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123 sats \ 8 replies \ @optimism 13 Feb \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
  • miniscript supports OP_IF in 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)
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121 sats \ 7 replies \ @Scoresby 13 Feb

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).

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123 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 23h

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.

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121 sats \ 5 replies \ @Scoresby 23h
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223 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 22h

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.

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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 21h

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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102 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 23h

Not sure if highlight linking works, but let's try

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 22h

Didn't work for me. The page with the highlight loads for a second then auto-redirects to another page.

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 23h

highlight links work in brave at least.

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