The Great Script Restoration: Rusty Russell Proposes Varops Budget to Re-Enable Bitcoin Opcodes
Lightning Network developer Rusty Russell has submitted two draft BIPs to restore Bitcoin's pre-2010 scripting capabilities through a new 'varops budget' system. The proposal introduces tapleaf version 0xc2, re-enables disabled opcodes, dramatically increases stack limits, and addresses the original CVE-2010-5137 concerns with a systematic cost framework.
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