According to @BitMEXResearch, Satoshi’s OP_RETURN was a different opcode that terminated script execution and returned pass or fail based on the top stack element, not the data-carrier used today.

In the mid-1990s, Lauren Santo Domingo was one of those lucky New Yorkers who managed to secure a highly coveted assistant position at American Vogue. She could have easily continued climbing the ...

SHLD shifts the first operand provided by the r/m field to the left as many bits as specified by the count operand. The second operand (r16 or r32) provides the bits to shift in from the right ...

OP_VAULT is a feature that adds extra security to Bitcoin, helping protect it from theft or unauthorized access. The decentralized nature of Bitcoin has revolutionized the digital economy. Still, as ...

While the last year or two have seen a number of proposals for covenant-proposing extensions to Bitcoin, there has always been a suspicion among experts that covenants may be possible without any ...

If approved, OP_CAT will introduce drastic changes to the Bitcoin network, including covenants, ZK-rollups and even Bitcoin-native layer-2 networks. StarkWare CEO Eli Ben Sasson said he expects OP_CAT ...

Bitcoin has a built-in scripting language that allows for the creation of simple smart contracts. However, the scripting language has limitations, and some of the original opcodes (operation codes) ...

TRON has hit a strategic crossroads, debating whether or not to deprecate the ‘SELFDESTRUCT’ opcode, as highlighted in the latest Core Dev Community Call 14. The potential move to deprecate this ...

As Bitcoin developers experiment with features and upgrades that increasingly resemble the vibrant activity on alternative blockchains like Ethereum, some of programmers are pushing for a revival of a ...