The last six months or so have seen several proposals for improvements to Bitcoin Script: CAT, 64-bit arithmetic, as well as some older ideas (CTV) and far-future ideas (Chialisp and Simplicity). This ...

While the last year or two have seen a number of proposals for covenant-proposing extensions to Bitcoin, there has always been a suspicion among experts that covenants may be possible without any ...

The Bitcoin Script language is the core component that drives Bitcoin transactions. It's a specialized language that sets the rules for how Bitcoin can be spent, ensuring secure and verifiable ...

StarkWare and Weizmann Institute researchers have introduced ColliderVM, a system that overcomes Bitcoin script limitations to enable complex smart contracts. Update (April 17 at 2:30 am UTC): This ...

Rusty Russell, lead Lightning developer for Blockstream, is spearheading an ambitious initiative known as the Bitcoin script restoration project. This effort aims to restore and expand the ...

On October 9, Robin Linus, a developer from ZeroSync, released the BitVM whitepaper, which attracted huge attention from the community. BitVM introduces a new computing paradigm capable of expressing ...

The Filter Debate has finally been upgraded to a soft fork. Sunday afternoon, an anonymous account with no previous history (named “Dathon Ohm”) sent an email to the Bitcoin Development mailing list ...

Crypto opened the week exactly the way last week’s charts warned it might: failed bullish defenses, fresh breakdowns, and ...