Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting with Andrew Poelstra SLP507

<p>Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream) has been around Bitcoin research and development for a long time, and has a lot of insight to share on Bitcoin research in this episode. For part 2 of my discussion with Andrew we focus more on bitcoin and cryptography research that the team are working on, and what it means for the future of Bitcoin:</p> <ul> <li>Cryptography</li> <li>Bulletproofs++ </li> <li>MuSig2</li> <li>FROST</li> <li>Bitcoin Scripting</li> <li>Miniscript</li> <li>Simplicity</li> <li>CTV and APO</li> <li>Covenants: are they risky for Bitcoin? </li> <li>Transaction Introspection on Liquid</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/blksresearch" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Blockstream Research on X</a></li> <li><a href="https://blockstream.com/research/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Blockstream Research site</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Other relevant episodes:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/476/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multi Sig? with Nick Farrow</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/222/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/452/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables – with Antoine Poinsot &amp; Salvatore Ingala</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/339/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/505/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV &amp; Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="htt