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>"When I first learned about it, I thought it was so cool how it all came together, the combination of cryptographic security, distributed trust, even a Forth-l
by bogomipz 4y ago
>"When I first learned about it, I thought it was so cool how it all came together, the combination of cryptographic security, distributed trust, even a Forth-like mini language built in."
Interesting, could you elaborate on the Forth bit? Where does this fit in? This is the first I've heard of it but admittedly I don't know that much about Bitcoin.
- version_five 4y agoSee the link below. It includes a stack based scripting language (essentially a subset of Forth) for processing transactions so you can do some customization in how transactions unfold. As I understand it (and I don't know much about Ethereum) a big difference is that Eth has a Turing complete scripting language that can run code as part of transaction, while bitcoin only has a subset that doesn't include e.g. looping. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script
- bogomipz 4y agoAh this is neat. I was definitely not aware of this. Thanks for the link.