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Burak Keceli [ARCHIVE] /
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2023-06-07 23:21:53
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Burak Keceli [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2023-05-24 🗒️ Summary of this message: 0-conf ...

📅 Original date posted:2023-05-24
🗒️ Summary of this message: 0-conf transactions are risky due to the possibility of double-spending, but Ark may use an opcode to prevent this. Lightning payments can still be made with zero-conf coins.
📝 Original message:> 0-conf transactions are unsafe since it is possible to double-spend the inputs they consume, invalidating the 0-conf transaction.

A future extension of Ark can potentially utilize a hypothetical data manipulation opcode (OP_XOR or OP_CAT) to constrain the ASP's nonce in their signatures to disincentivize double-spending. If a double-spend occurs in a pool transaction, users can forge ASP's signature to claim their previously redeemed vTXOs. This is effectively an inbound liquidity-like tradeoff without compromising on the protocol design.

For the time being, you have to wait for on-chain confirmations to consider a payment 'final'. However, this doesn't prevent you from paying lightning invoices with your zero-conf coins. Ark has immediate availability with delayed finality.

Best,
Burak
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