BR042 - The Bitcoin Script Project ft. Alex B, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael

I'm joined by guests Alex B, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael to discuss The Bitcoin Script Project. Discussion Topics: 00:01:11 Guest introductions 00:01:49 Introduction to Bitcoin scripts 00:05:10 Outlining the self custody scaling problem 00:08:19 Summary of the various proposals 00:12:44 Communicating information about the proposals 00:17:46 Complexity of Bitcoin development: feature or bug? 00:21:48 Unopinionated presentation of the opcodes 00:25:51 Leveraging existing primitives 00:28:54 Coordination, communication and interoperability 00:33:53 Accessibility 00:37:48 Leaderless development and rough consensus 00:42:22 Next steps 00:45:35 Community discourse 00:47:30 Improving the feedback loop between industry and core development 00:50:38 Prerequisite knowledge required to contribute to Bitcoin 00:54:13 Open development, assessing claims and knowledge sharing 01:04:41 Final thoughts Links & Contacts: Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod Email: [email protected] Nostr & LN:⚡[email protected] (not an email!) Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-42