On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 11:23:30AM -0800, Bram Cohen via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> > Nodes currently aren't required to keep around the whole blockchain, but
> > your proposal sounds like it would require them to. I think this could be
> > pretty detrimental to future scalability. Monero, for example, h
> BIP8 is also BIP9 based, and ST is its own thing that's neither BIP8 nor
> BIP9, so characterization one way or another is moot IMO.
For a selective definition of “based” you can draw any conclusion you desire.
However I was very clear, as was Luke, and the history on this issue is equally
On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 6:25 PM Billy Tetrud wrote:
> > 'assert that my parent has a scriptpubkey of X'... That way you can, for
> example, have a UTXO which only allows itself to be absorbed by a
> transaction also involving a UTXO with a particular capability
>
> I'm not sure I fully follow. I
On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 03:54:21PM -0800, Jeremy via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Some of it's kind of annoying because
> the legal definition of covenant is [...]
> so I do think things like CLTV/CSV are covenants
I think that in the context of Bitcoin, the most useful definition of
covenant is that it's
I'm curious to hear clarification on most of Luke's non-activation related
comments.
> I would ideally like to see fully implemented BIPs for at least one of
these
While that would be interesting, I think that's a heavy burden to be placed
on this BIP. More in depth exploration would be helpful,
Hi
I'd just like to bring some attention to this blog post from the Suredbits team
who when implementing Taproot in bitcoin-s found a mainnet output that did not
conform to the BIP 340 specification [0] (invalid x coordinate) and hence were
burned.
https://suredbits.com/taproot-funds-burned-on
Thanks for the info.
> you could "sponsor yourself" directly or through a cycle involving > 1
txn.
Ah I see, because the sighash flags aren't used to create the TXID. I don't
really see the problem with cycles tho. Could a cycle cause problems for
anyone? Seems like it would be a harmless waste o