Category: Covenants

  • A Last Resort: Un’FE’d Covenants For Bitcoin

    Jeremy Rubin released a proposal a couple of weeks ago called Un’FE’d Covenants (FE = Functional Encryption). Given the controversy surrounding Covenant’s proposals for Bitcoin in the past year or two, his proposal represents a new practical option. All treaty proposals so far require a soft fork (the actual opcodes),…

  • Bitcoin Developers Move to Gauge Consensus on Covenants Soft Forks

    A small but important development is occurring in Bitcoin’s much-discussed decentralized consensus process, with some developers moving to publicly gauge sentiment on opposing soft fork proposals that would increase the program’s set of rules. Follow Rizzo on X. https://x.com/pete_rizzo// More specifically, the effort began today with the creation of a…

  • Bitcoin Developers Move to Gauge Consensus on Covenants Soft Forks

    A small but important development is occurring in Bitcoin’s much-discussed decentralized consensus process, with some developers moving to publicly gauge sentiment on opposing soft fork proposals that would increase the program’s set of rules. Follow Rizzo on X. https://x.com/pete_rizzo// More specifically, the effort began today with the creation of a…

  • OP_CAT: The Purr-fect Solution for Covenants?

    OP_CAT: The Purr-fect Solution for Covenants?

    Is OP_CAT happening? The covenants proposal was just assigned BIP number #347. But before we delve deeper, let’s explore what covenants are and why Bitcoiners may want them. Is Bitcoin an ideal state of digital e-cash or do we want more from our coins on-chain? Scratching the Surface: Bitcoin Scripts…