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Summary: Covenants Support - Bitcoin Wiki
Posted on: January 2, 2025 15:16 UTC
The email discusses various aspects of improvements in Bitcoin contracts, focusing on the efficiency enhancements they bring.
These improvements include Resumeable LN channels, Multi-party LN channels, and Vaults among others. The sender has utilized a comparison table to highlight these advancements, which can be found in the provided rationale. Despite not being an opcode, LNHANCE is mentioned alongside CTV and CSFS as enablers of LN SYMMETRY in any possible form. This suggests that such features could significantly optimize numerous contracts and use cases, even in the absence of CAT.
Furthermore, the sender addresses a disagreement regarding the relevance of an opcode, expressing disappointment over the recipient's insistence on what is deemed an invalid objection. This disagreement extends to the development of an activation client and a comparison table, which are seen as efforts to change opinions about the opcode's irrelevance. However, the sender emphasizes that this view is not isolated, pointing out that other developers have also questioned the opcode's necessity through their evaluations shared in the comparison table.
The email also touches on the importance of respecting the perspectives and efforts of other developers who have reviewed proposals and sought technical consensus. There is a call to appreciate these efforts rather than dismiss them as mere 'voting'. The sender critiques the introduction of unnecessary complexity by the potential universal application of the opcode in Bitcoin script, beyond the use cases initially described. This implies a preference for maintaining simplicity and efficiency without overcomplicating the system with new features unless absolutely necessary.
Lastly, the sender identifies themselves humorously as "floppy disk guy," indicating the message is part of a broader discussion within the "Bitcoin Development Mailing List" group, to which the recipient is subscribed. This context suggests that the conversation is part of ongoing debates within the Bitcoin developer community regarding the best paths forward for contract optimization and functionality enhancement.