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And Mechanic is here to help, too:
ELI5 what they are arguing about?
- miniscript supports
OP_IFin tapscript - BIP-110 proposes to disable
OP_IF - advanced wallets that use miniscript (like nunchuck) would need to remove functionality currently offered
- devs argue that that is a fucking awful thing to do
- BIP-110 people say "comply with our majority" (except there is no evidence of said majority on-chain)
Perhaps also useful context:
- 4 consumer wallets support miniscript (Liana, nunchuk, keeper, Bitcoin safe)
- 6 hardware signers support miniscript (coldcard, ledger, jade, krux, Spector DIY, and BitBox)
All of these companies have rolled this support out to users who are actively relying on it on mainnet (some years ago).
Miniscript is just the symptom. The underlying thing is that you do not break forward compatibility of previous versions on "userspace" features (hi greg) such as script interpretation. This is literally why Hearn quit.
Ok, so this was written in 2016, and he seems upset over small blocks and RBF, declaring the project as failed as a result of it. But we are now in 2026, and Bitcoin is going strong, though in a recent rough patch. Just goes to show that no one can predict the future, no matter how involved you are with the project right now.
I've observed the last war and the current one (and some minor ones), and the similarities in aggressor behavior are striking. I'm not really worried though, wasn't back then either.
The market picks the winners and losers and there is no one that can truly manipulate it. Jihan tried and failed last time.
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Dathon out here winning friends and influencing people:
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