Property-based testing for Bitcoin Core

The email highlights the potential benefits of applying property-based testing to 64-bit arithmetic operations within a specific programming context. It is emphasized that this area presents an ideal scenario for such testing methodologies due to its fundamental nature, focusing on basic arithmetic operations. The simplicity of these operations, including OP_ADD, OP_SUB among others, makes them suitable candidates for initiating property-based testing efforts. This approach is suggested as either a direct application to existing opcodes or as a preparatory step towards testing more complex features pending activation by a soft fork. The discussion underscores the straightforwardness of the arithmetic operations as an advantageous starting point for property-based testing, suggesting it as a practical first step in broader testing strategies.