Gradually, and then suddenly.This past weekend, many Bitcoin developers across a broad range of camps gave explicit support for a specific soft fork proposal. Could this may mark the beginning of Bitcoin’s next upgrade?
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46 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 16h
If it improves LN, I'm happy.
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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @standardcrypto 13h
OP_CTV (safe scalability) yes, OP_CAT (turing complete shitcoinery) no.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @justin_shocknet 11h
CTV doesn't scale anything, that's a myth pushed by scammers
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @standardcrypto 7h
I don't like Taproot wizards either. but just because they support op_ctv doesn't automatically invalidate it.
there is some icky coalition forming though.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @justin_shocknet 7h
afaik they aren't scamming, they're pretty up front about attacking Bitcoin
I'm referring to the Ark startups, far more insidious
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88 sats \ 0 replies \ @standardcrypto 2h
IIUC, CTV enables ARK (maybe bad, I am agnostic) but also enables much improved channel factories. We probably don't currently need channel factories, but it's nice to have the upgrade path cleared without future softfork drama, if we can get it wrangled now.
"Channel factories by themselves do not require any soft-forks to be possible. However, the simple channel factories described above are probably impractical beyond small numbers of parties due to the coordination required to actually achieve a scaling benefit. Thus, covenant proposals such as OP_Evict or CTV (via txout trees) aim to allow more fine-grained outcomes where individual parties can be forced on-chain, without forcing everyone on-chain at once."
https://petertodd.org/2024/covenant-dependent-layer-2-review#potential-soft-forks
I don't care about Ark (or even understand it tbh) but I am all in on lightning.
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201 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 14h
All the astroturf blogs set up by these op_next scammers can't change the fact that VTXO's are not Bitcoin, and their naive investors will eventually realize they could have just built a generic custodial wallet for a fraction of the price
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @_Bubble_2009 13h
I hope that those two BIP are rejected.
I don't think that is safe apply any soft-fork it isn't extremely necessary to increase security.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sangekrypto 13h
Yes, if I see more and more Bitcoin discussion groups being created, the important thing is that we have to be sure.
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