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Benchmarking Bitcoin Script Evaluation for the Varops Budget (Great Script Restoration)

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By Julian

Involving ajtowns, instagibbs+2 others

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Original post on November 7, 2025 15:14 UTC

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Last reply on January 26, 2026 05:31 UTC

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  • A new Tapscript leaf version aims to mitigate denial-of-service attacks in Bitcoin script execution.

  • The varops budget, related to transaction weight, introduces a computing limit to enhance security.

  • Community involvement is crucial for refining and validating the varops budget through benchmarking tests.

SHRINCS: 324-byte stateful post-quantum signatures with static backups

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By jonasnick

Involving conduition, moonsettler

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Original post on December 11, 2025 08:40 UTC

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Last reply on January 27, 2026 06:38 UTC

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  • SHRINCS combines stateful and stateless hash-based signatures for limited-use scenarios.

  • It shifts between stateful and stateless modes to maintain efficiency and robustness.

  • Offers a fail-safe mechanism for seamless transition to ensure security, especially in compromised state management.

Hornet UTXO(1): A custom, constant-time, highly parallel UTXO database

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By tobysharp

Involving jsarenik, optout+2 others

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Original post on January 11, 2026 21:25 UTC

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Last reply on January 28, 2026 18:08 UTC

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  • Hornet UTXO(1) improves Bitcoin consensus validation with its highly concurrent design.

  • It significantly outperforms Bitcoin Core in revalidating the mainnet chain on a 32-core workstation.

  • The project, including its innovations and efficiencies, is detailed in T. Sharp's paper.

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