Bitcoin Optech on Nostr: Bitcoin Optech newsletter #331 is here: - summarizes several recent discussions about ...

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #331 is here:

- summarizes several recent discussions about a Lisp dialect for Bitcoin scripting
- adds a Basic Bitcoin Lisp Language topic
- summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange
- Optech Newsletter #331 Recap on Riverside
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/29/

Anthony Towns made several posts about a continuation of his work on creating a Lisp dialect for Bitcoin that could be added to Bitcoin in a soft fork...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/29/#lisp-dialect-for-bitcoin-scripting

Basic Bitcoin Lisp language (bll) is a proposed scripting language that could be added to Bitcoin in a soft fork...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/basic-bitcoin-lisp-language/

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange:

- How does ColliderScript improve Bitcoin?
- Why do standardness rules limit tx weight?
- Is the scriptSig spending a P2A output expected to be empty?
- What happens to the unused P2As?
- Why doesn’t Bitcoin’s PoW algorithm use a chain of hashes?
- Clarification on false value in Script
- What is this micro tx?
- Are there any UTXOs that cant be spent?
- Why wasnt BIP34 implemented in the coinbase tx’s locktime or nSequence?

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/29/#selected-qa-from-bitcoin-stack-exchange

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guest AJ Towns on Riverside.fm Tuesday at 20:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://riverside.fm/studio/bitcoin-optech