Smart Contracts for Bitcoin?
Channel: Compass Mining
Date: 2022-01-08

Is Bitcoin money, a money network or financial platform? Bitcoin’s various op_codes and protocol features make this question more difficult than one may presume from the outset.

In this episode of Compass Live, Bitcoin developer Jeremy Rubin explains how a potential upgrade, BIP 119, could bring more smart contract functionality to the Bitcoin network.

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🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 

2:29 - What are Bitcoin covenants? 
8:19 - What is BIP 119?
9:51 - What would BIP 119 enable?
23:51 - Why change Bitcoin?
27:16 - BIP 119 and Bitcoin mining
35:23 - Bitcoin vs Ethereum smart contracts
41:05 - Bounty for BIPs
49:36 - Bitcoin not a finished product
58:37 - Bitcoin’s future

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