BR042 - The Bitcoin Script Project ft. Alex B, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael

I'm joined by guests Alex B, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael to discuss The Bitcoin Script Project.

Discussion Topics:

• 00:01:11 Guest introductions


• 00:01:49 Introduction to Bitcoin scripts


• 00:05:10 Outlining the self custody scaling problem


• 00:08:19 Summary of the various proposals


• 00:12:44 Communicating information about the proposals


• 00:17:46 Complexity of Bitcoin development: feature or bug?


• 00:21:48 Unopinionated presentation of the opcodes


• 00:25:51 Leveraging existing primitives


• 00:28:54 Coordination, communication and interoperability


• 00:33:53 Accessibility


• 00:37:48 Leaderless development and rough consensus


• 00:42:22 Next steps


• 00:45:35 Community discourse


• 00:47:30 Improving the feedback loop between industry and core development


• 00:50:38 Prerequisite knowledge required to contribute to Bitcoin


• 00:54:13 Open development, assessing claims and knowledge sharing


• 01:04:41 Final thoughts

Links & Contacts:

• Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast


• Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq


• NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk


• Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod


• Email: [email protected]


• Nostr & LN:⚡[email protected] (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-42