Image: 2026/bitdevs-socratic-seminar-48.jpg
MeetupLink: https://www.meetup.com/atlbitlab/events/313387563/

Join the Atlanta BitDevs every third Wednesday for a Socratic Seminar to discuss the latest technological developments in Bitcoin and Lightning!

🎉 Sponsored by C0MPLÉX1, Delineator, and Jintek.

Agenda

• 6:00 PM – Come Early to Network – Free Food and Drink
• 6:30 PM – Overview of sponsors, announcements, and introductions
• 6:45 PM – Opening Presentation
• 7:05 PM – Socratic Seminar
• 8:30 PM – Dinner / hangout at nearby restaurant

Location: ATL BitLab, 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Unit A1, Atlanta, GA 30312. Park in the gravel lot. Look for the orange door behind the fence.

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For discussion:

Binohash: Transaction Introspection Without Softforks

A first transaction has been mined demonstrating a limited form of covenants using only existing Bitcoin script functions. This development potentially eliminates the need for a Bitcoin light client in BitVM bridges, simplifying the construction and improving security.

We hope this development furthers research on the possibility of creating introspection and covenants-style functionality on Bitcoin without the need for softforks, and advances discussions on the usability of covenants in Bitcoin and the use-cases they enable.
https://x.com/robin_linus/status/2026700104774856827

The transaction is very strange, it looks like there is missing bitcoin in the outputs, but it is apparently held in a bond.

https://mempool.space/tx/203d82a95ac621439e4f35e5d59476e3058579482fe5396244c3b6a36ab95f30