James O’Beirne (Bitcoin Core developer) rejoins me on the show to chat about OP_Vault. We discuss:

The history of the Vault idea
Precomputed vaults vs General covenants
What does a good vault look like?
How OP_Vault works
Who it’s for
What next with OP_Vault

Links:

Paper: Vaults and Covenants
Twitter: @jamesob
Mailing list discussion: [bitcoin-dev] OP_VAULT: a new vault proposal
Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/jamesob/status/1612482957406801922

Prior episodes:

SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?
SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?
SLP83 Conner Fromknecht – Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers in depth
SLP66 James O’Beirne – The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin

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Swan Bitcoin
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Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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Buildonl2.com

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