The idea of an activation challenge is interesting. But my preferred form would be an on-chain reward. A tx which uses its first input's txid to generate the puzzle NUMS, so you can't just copy it. Not sure how to generate such a challenge, maybe GSR, OP_TX plus cleverness...
This would start a month-long (4032 block) countdown to disabling vulnerable spend paths, as a final shot across the bow.
Rusty Russell
npub179…elz4s
2026-04-17 05:28:23 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…kpqu
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npub179e9tp4yqtqx4myp35283fz64gxuzmr6n3yxnktux5pnd5t03eps0elz4sPublished at
2026-04-17 05:28:23 UTCEvent JSON
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