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+layout: post
+type: socratic
+title: "Socratic Seminar 69"
+meetup: https://www.meetup.com/chibitdevs/events/310559571/
+---
+
+## 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)
+
+## Bitcoin Core 29.1 Release
+
+Bitcoin Core version 29.1 is now available from:
+
+https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.1/
+
+For the release notes please see the git repository:
+
+https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-29.1.md
+
+## Bitcoin Knots 29.0 Release
+
+Bitcoin Knots version 29.1.knots20250903 is now available from:
+
+https://bitcoinknots.org/files/29.x/29.1.knots20250903/
+
+https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/releases/tag/v29.1.knots20250903
+
+## Bitcoin Knobs
+
+https://github.com/TABConf/bitcoinknobs
+
+Bitcoin Knobs is a fork of Bitcoin Knots that takes flexibility a step further. Where others decide what is "safe" or "reasonable," we believe in maximum choice. If that means your node refuses to start, your wallet vanishes into the void, or your peers pretend you don't exist, at least the decision was yours.
+ody sane would touch. Some people call that dangerous. We call it feature-complete.
+
+## Nunchuk releases Miniscript + E2EE group wallets
+
+https://x.com/nunchuk_io/status/1960990764454056229
+
+We didn't just add a few pre-baked scripts.
+
+Nunchuk now supports *generalized* Miniscript. You can create any policy supported under standard Bitcoin rules.
+
+Use our friendly templates, or craft custom spending rules if you're advanced.
+
+[Nunchuk Miniscript 101](https://nunchuk.io/blog/miniscript101)  
+[Announcement overview](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/nunchuck-wallet-brings-programmable-bitcoin-to-everyone-with-miniscript-support)
+
+## Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities
+
+https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
+
+- Google will soon verify the identities of developers who distribute Android apps outside the Play Store.
+- Developers must submit their information to a new Android Developer Console, increasing their accountability for their apps.
+- Rolling out in phases from September 2026, these new verification requirements are aimed at protecting users from malware by making it harder for malicious developers to remain anonymous.
+
+## Glock: Garbled Locks for Bitcoin
+
+https://x.com/AlpenLabs/status/1957808842558885902
+
+Glock is a primitive that enables the optimistic verification of any offchain computation on Bitcoin.
+
+Using garbled circuit-based locks, Glock drastically cuts onchain costs compared to today’s state-of-the-art, with a far simpler design. In its most compact variant, Glock25 achieves over 550x onchain efficiency over the BitVM2 verifier.
+
+https://alpenlabs.io/glock-paper
+
+## Spark adopts `sp1` address format already taken by [BIP 352 - Silent Payments](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0352.mediawiki)
+
+https://x.com/davidmarcus/status/1964082845816934774
+
+Spark is using the `sp1` address format that is already employed by [BIP 352 - Silent Payments](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0352.mediawiki)
+
+https://x.com/davidmarcus/status/1964368503047410140
+
+They claim that they will change the address format, though not the first time they have claimed that.
+
+## Utreexo BIP drafts published
+
+https://x.com/jonatack/status/1954597816082595990
+
+Utreexo BIP drafts published by @kcalvinalvinn, co-authored by @tdryja and Davidson Souza. Come review 🤠
+
+- BIP drafts: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1923
+- Mail list post: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/W1lxBraKG_E
+- Utreexo is a proposed alternative to the UTXO set; more info at https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/utreexo/