Get the weekly summary of crypto market analysis, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $2,17 trillion. Bitcoin continues to trade at around $62,300. Ethereum experiences no changes and stagnates at around $2,400. XRP is down by 2%, Solana by 1%, and Dogecoin by 3%. Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with very few exceptions. The DeFi sector decreased the total value of protocols (TVL) to around…
Miniscript Language
Miniscript Programming Language – A New, Easier Way to Code Bitcoin
Since its inception, bitcoin has used Script- a smart contract development language. Script is an extensive non-Turing complete programming language. The language lets developers encode certain conditions that define the spending of coins. While Script has many capabilities, it's tough to implement, especially when complex smart contract conditions are involved. In addition, writing and verifying a complex contract is prone to human errors that don't go well with money at stake. To improve this, blockchain engineers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra,…
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