Ep44: Bitcoin PIPEs: Do Everything On Bitcoin Without A Soft Fork?
We get super technical with Misha Komarov about Bitcoin PIPEs -- a proposed scheme to emulate opcodes like OP_CAT (and therefore covenants) without a soft fork.
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Show Notes
We get super technical with Misha Komarov about Bitcoin PIPEs -- a proposed scheme to emulate opcodes like OP_CAT (and therefore covenants) without a soft fork.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Upcoming Workshop in Boston
2:15 - Misha's Background
7:01 - Opcodes and Covenants Explained
11:26 - Introduction to Bitcoin Pipes
17:19 - Functional Encryption and Bitcoin
20:09 - Placeholder Proof Systems in Bitcoin
26:58 - Setting Up a Bitcoin Pipe
32:20 - Decrypting a Pipe for Transactions
35:00 - Misha's Thoughts on Bitcoin Soft Forks
40:17 - Bitcoin’s Developer Renaissance
43:20 - Future Implementation of Bitcoin Pipes
46:00 - Feasibility of Bitcoin Proof Systems
48:05 - Why Misha is Excited About Bitcoin
50:11 - Final Thoughts
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