rich1.0npub183ws43p6p2yhlfv92evu5xg2wuj2g72qvzhqjmep8e37clf6ewnsrl5sgyhttps://nostr.ae/npub183ws43p6p2yhlfv92evu5xg2wuj2g72qvzhqjmep8e37clf6ewnsrl5sgynjumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2022-06-03 📝 Original message:Totally agree. I couldn't agree more. On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 3:44 PM alicexbt via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Note: This email is an opinion and not an attack on bitcoin > > Covenants on bitcoin will eventually be implemented with a soft fork. CTV > is the easiest and best possible way OP_TX looks good as well. Apart from > the technical merits, covenants will improve a few other things: > > - Developers can build interesting projects with real demand in market. > - Students learn Sapio and not just solidity. > - Better tooling could be available for application developers. > - Maybe we see bitcoin developer hackathons in different countries. > - Demand for block space might increase, it wont be just exchanges and > coinjoin. > - Funding of bitcoin developers and projects might improve. Wont need to > convince a few people for grants. > > **Why covenants are not contentious?** > > Some people may write paragraphs about CTV being contentious, spread > misinformation and do all types of drama, politics etc. on social media but > there are zero technical NACKs for CTV. We have discussed other covenant > proposals in detail on mailing list and IRC meetings with an open minded > approach. > > All the developers that participated in the discussion are either okay > with CTV or OP_TX or covenants in general. > > **How and when should covenants be implemented in Bitcoin?** > > I don't think we should wait for years anticipating a proposal that > everyone will agree on or argue for years to pretend changes are hard in > Bitcoin. We should improve the review process for soft fork BIPs and share > honest opinions with agreement, disagreement on technical merits. > > I prefer BIP 8 or improved BIP 8 for soft fork but I won't mind anything > else being used if that improves Bitcoin. Covenants implemented in Bitcoin > before the next cycle would provide opportunity for developers to build > interesting things during the bear market. Ossification supporters also > believe there is some window that will close soon, maybe doing changes > considering each case individually will be a better approach. CTV is not a > rushed soft fork, less people followed the research and it was not > mentioned on social media repeatedly by the respected developers like other > soft forks. > > /dev/fd0 > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20220603/7ef05782/attachment.html>