James O'Beirne is a seasoned bitcoin developer who recently proposed a new way to implement vaults on Bitcoin, which would provide users with enhanced security solutions when storing their bitcoin. In this rip, Marty and James discuss OP_VAULT, what it is, how it may be implemented, and how it
It's been a little over three years and exactly 696 issues since we last talked about Erlay in this rag. Back in September of 2019 we wrote about Pieter Wuille and Gleb Naumenko submitting an official BIP to start the process of getting Erlay merged into the protocol. For those
I am in favor of murky rough consensus driving protocol changes over a well defined process that could potentially be socially attacked.
This is a very exciting time to be observing the Bitcoin network.
The silver lining of this litigious asshole running amok is that it seems to have produced an urgency to harden the layer below the base layer Bitcoin code.
I recommend you freaks go check out the specs if you get a chance.
When combined with something like miniscript, the ability to track and sign a wide variety of transaction scripts from one wallet will be made significantly easier.
This is the type of stuff that gets your Uncle Marty all hot and bothered.
