Bitcoin Covenants: Introspection vs Template Approaches
Bitcoin's covenant debate splits on one question: how much can a script inspect its own transaction? A clear breakdown of both camps.
№ 002BitcoinBitcoin CTV: Trustless Payment Pools Explained
CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY lets Bitcoin users build trustless payment pools without custodians, the exact mechanic, with a worked three-party example.
№ 003BitcoinBitcoin Covenant Opcodes: Trust Assumptions Compared
OP_CTV, OP_VAULT, and CSFS enforce spending rules differently. Their trust assumptions diverge sharply, and that gap determines your real attack surface.
№ 004BitcoinBitcoin Covenant Proposals: Miner Trust and Recursion
CTV, CSFS, and MATT draw the line between allowed and forbidden differently, and each encodes a distinct bet on miner honesty and script recursion.
№ 005BitcoinBitcoin Output Script Versioning and Covenant Enforcement
How Bitcoin's script versioning lets developers add spending rules without breaking old nodes. The mechanics, tradeoffs, and a worked example.
№ 006BitcoinBitcoin Covenant Proposals: Security Assumptions Compared
CTV, CSFS, APO, and CAT rest on structurally different trust models. A mechanical breakdown of what actually separates them, and why it matters.
№ 007BitcoinBitcoin Script and Recursive Covenants: The Opcode Gap
Bitcoin Script cannot inspect its own outputs, making recursive covenants impossible today. The mechanics, the proposals, and the tradeoffs, examined plainly.