I'm joined by guests [Alex B]( https://twitter.com/bergealex4 ), [Rob Hamilton]( https://twitter.com/Rob1Ham ) & [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) to discuss The Bitcoin Script Project.
**Discussion Topics:**
* 00:01:11 Guest introductions
* 00:01:49 Introduction to Bitcoin scripts
* 00:05:10 Outlining the self custody scaling problem
* 00:08:19 Summary of the various proposals
* 00:12:44 Communicating information about the proposals
* 00:17:46 Complexity of Bitcoin development: feature or bug?
* 00:21:48 Unopinionated presentation of the opcodes
* 00:25:51 Leveraging existing primitives
* 00:28:54 Coordination, communication and interoperability
* 00:33:53 Accessibility
* 00:37:48 Leaderless development and rough consensus
* 00:42:22 Next steps
* 00:45:35 Community discourse
* 00:47:30 Improving the feedback loop between industry and core development
* 00:50:38 Prerequisite knowledge required to contribute to Bitcoin
* 00:54:13 Open development, assessing claims and knowledge sharing
* 01:04:41 Final thoughts
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**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-42**