The Bitcoin Cash Podcast
Prominent BCH developer & CHIP author Jason Dreyzehner gives an in-depth update on all the testing work on 2025 Bitcoin Cash Improvement Proposals (CHIPs): Targeted Virtual Machine Limits, and High-Precision Arithmetic for BCH (Big Int). We also discuss the learnings for CHIP process of this unusual parent-child CHIP. Enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments.
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Jason's blog: https://bitjson.com/
CHIP 2021-05 Targeted Virtual Machine Limits: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chi...
CHIP 2024-07 Big Int: High-Precision Arithmetic for Bitcoin Cash: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/chi...
Description of CHIP process: https://gitlab.com/im_uname/cash-impr...
Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/...
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Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast starts
00:38 Intro
01:32 The feeling of learning
01:44 Jason's intro
02:26 VM Limits
10:30 History and expected timeline
21:28 Safety margin for VM performance
25:10 Automatic limits in the future?
38:23 Satoshi's design and VM
40:37 Big Big Integers
47:41 Why a separate CHIP for Big Int?
49:20 CHIP process
1:00:16 "Bear markets are for building"
1:15:21 CHIPs timeline
1:19:14 Multiple layers of defense
1:26:03 Other tech: DSP vs. ZCE
1:50:40 Jason’s message to the community
1:53:02 Podcast supporter appreciation
1:54:09 Shoutouts and outro
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