The Bitcoin mempool, otherwise known as the network’s transaction backlog, is still clogged with over 390,000 transactions waiting to be processed by miners. To clear the mempool, more than 190 blocks need to be mined. As the scaling issues continue to plague the network, a conversation between former Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen and the network’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto has been making rounds. Andresen expressed his concern about the software’s scripting language, which made him “nervous.” He also pointed out that there could be ways to “abuse” the scripts-in-a-transaction scheme.
Nakamoto and Andresen’s Bitcoin Scripting Language Conversation From 2010
On June 17, 2010, almost 13 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto discussed the inventor’s brainchild with former Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen. Andresen had expressed a strong interest in the project and was working on a tool to analyze wallet data to “understand better exactly how Bitcoin works.” During their conv
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