SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault - A New Way to HODL?

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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