I'm joined by guests [James O'Beirneā ]( https://twitter.com/jamesob ) & [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) to discuss CTV.
**Discussion Topics**
* 00:01:23 Guest intros
* 00:01:58 Recap
* 00:03:10 Technical overview of covenants
* 00:14:41 Watchtowers
* 00:16:16 Use cases for vaulting & scripts
* 00:21:53 Use cases for vaulting & scripts
* 00:26:10 Covenants as a solution to third party
* 00:27:42 Covenants and censorship risks
* 00:33:24 Covenants and censorship risks
* 00:34:07 Risks of major Bitcoin changes
* 00:39:39 Cryptographic improvements of CTV
* 00:40:14 Quantifying the scale of change in code
* 00:46:52 TX hash
* 00:49:04 Simplicity of CTV
* 00:50:19 The consensus deadlock
* 00:55:34 Social coordination and activation
* 01:05:55 Speedy trial - good or bad for Bitcoin?
* 01:16:00 Problems with Bitcoin core defaults
* 01:18:18 The politics of changing Bitcoin
* 01:23:36 Testing for consensus
* 01:28:37 State sabotage
* 01:31:56 Moving forward with activation
* 01:36:48 State of development and economic
* 01:53:04 Bitcoin.Review going late night call
* 01:54:04 Next steps
* 01:59:58 Bitcoin politics closing summary
* 02:01:38 Closing thoughts
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**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-52**