With my first answer on StackExchange, I try to explain the core concepts of MATT with as little technicalities as I could. Not quite an explanation for your grandma yet, unless you have an exceptionally cool grandma.

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What are MATT opcodes?

There is plenty of discussion in the Bitcoin-dev mailing list about MATT opcodes, and I would like to know what these are.

Build on MATT: lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitc…

Posting tomorrow about some important MATTers

The problem with drivechains is that while they enable "everything", we want some of the features on native L1 bitcoin. For example, vaults. A powerful enough covenant is better: you can get the programmability of drivechains on layer 2s, but also some useful layer 1 features.

Released an early version 2.2.0-alpha of the Ledger Bitcoin Testnet app. It supports miniscript on taproot. We're only halfway in #miniscript year! Have fun! 🥕

Is there an easy way of using my Umbrel node with Amethyst for zaps?

Presentation on MATT at Advancing Bitcoin: Slides:

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Merkleize All The Things

Merkleize All The Things Salvatore Ingala @salvatoshi Covenants and bitcoin smart contracts

All links, prototypes, etc on

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MATT (Merkleize All The Things)

The revolution will be merkleized