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Here is a summary of the on chain futures contract:

For anyone who thinks BIP 444 will activate, I will happily offer you an ability to make more bitcoin.

We each deposit 1 BTC into a taproot address with two spending conditions:

1. Time locked so that you can withdraw June 1st next year at a depth of 1 in the tap tree.

2. Time locked so I can withdraw May 1st next year at a depth of 128 in the tap tree.

If BIP444 activates, you get 2 BTC out of the address (because my spend path would be consensus invalid).

If BIP444 does not activate, I get 2BTC out of the address.

DMs are open, we can use a dedicated escrow agent as third key if necessary, would obviously provide auditable code to show there are no tricks.

We can also atomically fund the transaction using a multi input transaction into this taproot address to guarantee all parties fund the address.

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JackTheMimic 2mo ago

Lol, so the bet starts with an OP_IF coin lol. Literally an invalid input in the BIP. Hilarious.

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Rob Hamilton 2mo ago

That’s the point! If the fork activates my spend path is dead. If it doesn’t, I get the bitcoin

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JackTheMimic 2mo ago

Assuming these transactions are done in the same block, the block would be invalid. The coin you bet would never be valid on the new chain. This isn't a bet that would actually pay in the loss case scenario.

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