update seminar #19

content/2024-05-14-socratic-seminar-19.md

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ sponsors [Bitcoin Park](https://bitcoinpark.co/) for hosting us and [Bitrefill](
     - Must be 8 hex characters, `0-9` and `A-F`, eg. `9A74E2B1`
   - Winner(s) ranked by numeric closeness to next block nonce
 
+### Demo
+
+- [Stratum V2](https://stratumprotocol.org) by [@boerst](https://twitter.com/boerst)
+
 ### Socratic Seminar
 
 #### Events
@@ -50,8 +54,32 @@ sponsors [Bitcoin Park](https://bitcoinpark.co/) for hosting us and [Bitrefill](
 
 #### News
 
+- [Long-Term Support For Shashwat Vangani from OpenSats](https://opensats.org/blog/shashwat-vangani-receives-lts-grant)
+- [Matt Morehouse’s 2nd grant renewal from Spiral](https://twitter.com/spiralbtc/status/1786412421545955616)
+- [BitcoinZavior's 3rd grant renewal from Spiral](https://twitter.com/spiralbtc/status/1786058591276855756)
+- [Liquid Wallet Kit released](https://blog.blockstream.com/lwk-liquid-wallett-kit/)
+
 #### New Work / Research
 
+- ["@0xB10C tweet multiple pools "have exactly the same template and custom transaction prioritization as AntPool"](https://twitter.com/0xB10C/status/1780611768081121700)
+    - [TFTC #501 "Bitcoin Mining Pools Are Critically Centralized | Matt Corallo"](https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-mining-centralization-risks-matt-corallo/)
+- [Cashu-based reward system for a pleb-friendly Bitcoin Mining Pool](https://github.com/plebemineira/plebpool/discussions/7)
+
 #### Bitcoin Projects
 
+- [Five BIP editors added](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/CAMHHROw9mZJRnTbUo76PdqwJU==YJMvd9Qrst+nmyypaedYZgg@mail.gmail.com/T/#m654f52c426bd5696d88668b3bff25197846e14af)
+- [Testnet4 including PoW difficulty adjustment fix](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29775)
+- [Bitcoin's Precarious Position by Matt Corallo](https://bluematt.bitcoin.ninja/2024/05/11/bitcoins-precarious-position/)
+- [Stop Calling It MEV by Matt Corallo](https://bluematt.bitcoin.ninja/2024/04/16/stop-calling-it-mev/)
+- [Block Mining: Latest updates](https://www.mining.build/latest-updates-3nm-system/)
+- [Team Slow and Steady by Anthony Towns](https://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2024/04/20/team-slow-and-steady)
+
 #### Lightning Projects
+
+- [Phoenix removing wallet from App Stores](https://twitter.com/acinq_co/status/1783878735168507972)
+- Ocean Mining offers [Lightning Payouts](https://ocean.xyz/docs/lightning) [via BOLT 12](https://newsdirect.com/news/ocean-innovates-bitcoin-miners-offered-first-ever-lightning-payouts-using-bolt12-946331135)
+    - Bolt 12
+        - [bolt12.org](https://bolt12.org/)
+        - [clightning experimental `lighting-offer`](https://docs.corelightning.org/reference/lightning-offer)
+        - [Strike experimenting with Bolt 12]https://github.com/LN-Zap/bolt12-playground
+        - [LDK Blog: "BOLT12 Has Arrived"](https://lightningdevkit.org/blog/bolt12-has-arrived/)