post: feb2026

Author: kevkevinpal

_posts/2026-02-12-socratic-seminar-74.md

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+type: socratic
+title: "Socratic Seminar 74"
+meetup: https://www.meetup.com/chibitdevs/events/312832542
+---
+
+## Announcements
+
+Please join us for our next Socratic Seminar! A special thanks to Strike for the event space.
+
+Doors open at 6pm with discussion starting shortly after!
+
+[Follow ChiBitDevs on twitter](https://x.com/chibitdevs)
+
+## A Mathematical Theory of Payment Channel Networks
+
+<https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-mathematical-theory-of-payment-channel-networks/2204>
+
+## Argo: a garbled-circuits scheme with more efficient off-chain computation
+
+<https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/argo-a-garbled-circuits-scheme-for-1000x-more-efficient-off-chain-computation/2210>
+
+### Gloria Zhao dropped as maintainer and seddited added as maintainer
+
+Gloria's PR
+<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34517>
+
+Sedited/TheCharlatan's PR
+<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34236>
+
+## libsecp256k1 0.7.1 released
+
+A minor release of the libsecp256k1 library has been released.
+This includes minor security improvements, a new test framework, and some build system changes.
+<https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/3mk8kdx-hjc>
+
+## Hornet UTXO(1): A custom, constant-time, highly parallel UTXO database
+
+<https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/hornet-utxo-1-a-custom-constant-time-highly-parallel-utxo-database/2201>
+
+
+## Zcash Plunges Double Digits After ECC Team ‘Constructively Discharged’
+
+<https://decrypt.co/353948/zcash-plunges-double-digits-after-ecc-team-constructively-discharged>