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Upgraded transaction format
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Description

Enables:

  • Upgrading the bitcoin scripting language in a clean way, enabling better smart contracts.
  • Smaller transaction payloads
  • Provides clear SPV support for more transaction types.
  • Easier UTXO maintenance for node software, enabling easier integration with high performance key-value stores.

Trade-offs:

  • Wallets will need to upgrade to support the new transaction format

Event Timeline

schancel triaged this task as High priority.Feb 27 2018, 18:36
schancel created this task.