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

Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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: [e-mail]
• Nostr & LN:⚡[e-mail] (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-42