BR042 - The Bitcoin Script Project ft. Alex B, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael
2023/7/11
Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests
Shownotes Transcript
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: producer@coinkite.com
- Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-42