Jeremy Rubin, bitcoin core contributor joins me on the show to talk about Check Template Verify (CTV) - his soft fork proposal to bring new functionality to Bitcoin. We discuss:

How the idea started
High level goals with Bitcoin
How CTV might bring new functionality
Congestion control use case
Vaults and protecting coins
Contrasting CTV with APO ANYPREVOUT
Commercial use of CTV

Links:

BIP: CHECK TEMPLATE VERIFY
Site: utxos.org
Twitter: @JeremyRubin
Advent Calendar blog series: Rubin's 2021 Bitcoin Advent Calendar

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SLP339 Jeremy Rubin - What is Check Template Verify?