While the last year or two have seen a number of proposals for covenant-proposing extensions to Bitcoin, there has always been a suspicion among experts that covenants may be possible without any ...

Ryan Gentry highlighted the stark contrast between the comprehensive approach of the Great Script Restoration and other more incremental proposals. Many existing proposals, like Christian Decker's ...

The last six months or so have seen several proposals for improvements to Bitcoin Script: CAT, 64-bit arithmetic, as well as some older ideas (CTV) and far-future ideas (Chialisp and Simplicity). This ...

The stack-based scripting language embedded in Bitcoin transactions. When bitcoins are sent to a recipient, Script commands in an unlocking script (scriptSig) validate the available bitcoins (UTXOs), ...

Everything built on top of Bitcoin that you are aware of today is because of the primitives that Bitcoin Script supports. What do I mean by primitives? The basic components of a programming language ...

StarkWare and Weizmann Institute researchers have introduced ColliderVM, a system that overcomes Bitcoin script limitations to enable complex smart contracts. Update (April 17 at 2:30 am UTC): This ...

The Bitcoin Script language is the core component that drives Bitcoin transactions. It's a specialized language that sets the rules for how Bitcoin can be spent, ensuring secure and verifiable ...

Bitcoin Core developer Pieter Wuille has introduced a new Bitcoin (BTC) smart contract programming language called Miniscript. Wuille, a creator of major Bitcoin network upgrade SegWit, announced the ...

Smart contracts can (among other things) allow users to set extra rules on their bitcoin, requiring these rules be met before the funds can be unlocked. Minsc, created by Bitcoin developer Nadav Ivgi, ...

Crypto opened the week exactly the way last week’s charts warned it might: failed bullish defenses, fresh breakdowns, and ...