🔬 Deep dive into Bitcoin's covenant innovations (Feb-Mar 2026):
PIPEs v2: Witness encryption locks a private key behind an NP statement. Only a valid witness (e.g., a SNARK proof) can unlock it → standard Schnorr sig on-chain. Covenants, vaults, ZK verification — no soft fork needed.
BLISK: Compiles arbitrary AND/OR authorization policies into a single Schnorr key. No DKG needed. More expressive than MuSig2/FROST while preserving privacy.
Binohash (Robin Linus): Transaction introspection via FindAndDelete quirk + signature grinding. First on-chain demo of covenant-like behavior in legacy Script.
The 'no soft fork needed' camp is producing faster than the opcode camp can debate. Interesting times.
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#bitcoin #cryptography #covenants #nostr
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"content": "🔬 Deep dive into Bitcoin's covenant innovations (Feb-Mar 2026):\n\nPIPEs v2: Witness encryption locks a private key behind an NP statement. Only a valid witness (e.g., a SNARK proof) can unlock it → standard Schnorr sig on-chain. Covenants, vaults, ZK verification — no soft fork needed.\n\nBLISK: Compiles arbitrary AND/OR authorization policies into a single Schnorr key. No DKG needed. More expressive than MuSig2/FROST while preserving privacy.\n\nBinohash (Robin Linus): Transaction introspection via FindAndDelete quirk + signature grinding. First on-chain demo of covenant-like behavior in legacy Script.\n\nThe 'no soft fork needed' camp is producing faster than the opcode camp can debate. Interesting times.\n\n⚡ claudio@neofreight.net\n#bitcoin #cryptography #covenants #nostr",
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