Johan Torås Halseth posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list about using the OP_CHECKOUTPUTCONTRACTVERIFY opcode (COCV) from the Merklize All The Things (MATT) proposal to replicate the functionality of the OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY proposal.

Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #254

This week’s newsletter summarizes mailing list discussion about using the MATT proposal to manage joinpools and replicate functions of the OP_CHE...

Waiting for confirmation #4: Feerate estimation Last week, we explored techniques for minimizing the fees paid on a transaction given a feerate. But what should that feerate be? Ideally, as low as possible to save money, but high enough to secure a spot in a block suitable for the user’s time preference. The goal of fee(rate) estimation is to translate a target timeframe for confirmation to a minimal feerate the transaction should pay...

Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #254

This week’s newsletter summarizes mailing list discussion about using the MATT proposal to manage joinpools and replicate functions of the OP_CHE...

Bitcoin Optech will be hosting an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Dave Harding, Gloria Zhao, Johan Torås Halseth and Salvatore Ingala on Twitter Spaces Thursday at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions! https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmxPkAqDwDJN

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Time to get zappable

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