TRANSMISSION SLP507

Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting

with Andrew Poelstra

Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream) has been around Bitcoin research and development for a long time, and has a lot of insight to share on Bitcoin research in this episode. For part 2 of my discussion with Andrew we focus more on bitcoin and cryptography research that the team are working on, and what it means for the future of Bitcoin: • Cryptography • Bulletproofs++  • MuSig2 • FROST • Bitcoin Scripting • Miniscript • Simplicity • CTV and APO • Covenants: are they risky for Bitcoin?  • Transaction Introspection on Liquid