Merge pull request #182 from xstoicunicornx/2606

additional topics

Author: kevkevinpal

_posts/2026-06-11-socratic-seminar-78.md

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 <https://www.chicagobitcoincollective.com/>
 
+## Illinois’ Digital Asset Trading Tax Proposal
+
+The law, part of a budget plan passed by Illinois lawmakers, would put the burden of collecting a 0.2% tax on crypto transactions on a registered broker.
+<https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-state/crypto-groups-blast-illinois-digital-asset-trading-tax-proposal-5>  
+<https://cointelegraph.com/news/cryptocurrency-tax-illinois-fy2027-budget-law>  
+
 ## A Post-Quantum Path for BIP 324
 
 Bitcoin mailing list post about making BIP 324, the peer to peer encryption BIP for Bitcoin, post quantum secure.
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 <https://x.com/Erik17192799/status/2059694531293958486>  
 <https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-protocol/pull/2>  
 
+## Second Live on Mainnet
+
+Bark, our implementation of the Ark protocol, is available for anyone to start making bitcoin payments. Included in the launch are our mainnet Ark server, the Bark SDK, and multiple wallets to try from day one.
+<https://x.com/secondhq/status/2064346112203395400>  
+<https://x.com/secondhq/status/2064838873587261569>  
+
 ## Nimdolf: Non-interactive Mint Delegation on Liveness Failure
 
 This proposal improves liveness guarantees for custodial ecash mints with on-chain reserves. It allows a mint operator to delegate control of mint reserves to third-party mint operators in a non-interactive way.
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 ## Potential Alternative to BIP 54 (**DRAMA**)
 <https://x.com/JeremyRubin/status/2057948104960233561>  
 
+## Clink Protocol
+
+CLINK (Common Lightning Interface for Nostr Keys) defines Nostr-native standards for Lightning Network interactions, leveraging the protocol's built-in transport, identity, and encryption. This enables secure communication between Lightning nodes, wallets, and applications without traditional web infrastructure dependencies, while remaining web-friendly and facilitating self-custody.
+<https://clinkme.dev/>
+
+## Botanix L2 Shuts Down
+
+<https://x.com/botanix/status/2064420116578590941>
+
 ## Digital Panopticon News
 ### UK Government Moves to Mandate Digital ID on Every Smartphone
 <https://slaynews.com/uk-government-moves-mandate-digital-id-every-smartphone/>