SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault - A New Way to HODL?

James O’Beirne (Bitcoin Core developer) rejoins me on the show to chat about OP_Vault. We discuss:

• The history of the Vault idea
• Precomputed vaults vs General covenants
• What does a good vault look like?
• How OP_Vault works
• Who it’s for
• What next with OP_Vault

Links:

• Paper: Vaults and Covenants
• Twitter: @jamesob
• Mailing list discussion: [bitcoin-dev] OP_VAULT: a new vault proposal
• Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/jamesob/status/1612482957406801922

Prior episodes:

• SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?
• SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?
• SLP83 Conner Fromknecht – Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers in depth
• SLP66 James O’Beirne – The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin

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• Swan Bitcoin
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