February 2026 BitDevs / meetup topics

[deadmanoz]

February 2026 BitDevs

Perth BitDevs/Bitcoin Meetup is (almost) always held on the first Thursday of each month

When: 6pm Thursday 5th February 2026
Where: The Loft Lounge & Bar @ InterContinential Perth City Centre

[deadmanoz]

BIP 110 - The BIP formerly known as BIP-444

https://bip110.org/

[deadmanoz]

Bitcoin Core v30 wallet migration bug - fixed in v30.2

https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/01/05/wallet-migration-bug/

[deadmanoz]

Clawdbot Moltbot OpenClaw

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw

Moltbook: "the front page of the agent internet

[deadmanoz]

Bitcoin Core: Broadcast own transactions only via short-lived Tor or I2P connections

bitcoin/bitcoin#29415

[deadmanoz]

Something something... price action ⏬ 😱

[deadmanoz]

New Bitcoin Core maintainer: sedited

Also known as TheCharlatan

https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/bitcoin-core-adds-new-maintainer

Was recently on the Stephan Livera podcast in October: https://stephanlivera.com/episode/696/

Contributions to Bitcoin Core: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commits?author=sedited

[deadmanoz]

Hash-based signature schemes for Bitcoin - Quantum resistance

Analysis by Jonas Nick and Mikhail Kudinov of Blockstream Research

https://x.com/n1ckler/status/1998407064213704724?s=20

https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/2203.pdf

https://github.com/BlockstreamResearch/SPHINCS-Parameters

https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/gOfL5ag_bDU/m/0YuwSQ29CgAJ

Also SHRINCS: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/shrincs-324-byte-stateful-post-quantum-signatures-with-static-backups/2158/10

[deadmanoz]

64-byte transactions and BIP-54 "Consensus Cleanup"

https://www.bitmex.com/blog/64-Byte-Transactions

[deadmanoz]

Tether Open-Sources MiningOS

https://mos.tether.io/

[deadmanoz]

OpenClaw Sovereign Setup

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsy7uk07j775ez52hfsvxnks2pt0h6n02m9hzm9a3v7n8ljf6eca3qs6h2fj

https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy7uk07j775ez52hfsvxnks2pt0h6n02m9hzm9a3v7n8ljf6eca3qpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3q30mznv74rxs032peqym6g3wqavh472623mt3z5w73xq9r6qqdufsxpqqqqqqzjar39d

[3Jack1]

Banks developing Bitcoin Products

Banks are certainly not in love with bitcoin but have accepted it is not going away. Client demand is leading reason for adoption as well as fees

• PNC launched bitcoin purchases and custody for Bank Clients
• JP Morgan - Sell and recommend Bitcoin via their brokerage and third part custody. + LENDING
• BNY Mellon expanding Digital Assets Platform with Custody + LENDING
• Charles Schwab plan to offer bitcoin trading once bills are through. Currently + LENDING
• Bank Of America recommending bitcoin to Wealth Advisors + LENDING
• Wells Fargo offering Bitcoin ETF's to clients + LENDING
• Citi + LENDING

[3Jack1]

Countries with 0% Bitcoin Capital Gains Tax

🇦🇪 UAE — 0% tax
🇨🇾 Cyprus — 0% tax
🇵🇹 Portugal — 0% tax
🇵🇦 Panama — 0% tax
🇸🇬 Singapore — 0% tax
🇲🇹 Malta — 0% tax
🇧🇧 Barbados — 0% tax
🇧🇲 Bermuda — 0% tax
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands — 0% tax
🇭🇰 Hong Kong — 0% tax
🇲🇺 Mauritius — 0% tax
🇻🇺 Vanuatu — 0% tax
🇬🇮 Gibraltar — 0% tax
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein — 0% tax
🇸🇰 Slovenia — 0% tax
🇨🇭 Switzerland — 0% tax
🇺🇾 Uruguay — 0% tax
🇸🇻 El Salvador — 0% tax
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico — 0% tax

[deadmanoz]

How the Japan Carry trade ends?

The great unwind started over a year ago. What could happen after… money and macro
https://youtu.be/OY86UHSqcDI?si=lncR_BIdCIDkMg9Z

From: #31

[3Jack1]

Are we in a Bear Market?