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The Bitcoin Core developers have been openly been hostile toward the smart contract use case. They even went so far as to change the size limits on Bitcoin's O
by pmorici 9y ago
The Bitcoin Core developers have been openly been hostile toward the smart contract use case. They even went so far as to change the size limits on Bitcoin's OP_RETURN op code in order to screw over Counterparty one of the original smart contract implementations. Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, is on record saying that the whole reason Ethereum exists as a separate thing instead of a system on top of Bitcoin is because of the contempt the Bitcoin Core developers showed toward the smart contract use case.
- throwawaylolx 9y agoBitcoin has RSK (and Szabo)
- pmorici 9y agoRSK (RootStock) relies on side chains. Side chains still have unresolved issues before they can be used for real.
- throwawaylolx 9y agoThat's true, but I merely intended to say that there are plans to introduce smart contracts for Bitcoin, and there is considerable support for this. Naturally, this is intended as a second-layer solution.